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Originally Posted by Empiricist
You did good job in this thread. You are absolutely right. The Mosquito was neither better nor worse than all-metal planes of that era. But in the field of wooden airframes it was high-tech aircraft in the 1940s circumstances.
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Thanks. The construction of the Mosquito is still high tech even by today's standards. I found a 2007 paper in Portuguese describing its construction in arguement for using Portuguese cork in the construction of modern (civil) aircraft. I have great difficulty at work getting past the perception that wooden constructions are "old fashioned", when they are sometimes the best material for the task. I cannot tell you the number of cameras I have stabilized with wood to damp out unwanted vibrations. The nearest man-made composite is linen based phenolic.