You might also consider ash. Do not ever use yellow (tulip) poplar for any structural application. Laminating plywood presents the problem of sealing the "end grain". You could box in the structure with a strip of solid wood. dale RSONDOG@aol.com wrote: > FlyBaby > > Okay Folks: > > I've taken the plunge: picked up three sheets of marine grade okoume ply from Harbor Sales yesterday (good looking stuff; but Harbor Sales no longer sells > aircraft ply) and placed my spruce order with Wicks. All told I've bought enough to do the tail feathers and start the fuse. > Went to my EAA chapter meeting last night and found out I'm the only one building a wood airplane. Everyone else is into composites or metal. They gave me a round of applause. I'm not sure if it was pity or encouragement! The guys at work are having a never-ending field day with my new project. > > Now for business: I am having trouble locating 1/4" > stock for the landing gear vees at a reasonable price. So far I've priced A/C grade spruce for about $170, and fir or cedar at about $260-$360. I can get great tulip > poplar all day for a pittance (roughly 1/10 of those prices) but I'm assuming it is too "hard" for the vees. Since they're laminated, what about fir or spruce ply? Maybe 4 layers of 1/4" spruce ply laminated together??? Or is this too weak? > Any ideas/advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Tim Hattwick > >