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Old 11-04-2008 | 08:10 PM
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Tuskegee1973
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Default RE: My First Build BUSA E III
Ok, after some further research I decided to remove the diagonal braces I placed on the sides of the fuse to make it more scale. I was bestowed some 1/4"x48" carbon fiber and i'm going to epoxy it to the two bottom 1/4"x1/4"x30" balsa strips. I will cut the carbon fiber in half, thereby having a 24" strip on each side for added strength. Reason behind this is to add support because A: I feel removing the diagonal braces will reduce the strength of that part of the plane. B: I probably should have used 4 spruce strips inplace of the 1/4"x1/4"x30" balsa strips since I removed the original fuse sides and since spruce is stronger. Overall reason...I want to prevent the rear end from breaking off in the event of a hard landing. I will be adding diagonal cross braces in the top sections of the rear fuse (make sense?).
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