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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    Not sure what a spammer is, or if he is one...but what he says is corect...open your mind, read the data, do your own testing.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    These are just a few videos, finally captured, after 100's of tests...which led me to just focus on commercial white ash.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    The best place is NACA report 354, charts after pg 2 (raw data from testing) and after pg 26 (this one is weighted for manufacturing/production purposes)
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    Yep...it's shrinkage rate is so similar to spruce, I use it in all my restorations
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    The Jenny...I agree, it's virtually all I use in solid wood parts.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    I tested poplar quite a bit (referencing NACA report 354) and found it was very similar to sitka and better in some modulus'.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    Spruce Goose was nearly 90% poplar...but that may exclude what plywood was used...not sure...just happened to read about it a couple days ago.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    THE most important consideration when using commercial white ash is sealing it.
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    Alternatives to spruce in wooden aircraft construction?

    After reading many of the publications on aircraft woods I used NACA report 354 to do my own tests. I have settled on using Commercial White Ash. It's approximately 1.4 x the weight, but it's about 4-6 x stronger in most modulus' and that's after being reduced in size to match the weight of...
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