Molded Plywood Construction
Workers from the LWF factory in College Point, Queens, New York City, demonstrate the strength of the laminated wood fuselage of the Model V.
Wood Construction: Wood was mostly used to construct early aeroplanes. Since the early 1920s, metal construction has largely replaced wood construction for aircraft.
Builders developed sophisticated wood construction methods, but never overcame wood's susceptibility to rot and
significant maintenance requirements. The development of fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) offered ...
 See also: Streamline, Force, Aircraft, Plane
  
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