Spar Lay-ups

Spar Lay-ups

This is a roddy good section, with plenty of good acting as they say in Python. Actually, this is better suited to Princeton basketball, because there are tons of layups to be done. The first is to bid the top and bottom of the spar to the firewall, and the little chamfered openings on the […]

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Spar Lay-ups

Spar Lay-ups

This is a roddy good section, with plenty of good acting as they say in Python. Actually, this is better suited to Princeton basketball, because there are tons of layups to be done. The first is to bid the top and bottom of the spar to the firewall, and the little chamfered openings on the […]

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Spar Installation

Spar Installation

We completed this section in one long evening of work. We used the marks made with Frank during Head Start (and a leveled aircraft) as a starting point, re-verified the plumb-ness of the the outboard hardpoints, the level of the spar, and the sweep to the “nose bolt hole”. Actually, this part was difficult due to the […]

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Spar Installation

Spar Installation

We completed this section in one long evening of work. We used the marks made with Frank during Head Start (and a leveled aircraft) as a starting point, re-verified the plumb-ness of the the outboard hardpoints, the level of the spar, and the sweep to the “nose bolt hole”. Actually, this part was difficult due to the […]

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Installing Main Spar

Installing Main Spar

This section was done during our visit to the factory’s Head Start program. First you cut a 3″ wide by 6″ long hole for the main spar in the fuselage along the engine/firewall bulkhead to where it lays on top of the of the gear bulkhead. It’s critical that the spar be set square and level, with […]

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