Re: Re: Wing Post Socket Mounting in a Rolled Motor Stick

From: LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes_at_juno.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:26:10 -0500

Neil - isn't there something in some classes where bamboo is not legal
because it is not truly a wood ?

AND, incidentally, do you really use a plane or sand them down - I have
tried using a drawing type die but almost can't pull the skewer through
and using something like a drill just twists the skewer in half.

LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:42:32 -0400 Neil Dennis <wombatt_at_gmail.com>
writes:
> FWIW, I have the students make wing posts from a planed down piece of
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> bamboo skewer instead of balsa, not much weight difference and they
> take
> rough handling. (;-')
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> We also use round toothpicks for prop spars.
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
Received on Fri Jul 20 2007 - 12:17:31 CEST