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Old 03-15-2019, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TCampbell
That is one solid spar. I have also installed shear webs with the grain vertical. I wonder how much of a strength difference there really is...
On all the shear webbing that I've seen and installed, the grain has always run vertically and never horizontally. I have seen balsa sheets that were laminated together with its grain alternate in different directions much like a sheet of plywood. I'm no engineer and this model has been around since 1989 so I'm not going to say that it won't do it's job.

Sheeting the leading edge section as I have done as well as boxing in the center aileron section, has stiffened up the wing considerably which is why I eliminated all of the cross bracing. Time and use will tell if I'm right...

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