Original Posted By: Gordon Brimhall
I used plywood from the local hobby store for some of my rib gussets when I ran out of the aircraft stuff. My worry was that the glue might not be sound in wet weather, so I soaked some of both types, and found the hobby store stuff to handle the several day water soak test just as well as the airplane grade wood.ocb>From steve(at)byu.edu Sat Nov 28 16:16:52 1998>Received: from adena.byu.edu ("port 4802"@adena.byu.edu)> by EMAIL1.BYU.EDU (PMDF V5.1-10 #U3118)> with ESMTP id for oilcanbob(at)hotmail.com;>Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:12:48 -0600>From: Dave and Connie >Subject: plywood and doug fir>Sender: Maiser(at)adena.byu.edu>To: Pietenpol Discussion >Errors-to: Steve(at)byu.edu>Reply-to: Pietenpol Discussion >Message-id: >MIME-version: 1.0>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) (via Mercury MTS> v1.43 (NDS)) (via Mercury MTS v1.43 (NDS))>Comments: Originally To: "Pietenpol Discussion" >X-Listname: >>Is there any reason not to order rib gusset plywood from >Balsa USA? They are a model airplane supplier that sells>1/16" birch ply in 12"x48" pieces. The price works out to>about $55 for a 4'x8'sheet. This is a whole lot cheaper>than AAS gets. Plus the little sheets are a lot easier to>handle.>>Also, how much weigh would building from Douglas Fir add?>I am considering using local materials. The little sticks>are easily gotten out of fir. I would probably still go >with sitka for the spars and longerons.>>Dave>Haven't ordered the plans yet but figuring out the options.>>________________________________________________________________________________