The recent trip to the weighbridge and HDDP's wing exploits have had me thinking back to the various weight saving plans I have had in the back of my mind for some time. So this weekend I decided to get stuck in to a project I have had on the back burner for a while; a lightweight CF replacement for the stock rear wing. Hardly very radical or much of a weight saving in itself but it is just one small part of a bigger project I have in mind.

The finished wing will be constructed from an upper and lower half bonded together and foam filled, with aluminum mounting plates bonded in. Just for information the stock wing weighs in at 1.85 KG (4.1 lbs), so far the rough lower moulding is 132g (0.3 lbs).
Anyway, I now have a two part mould and one lower wing half complete. Here are some pics:

Prepping the wing

Laying up

Fresh out the mould ready for trimming


I'm still in two mind whether to paint the finished item or stick with the natural carbon look, so I did some photoshops to try and visualize it...but I'm still not sure!

Here's the first:


More in next post (only allowed 4 pics per post!)