"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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Then you'd be able to use woods like birch, or ash which are a lot
tougher than poplar. Ash in partcular resists plitting as does
beech which would be an excellent wood for parts subject to shock
loading like landing gear. Splitting beech is like trying to
split a block of hard rubber.

Whittle yourself a Beech craft?

Tim Ward