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ter_turn(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:56 am Post subject: 601 XL wing attachments

Hello All,

   

  I'm a scratch builder working on the wings and am wondering how others handled the drilling and fitting of the wings to center spar. Sequence of events etc.

   

  Terry Turnquist

  St. Peters, MO 



			

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nfivesl(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: 601 XL wing attachments

Hi Terry:



I created a full-sized drawing in Visio and plotted it

100% size.

I then inserted the first wing spar into the center

spar and taped the drawing to the assembled spars. 

I then clamped it all together and  made everything

match up to the drawing.  

Then I used a punch to mark the holes through the

paper.  

I then drilled the holes and reamed them according to

the drawings.  Here's a photo just before drilling:

http://www.cooknwithgas.com/10_19_03_SparAttachAngle.JPG

(The wing spar is on the left and center spar on the

right)



Here's what it looked like bolted together:

http://www.cooknwithgas.com/10_24_03_Dihedral.JPG



I turned a few "bullets" out of aluminum to insert in

each hole for a tight fit after it was reamed so

nothing would move when drilling the second hole.  I

can't remember why I didn't use bolts but there was a

reason (maybe I didn't have any at the time.)



This was of course before starting on the wings or

fuselage.  I can't see how you would do it after the

center spar is installed on the fuselage.  



You can see the center spar slot in this photo taken a

little over a year after drilling the spars:

http://www.cooknwithgas.com/12_28_04_Maingear.JPG

and the wing spar insert here on the bottom wing:

http://www.cooknwithgas.com/10_12_05_Wingsdone.JPG



I remember this took WAY longer than it had to because

I checked and triple-checked that I had the spars

facing the right way and that the holes would drill

through the center of the wingspars. I even remember

checking it weeks later to make sure I had done it

properly because I started having doubts.  I've

installed the right wing and it seems to fit well.  



I haven't installed both wings yet to check everything

so take this advice for what it's worth.  



Scott Laughlin

http://www.cooknwithgas.com/

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 Hello All,

    

   I'm a scratch builder working on the wings and am

 wondering how others handled the drilling and

 fitting of the wings to center spar. Sequence of

 events etc.

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