You know, the Mossie wasnt what people tend to think of when they see it was made out of wood....
In fact the construction (and that of the later Vampire) was a composite (you know, composites like they use, oh , now
It was just a composite using natural materials rather than man-made ones. It was in fact very sophisticated, and had some structural properties better, weight-for-weight, that aluminium...
And while it did have a few issues in the tropics (to be fair, it wasnt designed for use there), at least it doesnt come apart in rain like some modern materials do...
The big problem, of course, is its hard to mass produce
In fact the construction (and that of the later Vampire) was a composite (you know, composites like they use, oh , now
And while it did have a few issues in the tropics (to be fair, it wasnt designed for use there), at least it doesnt come apart in rain like some modern materials do...
The big problem, of course, is its hard to mass produce