Typically, yes.
F1D uses roughly 0.013" thick wood. You could use 0.007"-ish and spiral wrap it to minimize torsional twist. You'd sacrifice a bit of compressive strength though. I have not tried making one like this yet.
Regards.
Mike Kirda
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Neil Dennis <wombatt@...> wrote:
>
> Just a newbie question, do you use a single layer of lamina when you
> roll the tube ? When I flew some P-30 I used to see single layer tubes
> with straight grain, not spiral wrapped.
>
> wombat
>
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