The way the super wing mast is talked about here it is the best thing since sliced bread...if that is the case, is there an engineer here who can calculate the laminate schedule to mimic the bend characteristics?
Already done.
Bimare has built a mast section specifically designed for us. Their A class profile varies less than 1mm in any direction from the aluminum superwing section. It has been engineered and several different sections tested. Tooling is already done in metal and they are autoclaved, not simple vacuum bag. I know of several vacuum sections that did not hold up to the the long term use on an F16.
Jay and Pease have been working with us now for almost a year on the sail program fro these. Carbon is nice but without a matched sail plan it does no good.
