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Old 08-12-2002 | 05:44 AM
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bgi
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Default 4*60 fuselage reinforcement

Hmmm... I took the practical easy approach. I just cut off some of the plywood scraps and CA'd them to the skinny sections where the large cut-outs are behind the wing. I made each scrap width a little wider than the existing skinny strip and made the length run from former to former.

The fuse seems to be plenty strong right next to the formers between the cut-outs. The weak links are skinny plywood strips along the edges of the cutouts. I CA'd a strip inside both sides, top, and bottom across the first two cut-out. Can't say that it wont break, but it's gotta be two times as strong now. Who knows where the weak spot is now? If I find out, I'll let ya know.

Someone here re-inforced the first section behind the wing, only to report that the next one back broke. I re-inforced the first two sections behind the wing. Maybe my third section will fall victim?

I would post a photo, but it's already covered.

Note to self: don't smack the four-star down really hard unless I want to repair fuse...