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Old September 10th 04, 08:27 PM
Mike Lindsay
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So it doesn't always matter how good YOU traet it either.
Stay away from wood. There's a reason it is uncommon
in current aircraft manufacturing.
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Mark J. Boyd


One of the reasons is that wood changes dimensionally when the weather
changes. And if you take a wooden aircraft to a very dry location, the
dimensional change can cause all manner of structural problems.

Another reason for sailplanes is the high labour cost of cutting out and
gluing thousands of wooden bits. Not much less than the costs involved
in making a glass ship, which can be made with much better control of
wing profile and hence performance.
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Mike Lindsay