Bob Pastorello
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thanks for the suggestion about safety wire. After actually nearly giving myself a heat-stroke trying to assemble this S.O.B. with the "stock" wires and turnbuckles, I've copied Francis' hose clamp idea, with a couple of mods.
I have always believed an airplane that takes longer to put together than the first flight lasts is an airplane that needs redesign. This one, with it's turnbuckles, is just absolutely the WORST.
So I have "new" wires, and they attach to the interplane strut "pins" using Sullivan flying wire strap/ends, then are looped through my "hose clamp" adjusters. I made them similarly to Francis, silver-brazed hook eyes on the screw parts. Ain't real pretty, but takes all of ten minutes to do now.
Way better.
(Also now understand why we didn't hear much about this bird.... and why AW would have dropped it like a hot potato. There are WAY easier ways to design things.)
I am, of course, very hopeful that it will fly SO well that it will make up for all this b.s.
P.S. - You should note the bottom wing is 3/4" longer in span (per panel) than the top wing. I asked World Models about this, and they said "yes, that is the way it is supposed to be". If anything, a bipe should always have the TOP wing with larger area, NOT the bottom one. My own opinion on this is that it was a "oops", and rather than fix it, they just pressed ahead. Another reason that we probably haven't heard much of this bird.
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