Crushed wood is stronger than steel

Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by noir_lord on Thursday February 08, 2018 @07:14PM (#16336782)

It is, the WWII Mosquito Fighter-Bomber was made from high grade ply and it flew faster than contemporary aluminium fighters, was incredibly durable (except for some de-lamination problems in hot humid far-east environs) and was actually stunningly beautiful.

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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by scentoni on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:39AM (#16338136)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by theoh on Thursday February 08, 2018 @08:46PM (#16337253)

Also mostly plywood: the Spruce Goose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules

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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by paulddraper on Thursday February 08, 2018 @11:06PM (#16337830)

which is simply massive: 320 ft wingspan, the largest of any flown aircraft.

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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by rootw0rm on Saturday February 10, 2018 @02:00AM (#16346252)

Haha, that was the first aircraft I thought of too!

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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by JorgeGT on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:10AM (#16339143)

The earlier de Havilland Comet was also incredibly beautiful and made by innovative woodworking techniques: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.88_Comet?oldfo..., one of my favorite planes ever.

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