spruce wood in the Wright aircrafts
"Archimedes Plutonium"
I feel that the strength of oak exceeds that of hickory or ash just
from the ability of oak limbs to parallel gravity.
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Talking aircraft ....... weight, weight, weight!
Talking wood ..... stability!
Sitka spruce 29.1 lb/cu ft
Red/white oak 47.3
SO: Wood Structural Design Data 1978 ed
[There are latter eds.]
National Forest Products Association
No doubt there is a wood-plane group/org.
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donald j haarmann - independently dubious
Oh - "Spurce" is the original Indian spelling............ Sure!
Tee-hee.
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