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Old 03-31-2005 | 02:09 PM
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decombs21
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Default RE: difficult incidence

Thank you, Ed. I don't mind telling you that I was discouraged for a while but I will "soldier on." I almost ordered a fuse kit from Sig today but changed my mind.

Here's what I think led to this situation:

After gluing in the first 2 bulkheads (as per instructions), I then moved to join the 2 halves. I remember now that the bulkheads did not align at the saddle as advertised even though I took great pains to ensure that both sides were even. I used 3 6/32 nuts and screws to hold them side by side as I sanded them to size. The builder is responsible for cutting the sides from 3/32 planks of balsa, they are not pre-cut.

I glued them together anyhow since there was nothing I could do - I couldn't figure out how it happened to correct it.

I went on building and forgot all about it until I got to the point where incidence was verified. Now I decided to glue in a slab of maple backed by 1/2" and 3/4" triangle balsa stock into which I will drill new holes to hold the wing to the fuse when assembled. The angle stock on top of the maple will be shaped to conform to the wing.

I'm off to get some lite-ply now. Wish me luck.
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