thought i would share how I build my own wings. I did this a few months ago and the wing turned out really well and now it is time to build a smaller wing. This method is more work than shaping a wood core by hand but the result is much better. The idea is to hotwire foam using a wood template and then glass it with epoxy and lightweight fiberglasss. then lots of sanding and polishing to get the plug ready for molding. in general I have to cut 4 to 6 foam half wings before I get 1 perfect one so make lots of extra foam blocks to practice on. you can see in the 4th picture the flaws caused by the wire dragging erractically on the wood template. this was solved on the next cut by waxing the wood surface to make the wire slide smoothly. the taper of the wing in chord and thickness is a function of how close the foam block is to the anchor point of the hotwire
I get alot of enjoyment in creating my own designs rather than just molding someone else's work. Here are the pics from today's effort - more later as I progress