spruce vs basswood for spars
Tomorrow I start building a Spirit 100. The spars are 1/8 X 3/8 basswood. Back in the day, most kits came with spruce for the spars which makes sense as I understand that spruce has the highest strength per weight of any wood. Old Howard Hughes was no idiot! Anyway, is it worth the effort of replacing the basswood with spruce? Also, the plans call for wrapping the spars with fishing line (4-6 lb test) in the area around the wing joiner. Any recommendations for other string that may be better?
Thanks
Andy