Advanced Wing Construction Methods

[FlyerInStyle]

I am working on designing a new aircraft for which I want to experiment in depth with new airfoil types and try to get its efficiency up. It is a sort of plank wing, kind of like a stretched goblin, and I have seen 3 options. Hot wire, 3D printed from LW-PLA, and Carbon Fiber molding. What are the reasons for using one or the other or the third? more CAD work is never an issue, and it will be a folding wing VTOL, and so, it it would have 3d wing joining sections just to get the geometry that I would like for the joints to fold in. I have a mockup done and will be doing a redesign as I do not like a ton of things in the mockup, so now I would like to specifically decide which construction method I will use. I would like to use carbon fiber molding but it is both expensive and hard to do,a lthough the surface shell strength would be awesome. I have no experience with it. Same with hotwire. I am using 4 2104 motors on a 1m wingspan aircraft, the goal is to get over an hour of efficiency so weight must be kept down. I would appreciate any recommendations on wing construciton methods, and also for the main pod, which at the moment will be 3d printed, or carbon molded. I also believe that this thread can help many, so if you have any ideas on more advanced ways to make better, more aerodynamically efficient wings, please put them here.

Thank you for the help in advance

 

[Piotrsko]

3d printing with pla maybe a priority since everyone seems to have access to one anymore so you just need to present profiles or gerbers.

No super exotics. If home despot doesn't carry it, maybe don't use it. Recall that was the whole point to DTFB: couple bucks, some messing around, getting your fingers stuck......flying plane.

 

[FlyerInStyle]

3d printing with pla maybe a priority since everyone seems to have access to one anymore so you just need to present profiles or gerbers.

No super exotics. If home despot doesn't carry it, maybe don't use it. Recall that was the whole point to DTFB: couple bucks, some messing around, getting your fingers stuck......flying plane.

This is not a plane that I am making for the sake of sharing with everyone, I still might, but this is a personal project delving deeper into more complex aerodynamics. 3D printing in fact was my first choice due to simplicity, after all I have the equipment, its just heavy and not that strong, so I am thinking it might not be the best option.