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maarten.versteeg(at)swri.
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: splicing long 601xl wing parts

Hello List,



I nearly finished building the tail from kit(s) and am

enjoying the building very much. Now I am getting closer

to starting on the main wing and am considering jumping

in the deep end by building it from scratch.

There are 3 very long 11-12 feet bend parts in the wind.

I read in the list archive and 601.org that the rear spar

channel 6W7-1 can be spliced from two 6 feet parts.

Through my EAA counselor I can access a 8 feet brake so

that should work. The main spar has two caps (top 6W3-6

and bottom 6W3-7) that are almost as long. I didn't find

any mention of these parts, can these parts just be split

in two ~6 feet sections since they are attached to the

main spar and the wing skin or is some splicing needed ?



Regards,

	Maarten: 601xl tail almost finished

	San Antonio, Texas

	

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davids601xl(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: splicing long 601xl wing parts

Hi Maarten.

Chris Heintz said we could butt the spar cap angles up

to one another (not spliced as per the rear spar) as

long as the break in continuity is located away from

the termination point of the front spar caps to

prevent stress concentrations in that area. My spar

cap angles have their break about 1 foot outboard of

the front spar cap termination point. HOpe that

answers your question. 

David 



--- Maarten Versteeg <maarten.versteeg(at)swri.org>

wrote:



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 <maarten.versteeg(at)swri.org>

 

 Hello List,

 

 I nearly finished building the tail from kit(s) and

 am

 enjoying the building very much. Now I am getting

 closer

 to starting on the main wing and am considering

 jumping

 in the deep end by building it from scratch.

 There are 3 very long 11-12 feet bend parts in the

 wind.

 I read in the list archive and 601.org that the rear

 spar

 channel 6W7-1 can be spliced from two 6 feet parts.

 Through my EAA counselor I can access a 8 feet brake

 so

 that should work. The main spar has two caps (top

 6W3-6

 and bottom 6W3-7) that are almost as long. I didn't

 find

 any mention of these parts, can these parts just be

 split

 in two ~6 feet sections since they are attached to

 the

 main spar and the wing skin or is some splicing

 needed ?

 

 Regards,

 	Maarten: 601xl tail almost finished

 	San Antonio, Texas




	


David Barth

601 XL Plansbuilder  15% done?

Working on Wings

www.ch601.org



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p.mulwitz(at)worldnet.att
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject: splicing long 601xl wing parts

Actually, I believe the angles on the main XL spar are around 12 feet 

long.  I wouldn't splice them without designer approval.



Paul

XL fuselage



At 04:41 PM 10/15/2006, you wrote:

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<maarten.versteeg(at)swri.org>



Hello List,



I nearly finished building the tail from kit(s) and am

enjoying the building very much. Now I am getting closer

to starting on the main wing and am considering jumping

in the deep end by building it from scratch.

There are 3 very long 11-12 feet bend parts in the wind.

I read in the list archive and 601.org that the rear spar

channel 6W7-1 can be spliced from two 6 feet parts.

Through my EAA counselor I can access a 8 feet brake so

that should work. The main spar has two caps (top 6W3-6

and bottom 6W3-7) that are almost as long. I didn't find

any mention of these parts, can these parts just be split

in two ~6 feet sections since they are attached to the

main spar and the wing skin or is some splicing needed ?



Regards,

         Maarten: 601xl tail almost finished

         San Antonio, Texas



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sky_ranger161

Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Posts: 91

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:26 am Post subject: splicing long 601xl wing parts

Wow. This is huge news for scratchbuilders. I bent mine the 12-foot length using a crackpot method on my 8-foot brake that just happened to work, and nearly got me divorced in the process - don't ask. I sure wish I'd have asked Maartens excellent question. 

   

  Dang you whippersnappers with your newfangled methods. In my day we didn't have any water - we just smashed our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms together - and we liked it!

   

  Debo Cox

  Nags Head, NC

  XL/Corvair

   

  50% done on wing spars (with 12-foot angles)

   

  Do not archive 



David Barth <davids601xl(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

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Hi Maarten.

Chris Heintz said  we could butt the spar cap angles up

to one another (not spliced as per the rear spar) as

long as the break in continuity is located away from

the termination point of the front spar caps to

prevent stress concentrations in that area. My spar

cap angles have their break about 1 foot outboard of

the front spar cap termination point. HOpe that

answers your question. 

David 



	


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