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What are your thoughts on Nidacore?

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DrBones

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Aug 23, 2004
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Location
Tallahassee, Florida
Here's something that is becoming popular in boat building:

Epoxy/Fiberglassed Nidacore - Plywood Replacement

I was just wondering if it were possible to use something like this on Ultralight designs such as the Affordaplane or the Legal Eagle or others that use plywood in some parts of their construction. It should lighten the whole structure up bit while adding quite some strength.

Of course at $200 a 4' x 8' sheet it's not economical to do that for everything on a wooden airplane, but bulkheads and wing structure/ribs could be replaced with this with perhaps some weight savings making it much stronger.

From some of the builders of these planes, I've noticed that keeping within the 254 lbs limit isn't always possible due to engine weight, etc.

...just the ramblings of a boat builder who has turned his eyes to the sky... ;)
 
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