I didn't have any problems building the wing halves for my Venture 60, but when I joined the wing halves together and laid the completed wing over the plans, one of the wing halves has a small degree of forward "sweep", such that by the time you get out to the wingtips, the LE, TE and everything in between is about a 1/2 inch forward of where they should be. Naturally, I didn't discover this until after I had epoxied the wing halves together. The wing halves are built straight and true, and I have a good wood-to-wood joint at the root ribs with no gaps. I probably screwed up somewhere in lining up the root ribs themselves or maybe the wing spar.

In any event, it's water under the bridge. What I want to know is if this problem will have a noticable impact on flight performance. What do you guys think? Maybe a little trim adjustment will take care of it?

I wouldn't worry about it. My first four star 60 was the same way, it flew fine.

Swashbuckler,
Fly it. It should be fine. A Venture 60 is not a pattern plane.

I bought a 48" section of 3" angle aluminum from the local home store. Building the wings I use it as a stop for the leading edge. When joining wings I dry fit them first and use the angle aluminum as a back stop to insure they are straight.
John

Thanks for the input guys. I figured it wouldn't be a problem, but wanted to make sure. JNorton, I may have to borrow your backstop idea on my next kit.

Swashbuckler,
It also makes it easy to determine if the root ribs are indeed at 90 degrees to the leading edge. I like to use building squares since they are thick and square.

I use two of them when building a tapered wing. Believe me I need all the help I can get! Check everything dry before you glue.

John

I think you are okay, also. When you mount the wing in the fuse you will adjust for the funny sweep in the wing. You'll set the wingtip-to-nose and wingtip-to-tail distances the same for both sides. It will be like you have a little bit of a trapezoidal wing planform instead of a pristine rectangle.

You probably will never notice. If you had an identical one built correctly with the same hardware and CG, then you'd probably notice some minor differences like staying trimmed over a wider range of trottle settings etc.

Carl

Thanks for all the tips. This has been a great kit to build so far, and any problems I've run into have been pretty minor. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a relatively easy build.