I'm not trying to be helpful with this suggestion, but every time I walk a
beach in the inland waters of B.C. I search for driftwood spruce. It's there,
along with ancient cedar and fir. I've thought of tying a log or two to the
back of my boat and towing it home to my island to cut on my own
You want to call Wicks and talk to Eric and ask for there cut sheet. Compare it
to the one supplied with the plans. Think of what changes you want to make to
the plane as in tail length or widening the fuselage. You need to lengthen the
center spars the same as the widening of the fuselage so yo
If you are buying from 'Spruce' get ready for sticker shock. Spar
stock could be ...wait for it...60$ a foot! I hope you have your spar
stock already, 'cause us "CANUCKS" are really in a US /CAN $ crunch right
now as well as aircraft grade sitka spruce, etc. shortage.
Fewer people ar
If anyone is interested on a couple of O-290 (ground power unit) engines- a
friend of mine has a pair (ALL IN PIECES) of them. They were for his Thorpe 18
but he got an O-320 for it and now they are spare.
If he were to get $100 per engine I think that he would be happy.
He (and I) are in the San
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