Re: Bass vs Obechi

Well this is the easy way now I've bin and gone and bought it :-)  (Two 3 ft
lengths should reinforce all the servo mounts I'm likely to need for a bit ;-).

Seriously though,  I did hunt around and it seemed just as easy/hard to buy the
bass and obechi as it would have been to get spruce.  I just want it to
reinforce the typical ply radio trays you get in ARTFs so 1/8" thich does me
fine.  The splitting problem with spruce does go away if you drill pilots as you
say, but I just thought it'd be easier and safer to try another type of wood.

Cheers,

I have never used obeche or basswood...simpler to use spruce and pre
drill the servo screw holes with a 1/16 drill bit...no splitting in
many decades of r/c installations.... I use 3/8 square spruce...and
sometimes I cut strips of 1/4 inch five ply plywood and make servo
bearers out of that....all predrilled with 1/16 bit...never any
problems...no splitting..no pulling out of the wood...why do it the
hard way searching for obechi and basswood and other somewhat exotic
woods??
Frank

Hi,

I bought a couple of strips each of 1/8" x 3/8" obechi and bass wood today to
use as servo bearer reinforcements having got tired of slicing up 1/8" plywood
into strips.   I didn't buy spruce because it has a tendency to split when you
put screws into it.

I know it doesn't matter much for this application but can anyone tell me the
differences in these two woods (obechi and bass) when it comes to aeromodelling
?  Bass seems like a vewry good quality quite hard balsa and I would seriously
consider using it for wing spars and fuselage longerons where balsa's
variability can be a nuisance.  I know obechi is used for skinning foam wings
which presumeably means it's good for making into veneer but what is it good for
in strip form ?

Any comments welcome (probably :-)

Cheers,