Composite panel of varied thickness

A tapered composite panel comprising:

• first and second opposite side layers of resin impregnated fibers spaced by a composite core interior;
• at least one of said fiber layers being thicker at one end than at the other to provide at least part of the taper;
• the thinner other end of said layer having predetermined designed omissions of impregnated fibers along the center line of the panel, said omissions extending along the center line between the ends and increasing in width toward the other end;
• the taper of the panel being externally along the center line from the thicker end to the thinner end, the thicker end being wider than the thinner end;
• the fibers providing the taper extending from the thicker end and extending at an angle toward the thinner end so as to omit extending into central portions of the thinner end;
• the fibers providing the taper extending from the thicker end and extending at two crossing angles so that one ply of fibers at one angle overlaps another ply of fibers at the other angle to form a first set of plies;
• the two plies forming a first V where they overlap at a most remote point from the thicker end;
• the V having its apex approximately on the center line;
• the space between the V extending toward the thin end and including no plies forming the V;
• and
• additional plies of fibers extending at two selected angles and extending partially layered with respect to the first set to form successive sets of crossing plies forming layered V's having their apexes approximately on the center line;
• said V's forming a series of steps to thicken the panel toward the thicker end.