Originally Posted by
Jgwright
A comparison with the Mosquito is not really a good one. This had a balsa core sandwiched between 2 ply sheets and was a composite structure.
http://www.mosquitorestoration.com/gallery02.shtml The resulting fuselage half was a bit like a moulded canoe had great strength and did not need a large number of formers to stiffen it. Also look at the shot of the rear bulkhead with the fin attached. Similar construction was used on several WW2 German jet aircraft with ply skins on a light core.
John
I didn't make a direct comparison with the Mosquito. I merely said that the Mosquito proves that wood is a perfectly acceptable material - in response to someone who had suggested that the simple fact that it was made of wood was to blame.
I wasn't implying any similarity between this model (or any model) and the Mosquito.
Of course what you do with the wood is critical - but then that is true of any material.
btw wood itself is the original "composite material!