Notifications

Clear all

Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

Building Materials

Last Post by glomor 10 years ago

9 Posts

6 Users

0 Reactions

62 Views

RSS

DonCap

(@doncap)

Posts: 4

New Member

Topic starter

Hi Guys,

I am new here in this forum. 🙂

I would like to ask if any of you guys can give an alternative to this kind of wood.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/wppages/finnishbirch.php

I am using it for a UAV build and would like to use something locally available but same quality.

Thanks,

Posted : 06/03/2014 12:05 pm

joe833a

(@joe833a)

Posts: 21

Eminent Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

Hi Don,
I hope you can find something you can use, maybe someone else knows of a supplier. Personally, I don't think your going to find anything close to it here. I've been looking for marine plywood for 4 yrs now. It just does not exist here. All the plywood available that they call marine is extremely sub standard, it just disintegrates in water, or rots away so fast, you can almost see it leaving, ha ha. As far as I know, if you can have someone ship some from the states to you, thats the only way, but be very wary of who does the shipping, had some terrible experiences there also.
Best of luck, Joe

Posted : 07/03/2014 11:20 am

horge

(@horge)

Posts: 226

Estimable Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

At that point, it would be cheaper to go with GRP/FRP.

Posted : 09/03/2014 9:56 am

balarila

(@balarila)

Posts: 1368

Noble Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

I am building a 22-foot sailboat and, for the bulkheads and mostly everything topside, I use Tuffply.

Tuffply may be what you need. It's good quality marine plywood not readily available in mainstream hardwares and is favored by the local boatbuilding community. Try searching for Tuffply in this forum.

If you're stumped, post again and I'll try to help.

Posted : 09/03/2014 7:48 pm

DonCap

(@doncap)

Posts: 4

New Member

Topic starter

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

Thanks for the inputs guys. @horge whats GRP and FRP?

Posted : 10/03/2014 7:15 am

horge

(@horge)

Posts: 226

Estimable Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

Glass-fiber Reinforced Polymer / Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer aka Fiberglass.

Are you modding a kit or building from scratch?

Posted : 10/03/2014 8:38 am

DonCap

(@doncap)

Posts: 4

New Member

Topic starter

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

I am building from scratch. I will use it along with EPP foam. Fiber glass is quite costly for my application. I had worked on it before and I bought a 2x4 (if I remember it correctly) and it cost me 3500.

Also guys do you know of a supplier who has wood round dowels? 8mm

http://store.cincinnatidowel.com/36_-Birch-Dowels/620

Posted : 10/03/2014 11:10 pm

erwinf

(@erwinf)

Posts: 5

Active Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

DonCap, by any chance, are you also an rc enthusiast?

Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Posted : 25/03/2014 8:48 pm

glomor

(@glomor)

Posts: 7

Active Member

Re: Aircraft Grade Plywood alternative

Have you tried using VERSABOARD? It's been used on yachts and interiors of airplanes, I believe. It's a PVC board, but is cut like tough wood, rigid and waterproof. Starts at 1.5mm to 18mm.

Posted : 17/09/2014 10:21 am