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Old 01-03-2009 | 05:28 PM
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Default Out of Alignment !!!

I'm still having a problem with a curved fuselage.
After I glued the fuse doublers to the fuse with titebond I noticed the curve in the fuse sides ( see 1st photo ).
I wet the fuse sides and bent them in the opposite direction for a couple of days and they straightened out.
I aligned the fuse over the plans while building and thought I had it straight.
I'm at the point of fitting the wing to the fuse and took alot of measurements conferming that the fuse is crooked...
I clamped straight edges to the firewall and to the sides of the fuse and took measurements to see how far off.
It looks like the bend is in the wing area.
I'm thinking of making a cut in the fuse side where indicated in the photo.
I think this would allow the nose to go to the left, straightening the fuse and getting the firewall be parellel with the LE of the wing.
I would just double up the ply fuse side when aligned..

Any other ideas?

thanks

Steve
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