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October 21st 06, 09:56 PM
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Why no plywood monocoque homebuilts?
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:58:52 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote: "Roger (K8RI)" wrote How about the Barracuda? Does the Barracuda get its strength from its skin, or from a wooden framework with plywood covering it? I don't know. Again as I recall the Barracuda has a Warren Truss Fuselage, that is it has both verticle and diagonal members. the strength is shared. On the other hand DeHavilland aircraft frame had only verticle members therefore the skin prevented the structure from skewing. 
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