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Old 31 March 2001, 04:16 AM #5 (permalink)
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It's been a looooong time since I was concerned with rigging biplanes but none of those were WW I birds. However, it's possible that an all-wood airframe that'd been subjected to high G could become warped to the point that a Twang would be preferable to a Thub--at least until the bird was returned to depot for overhaul.
At any rate, the rigger & fitter's art is just that--an art, not a science.
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