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Re: [ULF-1] Help to find GL1 Plywood
Hello Member 67, Were you able to obtain 0.6 mm plywood from Aircraft Spruce? On their website the minimum thickness plywood I see is 0.8. Regards, Member 122 On 5/21/18, Member 72 <[email]> wrote: > Hi Nuno, > > Here in the States we have Aircraft Spruce which provided all our Finnish > Birch aircraft quality plywood, rolled up in 4’ x 4’ sheets and shipped to > us. I think there might be a European Aircraft Spruce distributor, but not > sure. > > Good luck in finding it! > > Member 72 > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 21, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Member 117 <[email]> wrote: >> >> Hi to all. >> >> I start looking for Plywood GL1 for start my ULF-1 project, but its hard >> to find. >> >> In same forums some user said the designation GL1 its no longer available >> since 2012, and the new designation is AB/B, this is true? in my mind this >> type off classification normally its for maritime plywood. >> >> I need help too understand, where i can find the correct birch plywood for >> my project in Europe preferably. >> >> I try to look for in Portugal is a waste of time, nobody gives me GL1. >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> best regards for all from Portugal >> >> Member 117 >> >>> No dia [phone], às 22:03, [email] escreveu: >>> >>> Send Ulf-1 mailing list submissions to >>> [email] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.ulf-1.com/listinfo.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Ulf-1 digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. ULF-1 spar destructive test (Member 117) >>> 2. Re: ULF-1 spar destructive test (Member 72) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 14:54:25 +0100 >>> From: Member 117 <[email]> >>> To: [email] >>> Subject: [ULF-1] ULF-1 spar destructive test >>> Message-ID: <[email]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Good afternoon >>> >>> I am preparing all the materials to begin the construction of a ULF-1 in >>> Portugal, and I saw on the web, that the EAA Chapter 309 in North >>> Carolina performed a ULF-1 Spar destructive test, it is possible to have >>> access to these data? and if the construction of the spar was carried out >>> according to the instructions in the manual ? >>> >>> thank you >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Member 117 >>> >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://lists.ulf-1.com/private.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com/attachments/[phone]/8d12f2af/attachment-0001.html> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 17:00:29 -0400 >>> From: Member 72 <[email]> >>> To: [email] >>> Subject: Re: [ULF-1] ULF-1 spar destructive test >>> Message-ID: <[email]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> Hi Nuno, >>> >>> Good luck with your >>> Build! We deviated from the plans with the attachment fittings at the >>> wing roots. The plans call for tubular rivets to be used to attach the >>> steel fittings to the spar caps. We did not have the tooling to >>> fabricate these large rivets. So, at each station that required a rivet, >>> we drilled a 1/2? hole and epoxied a nylon lug or bushing into the hole. >>> The nylon lugs have a 1/4? hole drilled down the center to accept an AN-4 >>> aviation bolt. We epoxied the steel spar fittings on, with their 1/4? >>> holes pre-drilled to match the holes on the nylon lugs. Then, we added >>> the bolts, washers and nuts. We were in contact with Member 9, the >>> designer, at Aero in Germany. Because of our deviation to his plans on >>> the most heavily loaded part of the airframe, he asked us to perform a >>> destruction test and gave us a minimum breaking strength. Fortunately we >>> were well over his minimum figure, and he blessed our design deviation! >>> If we were to do it again, we would consider using 1/2? phenoli >>> c rod rather than the nylon. But, the nylon lug material worked OK. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Member 72 >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On May 2, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Member 117 <[email]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good afternoon >>>> >>>> I am preparing all the materials to begin the construction of a ULF-1 in >>>> Portugal, and I saw on the web, that the EAA Chapter 309 in North >>>> Carolina performed a ULF-1 Spar destructive test, it is possible to >>>> have access to these data? and if the construction of the spar was >>>> carried out according to the instructions in the manual ? >>>> >>>> thank you >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Member 117 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ULF-1 discussion list -- [email] >>>> >>>> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Preferences, List information: >>>> http://lists.ulf-1.com/listinfo.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://lists.ulf-1.com/private.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com/attachments/[phone]/ff554e2a/attachment-0001.html> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ulf-1 mailing list >>> [email] >>> http://lists.ulf-1.com/listinfo.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of Ulf-1 Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1 >>> ************************************ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ULF-1 discussion list -- [email] >> >> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Preferences, List information: >> http://lists.ulf-1.com/listinfo.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com > > _______________________________________________ > ULF-1 discussion list -- [email] > > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Preferences, List information: > http://lists.ulf-1.com/listinfo.cgi/ulf-1-ulf-1.com