Tim, I am new to website. I am jealous of your start -- good luck and have fun. I need to finish rebuilding my old house. When I finish i build a hangar in the backyard and then I will ask you for advice. Don't let the speed junkies get you down. The motto of my old martial arts club was "slow is fine". David Knowlton >From: RSONDOG@aol.com >Reply-To: FlyBaby <FlyBaby@listbot.com> >To: <FlyBaby@listbot.com> >Subject: Gear legs, lumber,etc. >Date: Fri Jun 30 15:27:36 2000 > >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