Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
Probably the Hobby Wholesalers buy from the same source as the AircraftSupply companys. I have found that anything associated with aircraft orMarine stuff is costed out higher. Maybe they think Airplane Builders andBoaters are from the rich crowd.A friend of mine in Nome Alaska gave me an email address of a person whodeals in Sitka Spruce so I emailed him. Never got a reply as I was askingfor pricing information.GordonArkie's Air Acresoil can wrote:> 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.> >> >>________________________________________________________________________________