Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com
one person awhile back stated he had used hoopplywood, so I checked on it and turns out it is lessweight besides being less pricey. what is the commonfeeling about hoop ply? any comments on dealing withriteco from houston texas. how does it glue? I guess Istarted from the ground up. I have my landing gear andall metal parts near done, and now I need something tostart attaching it to.________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: hoop pine
Pietenpol-List: Re: hoop pine
Original Posted By: leonstefanhutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
I used ritco hoop pine in the 1/4" fuse botton, 1/8 on the fuse sides &fuse gussets & 1/16 for rib gussets...got good delivery svc from ritecoand no problems with gluing.only used the mahogany ply on the seats which will show after completionJoeCdel magsam wrote:> one person awhile back stated he had used hoop> plywood, so I checked on it and turns out it is less> weight besides being less pricey. what is the common> feeling about hoop ply? any comments on dealing with> riteco from houston texas. how does it glue? I guess I> started from the ground up. I have my landing gear and> all metal parts near done, and now I need something to> start attaching it to.>________________________________________________________________________________
I used ritco hoop pine in the 1/4" fuse botton, 1/8 on the fuse sides &fuse gussets & 1/16 for rib gussets...got good delivery svc from ritecoand no problems with gluing.only used the mahogany ply on the seats which will show after completionJoeCdel magsam wrote:> one person awhile back stated he had used hoop> plywood, so I checked on it and turns out it is less> weight besides being less pricey. what is the common> feeling about hoop ply? any comments on dealing with> riteco from houston texas. how does it glue? I guess I> started from the ground up. I have my landing gear and> all metal parts near done, and now I need something to> start attaching it to.>________________________________________________________________________________