A Supercar made out of wood, you will be amazed.

[Suzsmokeyallan]

Making the car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdWFTpO ... =endscreen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Look at the detailing in the rear body panels with the compound curves, thats amazing workmanship . It would (no pun intended) be interesting to see it completed and actually driving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBqjcSl_1tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jabcb]

The Germans developed a wooden jet fighter in WWII. One of the cable channels had a show about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

Fortunately the war ended before it went into production. Looks like it might have been good enough to be a game changer.

[diamondj]

The Germans developed a wooden jet fighter in WWII. One of the cable channels had a show about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

Fortunately the war ended before it went into production. Looks like it might have been good enough to be a game changer.

That wasn't the only German jet fighter built of wood - Heinkel had the "Volksjäger":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162

Which did make it into an operating squadron if only for a month or so.

[tz375]

And there was the Mosquito with twin Merlins.

[jabcb]

Per the tv show, the Horten design team started work on a long range bomber. Show wasn't explicit about it but I think it was also to be built of wood. The design purpose was to fly from Germany to the US & drop an atomic bomb.

The US had the largest wood plane. The "Spruce Goose" had a wingspan of ~ 321 ft. Flown only once in 1947.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_goose