Oscar & I are building an iteration of the M-19 Flying Squirrel. Wood, foam & glass VW power like the KR but STOL. I also ran into the high cost or flat out unavailability of spruce. The answer to your questions about alternate aircraft wood is found in the NACA document on Aircraft Woods, Report 354 written by the Forest Products Lab in 1930. I was having problems accessing the source document from the NACA web site so I uploaded a copy to my web site where you can pull a copy for your own research. http://www.bouyea.net/cur_proj/M-19/AircraftWoodsReport354ByForestProductsLab.pdf
Bottom line, I'm using a combination of Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock... John Bouyea M-19 Flying Squirrel build underway http://www.bouyea.net/cur_proj/M-19 OR81/ Hillsboro, OR >>I am experimenting with red oak I know it’s really heavy but I’m just using >>very small pieces. >>I cant believe that Sitka is so high now and ASSC shipping rates are more >>than the wood! I've been looking at Wooden Aviation that sells select ash, and maybe a good alternative _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
