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Old 26 February 2005, 05:54 PM   #291 (permalink)
JohnReid
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Unhappy Interplane Struts

The laser cut wing struts were carved to a streamline shape.They are the correct length however the drawings on sheet #2 are not.If you cut your struts to the length called for in the drawings ,they will be 5mm too short.Luckily I learned this after cutting only 1 of the struts.The correct length between the top of the bottom rib ,where it intersects with the rear strut,and the bottom of the top rib is 96 mm allowing for a 25mm stagger between the upper and lower wings.See fig 7-9 P35 of the instruction booklet and sheet#2 of the drawings.The 1 deg of dihederal will not effect this measurement. to be cont.....
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