RE: smith miniplane 2000
Flying wires are not tensioned to a number; what happens is you put it all together with the landing wires at a certain length; then you tighten the flying wires which will force the wing struts down tightening the landing wires. When the bottom wing reaches the correct dihedral, which is decreasing with tension, the tension is right. The drag antidrag braces are set so the wing structure is square.