In my mispent youth, thrashing motorcycles around various circuits, we
learned the same lesson - robustness was more important than ultimate
lightness: a visit to the small brick outhouse was worth more than all the
drilling and unobtanium you could do on the bike - nice to be in front, but
not worth a light if it broke before the chequered flag...
Miles
- The point I was making was that, given
> a weight disadvantage of effectively zero, I would prefer not to pratt
> about with balsa but use something more serviceable and durable - common
> sense really. If it remains an issue for anyone - use hardwood flettners
> for robustness and then pluck your nasal hair before you fly in order to
> achieve the same end result! !
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> Alan G 497
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