You read my mind. I was going to mention my P47 build in my last post. One sheet of fuse formers was lighter and softer than most any Dumas wood I ever received. The other sheet of fuse formers was heavy. Being an rc build, the heavier formers were fine, but I had to laminate stringers across the formers, due to the sponge light side. That wouldn't have been an issue if all the formers had been air light, since the end result would have been light, with light weight, efficient reinforcement. That's something I often do. It wouldn't have been bad either if they had all been the heavier grade, since they wouldn't have required additional reinforcement, albeit a bit heavier than using reinforced lightweight formers.WIDDOG wrote:Instead of half the wood being good and the other half being heavy. I would rather the wood be all heavy. Than lightening techniques could be used. I have to admit though that the wood that came with my Guillow's kit was all "Good". I also admit that even though I am building a Die Cut kit with "Good" wood it is extremely fun.
Ditto on lightening holes. It's just as effective to trim wood or use lighter wood. Years ago when I used lightening holes in sheet balsa, I calculated the actual area and discovered that anything beyond 30% removal has the appearance of being shot at from close range, with a 12 gauge shotgun.David Lewis wrote: I usually recommend against lightening holes but this part would benefit if you are not going to get rid of it entirely.
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