It is 3/32 aircraft grade plywood and I don't ever remember seeing anything about covering it with cloth. I think the deck cloth is a good idea over open weave cloth, but it is just something to peel off of the plywood. Using smooth prime and feather fill, you can get a great finish on plywood.
N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org -------Original Message------- From: KR builders and pilots List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Monday, July 14, 2003 1:58:05 PM To: KR builders and pilots Subject: KR>Boat fiberglass or plywood skins Netters, It's been a long time since I built and I do not have a set of plans any more but I seem to remember the original design was for the boat frame to be skinned with 1/8" aircraft plywood and then covered with a thin layer of fiberglass cloth and Ken thought this would make the strongest structure considering all the compression and tinsel pressures from the engine. As long as I knew him (from 1970 to his death) he never had an engine fall off so he must have been right. Bob Stone, Harker Heights, TX rsto...@hot.rr.com_______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html .
