Splitting this out from the acrylics thread...
Dan, can you suggest any sources on methods for soaking and bending the plywood (or relate your own experiences)? I've been looking for boat building sources on the topic with little luck--they seem to suggest dry bending as you mentioned, but hulls don't have as much compound curvature as a fuselage.
In particular, I'm wondering if the soaked plywood needs to be clamped to the frame and allowed to dry in its new shape, then epoxied in place after it's dry? My project is something like a Midget Mustang, built like a Falco. Likely the fuselage will be 2.0mm ply, maybe 2.5mm in some critical areas. I just don't have a feel for how much double curvature it will accept. One book suggested that a 1:12 model could give a good idea what the plywood will do, using plywood that is 1/5 actual thickness. (I have no idea how the author came up with one-fifth thickness on a 1:12 model other than his own experience.)
Thanks in advance for any guidance you could offer.
Dan, can you suggest any sources on methods for soaking and bending the plywood (or relate your own experiences)? I've been looking for boat building sources on the topic with little luck--they seem to suggest dry bending as you mentioned, but hulls don't have as much compound curvature as a fuselage.
In particular, I'm wondering if the soaked plywood needs to be clamped to the frame and allowed to dry in its new shape, then epoxied in place after it's dry? My project is something like a Midget Mustang, built like a Falco. Likely the fuselage will be 2.0mm ply, maybe 2.5mm in some critical areas. I just don't have a feel for how much double curvature it will accept. One book suggested that a 1:12 model could give a good idea what the plywood will do, using plywood that is 1/5 actual thickness. (I have no idea how the author came up with one-fifth thickness on a 1:12 model other than his own experience.)
Thanks in advance for any guidance you could offer.
