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Old 12-08-2006, 07:44 PM
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Default RE: Attention Ultra Sport builders!!

Wow. I'm definitely doing something wrong here.
I have no problems starting over if I need to here, but I'd like to show you some pics to see where I went wrong, and why I thought there should be washout in the wing. As I studied the plans, it also seems the top of the wing should be straight and flat across with dihedral on the bottom. I'm thinking the TE jig establishes that. And as you get out to the outer wing, the front of the symmetrical ribs are angled down due to the shape of the jig(the back of the ribs are pushed up). Doesn't that give washout?

This is my first build of a double tapered wing, so my understanding of these plans could be way off, but the Great Planes instruction book seems to confirm my thoughts.