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There are many homebuilts that have open truss type wooden fuselages built
from square spruce sticks joined with plywood gussets. Typically the
gussets
are 1/8" plywood. Aircraft such as the Cavalier, Termite, Pietenpol.
Somethings bugging me ....

When it comes time to cover the fuselage what is the normal method used to
fair the plywood gussets so that they arn't visible through the fabric. I
have consulted the plans for a number of these aircraft and they don't say
what to do .....

Has anyone built a fuselage like this who can tell me how to deal with
this

When building a vooden airplane, there is always the problem of left-over
glue in the bottom of the cup. It is foolish to mix to little glue and try
to stretch it, so you end up mixing too much.

The solution is to have pre-cut strips of scrap plywood at hand. To use up
the glue, cut a strip of plywood to length to fit between two gussets and
glue it in place.

Oh, 1/8"?? What are you building, a DeHavallind Mosquito? Planes the size of
an Emeraude or Cavalier use 2 mm plywood if it's Okume or 1.5 mm Finnish
Birch.

BTW, the Emeraude plans say to taper the edges of the gussets, but it does
look better to my eye to add the filler strips.

Rich S.