Making large sheets of balsa help please (Ryans Rebel)
Hi,
I need large sheets of 1/8 balsa, 50" x 6&1/2", for the fus sides of my winter project, an 80" span Ryans Rebel. Unfortunately the largest sheets I can buy in England are 48" x 4" so I was wondering what you experienced scrach-builders would recommend as being the easiest/strongest/lightest method of gluing pieces together to achieve the necessary size?
I have attached a sketch of my initial idea.
BTW, there is a full-height 1/8 lite-ply fus doubler that runs from the firewall to just behind the wing cut-out with a diagonal taper to the bottom edge of the fus side. This doubler has several cut-outs in it to remove some material and hence lighten it. I was thinking of altering these square lightening holes so that a diagonal piece of material would be left which will cover the joint in the balsa and strengthen it.
I hope my written description gets the idea across [sm=confused.gif]
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Steve