RE: Jim Pepino's YMF-5 Waco
A few posts above, I mentioned that a good friend started a Pepino Waco a few years ago but didn't finish it. His work on it was first class. I asked if I could borrow it to look at. He brought it to me at the club meeting tonight and told me that when he transfered it to my truck that he never wanted it back. Sooooooo here it is. If all works out I plan to go over to Lone Star Balsa tomorrow and buy my balsa, bass wood, and plywood. What do you guys think of substituting bass wood for sitka spruce in the spars? I've never used spruce in my giant scale planes and have never had a problem with bass wood.
Oh yes, here is same good friends scratch built 1/2 scale Spacewalker II.