RE: 8'WS PBY-5 Vintage Plans Robert Sweitzer
Well I stayed up late last night and my self made balsa ply had dried so I lay up
F2, F2A, H1,H2,H3, F6 AND F16 to be cut and cut them out.
That ply I made is very strong and supper light this part could have just been balsa
because there's no landing gear to mount at the bottom this is the only reason I can see
that Robert was calling for 1/8" ply here.
But this is the cockpit area and it's not going to have any thing except the canopy at the top and it a large open area, this is why I
added the one sheet of 1/16" thick ply.
Also if you look at the design and how I made my mods there's not much where the
stringers pass through If this were just balsa it would most likely fail at this point.
Today I'll work on the FIN & Rudder and all other AFT end parts,
check the photos for my progress.