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From: "jp_fritz" <j_fritz@...>
Date: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: How much wood?
--- In BugHLG@y..., Allan Wright <aew@m...> wrote: > > > I forgot about the wingtips - they are 1/8" sheet you are correct. A > small piece of 1/8x3" wide should do, say 8" or so. Yeah, I double checked the plans and went to buy my wood. Found a couple of sheets of nice C-grain wood that are very light. This thing sure builds quick! Bought the wood, cut out a "kit", and built and sanded the fuse in one day. I've never been able to do that with any other plane. You were right about the two sheets of 1/16 balsa. I don't think I would have had enough with just one sheet. Once again, Thank You, James Fritz Fort Collins, CO
From: Allan Wright <aew@...>
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Re: How much wood?
> I forgot about the wingtips - they are 1/8" sheet you are correct. A small piece of 1/8x3" wide should do, say 8" or so. Al > Thank you for the help. My local hobby shop doesn't carry 1/8x1/2 TE > stock so I'm going to have to make my own. Aren't the wing tips 1/8 > sheet? I sorted out my box of balsa "scraps" and found most of the > wood I need. This plane sure doesn't take very much to build it! > > James Fritz > Fort Collins, CO > > > There's no 1/8" wood. You will need a small amount of 1/8 lite-ply > and a > > 1/8" dowel (36" should be fine) and 36" 1/8"x1/2" TE stock. That > and the > > carbon fiber for the wing spar and boom. > > > > I'd get 2 sheets of 1/16" just to be safe. Contest grade is better > if > > you can get some. > > > > Allan > > > > > ====================================================================== > ========= > > Allan Wright Jr. | Without love life's just a long > fight - Southside > > University of New Hampshire +--------------------------------------- > ----------- > > Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: wwi@w... > > Internet: aew@u... | WWI Modeling WWW Page: http://www.wwi- > models.org > > > ====================================================================== > ========= > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > BugHLG-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Home Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BugHLG/ > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > =============================================================================== Allan Wright Jr. | Without love life's just a long fight - Southside University of New Hampshire +-------------------------------------------------- Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: wwi@... Internet: aew@... | WWI Modeling WWW Page: http://www.wwi-models.org ===============================================================================
From: "jp_fritz" <j_fritz@...>
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: How much wood?
Thank you for the help. My local hobby shop doesn't carry 1/8x1/2 TE stock so I'm going to have to make my own. Aren't the wing tips 1/8 sheet? I sorted out my box of balsa "scraps" and found most of the wood I need. This plane sure doesn't take very much to build it! James Fritz Fort Collins, CO > There's no 1/8" wood. You will need a small amount of 1/8 lite-ply and a > 1/8" dowel (36" should be fine) and 36" 1/8"x1/2" TE stock. That and the > carbon fiber for the wing spar and boom. > > I'd get 2 sheets of 1/16" just to be safe. Contest grade is better if > you can get some. > > Allan > > ====================================================================== ========= > Allan Wright Jr. | Without love life's just a long fight - Southside > University of New Hampshire +--------------------------------------- ----------- > Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: wwi@w... > Internet: aew@u... | WWI Modeling WWW Page: http://www.wwi- models.org > ====================================================================== =========
From: Allan Wright <aew@...>
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] How much wood?
> Does anybody have a shopping list for the wood needed to build a > Bug? My plan arrived today and I'm off to the hobby shop Saturday to > get the wood. Would one sheet 3x36 of each size needed be enough? > I.E. one sheet 1/16x3x36, one sheet 1/8x3x36, etc. There's no 1/8" wood. You will need a small amount of 1/8 lite-ply and a 1/8" dowel (36" should be fine) and 36" 1/8"x1/2" TE stock. That and the carbon fiber for the wing spar and boom. I'd get 2 sheets of 1/16" just to be safe. Contest grade is better if you can get some. Allan =============================================================================== Allan Wright Jr. | Without love life's just a long fight - Southside University of New Hampshire +-------------------------------------------------- Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: wwi@... Internet: aew@... | WWI Modeling WWW Page: http://www.wwi-models.org ===============================================================================
From: "jp_fritz" <j_fritz@...>
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2002 12:59 AM
Subject: How much wood?
Does anybody have a shopping list for the wood needed to build a Bug? My plan arrived today and I'm off to the hobby shop Saturday to get the wood. Would one sheet 3x36 of each size needed be enough? I.E. one sheet 1/16x3x36, one sheet 1/8x3x36, etc. Thank in advance, James Fritz Fort Collins, CO