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Airframes => Single Seaters => XL => Topic started by: Jamesf on October 27, 2020, 04:23:07 PM

Title: Spruce wood
Post by: Jamesf on October 27, 2020, 04:23:07 PM

Has anyone put together a listing of the spruce and ply needed for the LE XL?  I can buy the John Bouldin wood package but it does not include the spars as I read it.  I would have to buy the spars from ACS.  If I bought all the wood and ply from ACL the freight would be about the same as for the spars alone
Trouble is, I’m lazy.  Does anyone know if a list has been published of what’s needed in wood and ply?

Thanks,
James

Title: Re: Spruce wood
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 27, 2020, 04:46:34 PM

Read again.  :grin: The spars are built up of 1/8" plywood, and various thicknesses of spruce. It's there. One thing you should do for sure is get 5 sheets of .8mm ply. The materials list calls for 4, but I don't think you could do all the gussets, nose skins, and aileron skins with 4.
Who is ACL?

Title: Re: Spruce wood
Post by: Jamesf on October 27, 2020, 05:06:51 PM

Hello,
Aircraft Spruce = ACS.  YOU ARE CORRECT.  I was talking about the 3/4” spruce upper and lower caps.

Title: Re: Spruce wood
Post by: 914pete on October 28, 2020, 09:33:33 AM

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on October 27, 2020, 04:46:34 PM

Read again.  :grin: The spars are built up of 1/8" plywood, and various thicknesses of spruce. It's there. One thing you should do for sure is get 5 sheets of .8mm ply. The materials list calls for 4, but I don't think you could do all the gussets, nose skins, and aileron skins with 4.
Who is ACL?

I second that (5 sheets .8mm ply). Full sheets come in a 13"X13"X51" box and even though it weighs nothing, its like 5x's more $ to ship. Comparison, 1 half sheet, shipping is $30.00 GA to NJ. 1 full sheet, shipping is $125! Weight diff is nothing, its the DWT that quadruples the price so you want to order enough.

Title: Re: Spruce wood
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 28, 2020, 02:31:05 PM

Those boogers charged me $64 for a half sheet.  :o  St. Louis to Indy. When I first put it in the cart, it came up to $138 or something like that. For shipping a 2 lb. box. I called them and complained, and they said that was for crating. I said it could be rolled, no crate necessary, and they said no problem, they'd take care of it. That was my last order from ACS. I know what it costs to ship stuff.. I do it all the time.
(rant off)  :grin:
To the OP, for a materials list, go to Downloads, Old Yahoo files, then materials. You can download the material list.

Title: Re: Spruce wood
Post by: JohnB on November 05, 2020, 03:18:42 PM

My kit includes all the material for the win including the spars