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super58d
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Location: Savannah, GA
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 Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: Wing question |
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I am finally on the wings and was looking for some advice on keeping them true and straight. I was looking at the pictures on the disk Zenith provided me and saw how they kept everything straight. However, I don't have a nice metal bench with lots of long straight metal stock to keep everything in alignment. I have a 14 x 16 wood work table that is about as close to perfectly flat as I can get it. (it has minor variations of about 2 to 3mm here and there). I was just wondering what anyone else used to keep the ribs and assemblies in plane with each other, and properly aligned with the spar. I saw in the plans that there is only an 8mm twist allowed from root to tip.
Thanks.
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FlyGuyTililDie
Joined: 22 Jan 2009
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Location: Germany/Italy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:30 am Post subject: Re: Wing question |
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Mark,
I don't speak from experience yet because I keep ending up in OIF or OEF without having a chance to get started.
What I have seen people do is use the metal 2x4s you see at places like Home Depot. This technique is used often in the Homebuilt Help videos.
Hope this helps some.
James
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Ron Lendon
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Clinton Twp., MI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Wing question |
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I used six 2" x 2" x 60" square steel tubes with wall thickness of about .090 to construct the base on top of my wooden table.
You wings are bigger so you might need a couple more.
I have some pictures around December 2006 in the Wings section of mykitlog
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super58d
Joined: 15 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Wing question |
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Thanks guys,
Both tips will work well. One for establishing a nice flat table top, and the other will help keep all the ribs and wing pieces in alignment. It's nice to have fresh ideas when you are stuck against a wall!
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