Fred,

I've been reading up on "Stitch & Glue" boatbuilding techniques.
What an interesting way to build a plywood structure. It just goes to
show that there really are no "dumb" questions to ask on this
forum...something novel will usually pop up. Thanks all, there is
still life in my research of this concept.

Candice
wrote:
Candice wrote:
I wonder if you guys can answer a question about aircraft adhesive and
techinques.

I am considering the option of gluing aircraft plywood to a aluminum
tube fuselage structure. After reading about properties of adhesives
to perhaps accomplish this effort I stumbled upon T88. If I used such
an adhesive to bond plywood to aluminum can it ever be removed if I
wanted to re-panel the fuselage with new plywood a few years down the
road? Conversely, are there other ways to panel a aluminum tube
fuselage with plywood?


ISTR that there are rivets with a large flange area for bonding plywood
to metal.

In small boat building there is a technique called "stitch and glue",
sort of like a monocoque plywood technique that could be useful
for building the fuselage.

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FF