Boy, you got that right, Dave (design not as important as building it straight - or something like that).

When I lived in NJ I was a block or two from the Delaware River, right where it begins transitioning into the Delaware Bay. Humidity was always a problem. I nicknamed my basement "The Divining Basement". Why? Put a piece of wood down there that is straight as an arrow and within two weeks it will be warped and bowed. It made building straight model airplanes flat impossible. Once, I had a friend build a wing for my Deception (my first attempt could have been used as a propeller). My friend, Syd Clement, gave my wing the full treatment on his glass hotel door building table (with micro adjusters) and built me the straightest wing I've ever had. Two weeks in my basement and it was useless. I needed to run a dehumidifer, but couldn't get to it financially at that time and still have enough money to fly. Many of you know how that goes.

Now I have a great building area, but the eyes are problematic. Near vision stinks. Now I know how apprenticeships were created by the old masters. <G>


Ed Cregger