kolibri282
Super Member
Wood, the time honoured material for aircraft, has its place also in the 21st century, or so I think. That, to me, was once again confirmed when I read that the tail fins, both horizontal and vertical, of the English Electric Canberra had been built of wood (including the skin) as is stated in an answer to the article below:
Canberra
This is confirmed if you look at older cut away pictures of the aircraft. The Canberra was one of the fastest aircraft of its time and allowed NATO for quite a while to safely fly above the Soviet Union for photo reconnaissance.
As a bonus you can download a really nice picture of a DeHavilland FoxMoth if you right click on the background picture of the article which is visible to the sides of the text. The picture appears several times down the article but you can download only the one at the top, where you also see the Canberra in the middle of the page.
Currently I am waiting for the laser cutter in the GarageLab, a club of DIY enthusiasts which I joined a year ago, to be operational again after we moved to other facilities. I will then have the ribs of a wooden wing for my monocopter model cut out. It will take some time though, before I can fly it as the control of such beasts seems to be quite tricky, from what I have seen so far.
Take care everyone and fly safe!
Jürgen
Canberra
This is confirmed if you look at older cut away pictures of the aircraft. The Canberra was one of the fastest aircraft of its time and allowed NATO for quite a while to safely fly above the Soviet Union for photo reconnaissance.
As a bonus you can download a really nice picture of a DeHavilland FoxMoth if you right click on the background picture of the article which is visible to the sides of the text. The picture appears several times down the article but you can download only the one at the top, where you also see the Canberra in the middle of the page.
Currently I am waiting for the laser cutter in the GarageLab, a club of DIY enthusiasts which I joined a year ago, to be operational again after we moved to other facilities. I will then have the ribs of a wooden wing for my monocopter model cut out. It will take some time though, before I can fly it as the control of such beasts seems to be quite tricky, from what I have seen so far.
Take care everyone and fly safe!
Jürgen
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