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Re: It was a book evaluating Aluminum Aircraft
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 10/6/1998, 3:12 pm
In Response To: It was a book evaluating Aluminum Aircraft (Brian C.)

> ...and the case study aircraft was a DC3...actually the bomber that drop
> the a-bomb on japan had a fabric covered rudder and ailerons!

I'd never heard the term "sprucework", and I've been around aircraft terminology ALOT. You learn something every day.

Cloth on frame control surfaces were actually quite common on aluminum airplanes until awhile after WWII. Some aerobatic planes and homebuilts (especially wooden ones, some metal ones too) still use this construction method. It's efficient for appropriate applications.

Messages In This Thread

Re: I'm too young? (Inexperienced, etc.)
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 10:30 am
Re: Spruce Goose
Mark Kanzler -- 10/7/1998, 12:01 am
Re: Spruce Goose
Brian C. -- 10/7/1998, 12:09 am
Re: Sprucework
Mark Kanzler -- 10/7/1998, 12:18 am
It was a book evaluating Aluminum Aircraft
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 2:08 pm
Re: It was a book evaluating Aluminum Aircraft
Mark Kanzler -- 10/6/1998, 3:12 pm
Wooden airplane kits
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 3:34 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Mark Kanzler -- 10/15/1998, 4:10 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Mark Kanzler -- 10/15/1998, 3:55 pm
thanks
Brian C. -- 10/15/1998, 5:35 pm
Re: thanks
Mark Kanzler -- 10/15/1998, 6:38 pm
Re: thanks
Brian C. -- 10/16/1998, 4:10 pm
Re: Don't mail it.
Mark Kanzler -- 10/16/1998, 4:53 pm
darn it
Brian C. -- 10/16/1998, 6:22 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Mark Kanzler -- 10/6/1998, 4:30 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 4:36 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Mark Kanzler -- 10/6/1998, 4:58 pm
Re: Wooden airplane kits
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 5:03 pm
Flying (WoodStriped) Boats
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 3:28 pm
Re: Flying (WoodStripped) Boats
Mark Kanzler -- 10/15/1998, 4:36 pm
Re: Flying (WoodStripped) Boats
Brian C. -- 10/15/1998, 5:37 pm