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Material for Pitts S1S

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chrislange

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Hello Guys
I'm planing to order the wood for the wings soon and wanted to ask you if anything seems totally with my order.
I made a excel with the dimensions and parts needed from the plans and figured this out :

Plywood :
1/16 :
  • 2 sheets 4x4 ft
  • 1 sheet 2x4 ft
1/8 :
  • 1 sheet 2x4 ft
1/4 :
  • 1 sheet 2x4 ft
Capstrips :
1/4" x 1/4" : about 200ft
1/4" x 5/8" : about 100 ft
3/8"x 3/8" : about 10ft

Spruce :
11/16" x 3" : 18ft ; Upper Spar front
11/16" x 4" : 18ft ; Upper Spar rear
11/16" x 3 3/4" : 15ft ; Lower Spar front
7/8" x 2 3/4" : 16ft ; Lower Spar rear

This should cover the most parts except the cove blocks and other spruce parts.
Does this sound right ? I don't want to order much to less or to much.
 

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