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Originally Posted by freebeard
Name drops Marcos, Mosquito and the Spruce Goose.
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Yes all are remarkable machines!
A working link to the
excellent article:
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_112917/article
The Mosquito was renowned for its ability to take a beating and still 'come home'. (bullet holes etc).
A lot of Balsa Wood was in it's construction in less stressed areas.
One is tempted to mention the no rust aspect of wooden chassis, but wood does rot if not properly treated and sealed.
I'm light on the subject but assume Marine Ply has this covered..?
When wood does break the jagged edges are scary, but a layer or 2 of Kevlar on the inside, as funds allow, should fix that..?
The
Honeycomb Core is worth a mention:
I don't know so much about the paper version, but honeycomb rocks for making very stiff, very light, load bearing surfaces.
I remember an A4 sized 4-5mm thick demo piece with a single layer of glass fiber on each side. As light as a piece of paper, but you weren't bending or twisting it by hand! Not even when using the corner of a table to press the middle against.