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    What taildraggers with retracts exist?

    Celerity has a retractable tail wheel
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    Thanks for having me

    Working through the process of buildinga plane and it has been suggested through the raa here that I should consider building a Falco instead of a celerity. What are thoughts and is there something similar that will hold more weight between my son and I we are 500lbs.
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    Scarfing 1mm birch plywood

    I am also looking for 4 x 8 1mm birch ply in Ontario
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    Scarfing 1mm birch plywood

    I am looking to build a celerity and it calls for 1mm ply in places and their recommendations for scafing is 16 to 1
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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

    I have used it to form parts for my boat then dissolved it out afterwards
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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

    This stuff you can use west system epoxy on but not acrylic epoxy
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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

    Stuff I bought last week still said dow on it. 2" ridged foam board for direct burial.
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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

    Also it come in 2x 8 foot sheets with a shipman and a 4x8 foot with square edges
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    Need Help in Finding the Right Material

    I canada we call the blue foam board SM board it is made by dow and is availible at most lumber yards
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    Thanks for having me

    I am a good way through to getting my licence mostly in a cessna 170 that is older than I and a bit in an ellipse spirit. Waiting for the ground to firm up and a bit more snow to settle to do some landings on the snow with skis. I much prefer the ellipse to the cessna but I find the cessna to...
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    Wood Construction Resources

    https://www.wood-database.com/paulownia/
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    Thanks for having me

    Not against it and am looking into it. Would you really trust someone who has no clue to ship a 28' wooden wing across the country and then up through customs? Last trip I picked up a truck for my son to restore in Southern California it cost me 10k to make the trip for the two of us and we...
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    Wood Construction Resources

    Ironwood is very inflexible it is good to use for babbitts, wooden axels and hubs as it is also very decay resistant
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    The concept of a flying car will eventually succeed

    You should look up the restrictions in Canada for drones and the worry about privacy.
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    Wood Construction Resources

    If you are looking for dense hardwoods of North America you should look into ironwood
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    Wood Construction Resources

    Every tool has its place. To say it has no place is to say that a saw, planer, router or any other tool has no place in carpentry a cnc does all of these functions plus many more and to a much higher degree of accuracy.
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    The concept of a flying car will eventually succeed

    I don't see why a drone can't be scaled up to carry a passenger or two but even a drone has a short run on batteries. I would think this kind of project would need a fuel based engine and a parachute as they don't gilded in an emergency
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    Wood Construction Resources

    I can rough out a top and back in an hour with the cnc same with the neck and head but I understand that it takes a craftsman to make it sound right. I have a friend that builds custom acoustic guitars and we're are going to experiment with roughing a guitar out first. I know the 3d printed...
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    Thanks for having me

    Just looked up specs. It doesn't have the weight capacity I would need. It is good for 560lbs. Me 275 my wife 145 that leaves 35gal of fuel and no baggage if it builds out to spec. And when going anywhere when can you expect no baggage. Celerity is 715lbs.
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