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Old 09-16-2007, 06:53 PM
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Default RE: Scratchbuilding a bipe from internet plans - MY FIRST!!

ORIGINAL: mdl76

Well, getting the wing together. not the pretties building board but flat.
Flat IS beautiful. I see you using a big level to weight everything down. I have been weighting down wings when I build them for years. I have a set of about twenty 1 1/2'' x 1 1/2'' x 2'' steel blocks that I use. I have even stopped using pins, other than to hold peices together that would other wise move, like holding shear webs to ribs. I never use pins to hold things to the building board. Ribs can still lift. I prefer assisted gravity.

For a first time builder, everything is looking real good.