Luis, If you want to see a Flybaby before Sun 'n Fun you can go to the museum at the Sun 'n Fun site in Lakeland where they have one under construction. It's a project that was donated to the museum when the builder passed away. There are people there who are working on it so you will be able to get some good info from them. I saw your comment about Skycraft the other day. What a great place, I can't stop there without spending at least a couple hours. Sam Murphy - Ocala, Fl ----- Original Message ----- From: "MotorcycleShopper.com" <mshopper@cfl.rr.com> To: "FlyBaby" <FlyBaby@listbot.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 11:48 PM Subject: Re: Sta 1 wood > FlyBaby > > At 08:30 PM 10/04/2000, you wrote: > >FlyBaby > > > >I would imagine that any hardwood would suffice since > >it is not specified in the plans. I have used both > >ash and oak for places calling for hardwood...ash for > >the actual uprights and oak as a spacer behind the 1.5 > >x 1.5 x 1/8 in. aluminum angle used for the engine > >mount. Oak is readily available at places such as > >Home Depot and Lowes. Cherry, walnut, etc would work > >as well but is a bit more pricey. > > > >Matt > > Hi Matt: > > Thanks for the reply. I'm ready to "take the plunge" and start buying some > wood. I ordered the Wick's catalog to compare prices. I'll also call some > of the places mentioned in one of the previous postings regarding marine > plywood. I'd like to find a place in Fla. though as this would save me > shipping charges. > > Tonight I've been making the router jig as shown on Mark Langford's website > http://fly.hiwaay.net/~langford/kspars.html to cut the scarfs. His approach > is the best and most logical I've seen. I know he's building a KR-2, and a > highly-modified one at that, but I've enjoyed following his progress. He's > got some good ideas and does nice work. I admire some of these builders who > take the time to maintain a website on top of building. Not an easy chore > I'm sure. > > I hope next Sun N' Fun I get to see a Fly Baby in person. That would help > me tremendously with my project. > > BTW, I set up a table in my garage and am making a full-size outline of the > fuselage per the plans on white paper. I need to see what I'm doing and > working directly over the plywood top was not good. I don't know if any > other builders have used this approach but it made sense to me. > > Thanks again. > > Luis Hernandez Jr. > CEO > Payne Corporation > > MotorcycleShopper.com | MotoDirectory.com | MotorcycleBooks.com > MotoSalvage.com | MotoMail.com | MotoBanners.com | MotoClubs.com > > Voice (407) 860-1989 - Fax (407) 574-1014 - eMail: mshopper@cfl.rr.com