Fuse finally finished
Some of my references call for double wire bracing on the fuse side foreward of the aft cockpit and some dont,so to be on the safe side I added the double brace wires.
I test fit the lower wings at the wing root and everything lines up ok.I stored the wings away so long ago, that I had forgotten that, I didnt fully finish one of the lower wings.There is not a lot to do just the rib cap strips and a few odds and ends.The airplane will then go back in the jig and I will begin the L/H top and bottom wing assembly, complete with struts and landing and flying wires etc..
In my opinion I think that the Jenny was overbuilt but I guess in those days it was better safe than sorry.Just building the model I can see that this is an extremely strong airplane.I am sure that a lot of budding pilots owed their lives to training on the Jenny.Most pics that I have seen of Jenny accidents look survivable with very little evidence of fire or destruction of the cage surrouding the pilots. to be cont.....
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