Where have you guys been buying your 1/8" plywood for the fuselage gussets? Aircraft Spruce? Boat Builders supply houses? Home Depot?
I'm ready to start the fuselage and wondering what you've been doing about this stuff?
Brian
Fuselage gussets
- Terry Hand
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Re: Fuselage gussets
I, fortunately, live about 1+15 away from ACS East, so I bought mine there and saved shipping. That is the only place I saw Mahogany gusset material, but others may have a better answer.
Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens GA
Terry Hand
Athens GA
Re: Fuselage gussets
I have seen posts from people who have used door skin material for their gussets. Readily available and sometimes in several choices of wood type, 1/8" thick. In the airplane supply aisle at Lowe's ;o)
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power
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Re: Fuselage gussets
Love it Oscar....I always forget about the airplane supply isle at Lowes.
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Re: Fuselage gussets
While I have not looked this year, a few years back I noted that after air venture every year two things happen; #1, EAA puts the four volume set of Tony Bingelis’s books on sale, and #2, Boulter Lumber puts their Okume plywood on sale. Both places used to have Sale ads inside the August & September issues of Sport Aviation.
When I bought mine, I paid roughly $129 for four sheets of marine grade plywood including shipping.
Here in Houston it would have been over $250.
Hope for all that these deals are still on!
When I bought mine, I paid roughly $129 for four sheets of marine grade plywood including shipping.
Here in Houston it would have been over $250.
Hope for all that these deals are still on!
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Re: Fuselage gussets
Thanks Tom. By "sheets"...what size did you mean?
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Re: Fuselage gussets
Full-size sheets, 4’ x 8’ which were then cut down for me into 2’ x 8’ for shipping. I Purchased two 1/16 inch sheets one 1/8 sheet and one 5/16 inch sheet to the best of my recollection. They were actually in metric sizes but the measurements I gave are pretty close.