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    Wing spar fatigue pattern

    Hello, could it be told what is the cause of failure in this picture would it be fatigue or overload or crack? https://ibb.co/Sf9PyV7
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    Pietenpol Metric Dimensions

    Hi, I am facing the same problem. Most of the time it depends of the size, 3/4 inch is 19.05mm, so using 19mm is fine with me....but 1/4 is 6.35mm and if your wood is stronger then plans require i think you can round it down to 6.3 . One should be very carefull when tight tolerans fitting is...
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    A study of aircraft wood

    Hello ! I am happy that there is still interest in wood building, thank you for the comments. I have red the ANC-18 and some more books covering the wood building method and wood its self. The german book about sailplanes is verry good, but hard for non german speaking like me. Still not shure...
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    A study of aircraft wood

    Hello! My name is Stoyan, thats my first post here, so excuse me for not being professional. I am an aircraft mechanic and rc aircraft modeller, and in the recent years I am studying and preparing my self to build and ultralight all wood aircraft. I am living in Bulgaria, which is in eastern...
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