wonwinglo
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No I am not offering you a biscuit ! but suggesting the best way to add extra strength with very little extra weight,for example when building up fuselages made with balsa strip the joints can be vastly improved with very little effort,when you have completed the framework,cut some circles of miralyte ply or even balsa,next cut the circles into two,all you have to do is glue the half circles across every joint,where three strips of wood terminate the biscuit goes over all three etc.
You can either place the biscuits on the outside but if you want the covering to be dead smooth place them on the inside.
This procedure is full size practise so it is to scale,it actually adds more than 50 per cent extra strength and makes the structure much more rigid.
Give it a try on your next balsa stick type model.
You can either place the biscuits on the outside but if you want the covering to be dead smooth place them on the inside.
This procedure is full size practise so it is to scale,it actually adds more than 50 per cent extra strength and makes the structure much more rigid.
Give it a try on your next balsa stick type model.