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Cleveland de Havilland Mosquito by David Duckett. Viewed 659 times.
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| David Duckett | 23-Mar-14 22:03 | | The nacelles have wood added to their tops where they meet the wing. One half inch of balsa has also been added to the front of each. |
| julinick | 24-Mar-14 12:17 | | Lovely!!!! |
| David Duckett | 25-Mar-14 05:15 | | Thank you. |
| meku | 25-Mar-14 06:16 | | Excellent work, I admire the talent, love of aviation, painting, nature, astronomy, a lot of interests, beautiful! |
| bobgood | 25-Mar-14 11:54 | | I second that Meku - talent abounds! |
| poppy | 25-Mar-14 11:58 | | I will second that also. |
| bobgood | 25-Mar-14 18:35 | | The full-size Mossie had balsa in it's construction too David (I expect all you guys know that!) |
| David Duckett | 26-Mar-14 05:46 | | Gentlemen, I thank you. It is an honor to be in your presence. I do have lots of interests and I'm extremely thankful that I can enjoy something in my old age that is just as much fun and as satisfying as ever. It's especially comforting to know that a canvas or a box of balsa can keep me entertained for days. At night I can step out the back door, look up about 80 degrees, and see the Big Dipper. On most nights one can see the Milky Way and watching the planets move across the sky is eternally fascinating. When I was younger the walls would shake from the stereo while I was painting, and drinking. These days painting and model building are done with only the ticking of the clock and the wind outside but snippets of Mahler symphonies and Strauss tone poems and Desolation Row float effortlessly through the mind and bring smiles at the memories they evoke. :-) |
| David Duckett | 26-Mar-14 05:54 | | The plans do say it was made of plywood and balsa, with balsa used in the coring but I don't know what that means. |
| ElbertC | 26-Mar-14 09:33 | | I looked up coring. this may not have anything to do with what they used on the aircraft but I found it interesting.
End Grain Balsa, a highly processed ultra light wood product, imparts impressive strength and stiffness to the sandwich panel. The end grain configuration of balsa provides high resistance to crushing, and is very difficult to tear apart. End grain balsa cored panels also have the ability to handle excessive dynamic loads with high resistance to fatigue. Until recently, end grain balsa was excluded from some weight sensitive applications, as there were lower density foam cores available. Now, through controlled growing and careful selection, BalsaLite balsa is competitive in weight, as well as offering superior performance in stiffness and strength, particularly where local crushing or bruising is a concern. BalsaLite is select quality, kiln-dried, end-grain balsa wood suitable as a structural core material in composite sandwich construction. 2' x 4' Sheet. |
| Creosotewind | 26-Mar-14 11:04 | | Their major use of wood in the framing and covering made them one of the first stealth aircraft. Planes before the Mossie would have been stealthy as well, but radar had yet to be invented. |
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