RE: Scale strength? Also dowel construction of fuse?
The point Jim was making is that you should not use dowels for a lot of reasons. I haven't had the opportunity to try them but I might sometime in the future. There is little doubt that square stock, regardless of materiel, is easier to join than round stock. On the other hand I have seen scale planes with dowel construction that looked and flew very well. Grahm Mears (sp) built a Waco using welded tube construction. The plane is specatular and was recently sold here on rcu. I don't think you could match what he did with traditional methods.. ?