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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Belly Stringer

Iv'e already talked to Lynn off list about this, but would like to hear from someone to confirm his or my opnion on this. The instructions say to epoxy the front end, then safety wire the stringer where it crosses the bottom tubes of the fuselage except the last one at the tow bar cross tube. I did this, but there is a tube below the elevator push/pull tube carry thru bearing that does not tough the stinger and I was wondering if it should be pulled up and safety wired,or left alone to make a straight line down the belly?      Leon Morris/Classic 4/want a Jab/65%/ Flower Mound,Tx

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: Belly Stringer

Leon,



I just looked at mine.  I inherited it from a previous builder and he sucked 

it up and safety wired it there.  I am going to leave it.  As I recall 

looking at lots of Model IVs, that part of the fueseage is sort of wasp 

waisted there due to the stringer being safety wired to that tube.  Keep in 

mind that after shrinking the fabric, the stringer won't be going anywhere 

and safety wire is simply to hold everything in place until that time.  My 

concern in not tightening it down (up) would be that after shrinking, the 

fabric won't have a solid base in that area if the stringer is not backed by 

the tube.



Lowell

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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: Belly Stringer

Thanks Lowell, I'll safety wire mine there too.Lynn also thought that his was safetied there too, but was using flashlight and mirrors to check.   Leon

---- Lowell Fitt <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net> wrote: 

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 Leon,

 

 I just looked at mine.  I inherited it from a previous builder and he sucked 

 it up and safety wired it there.  I am going to leave it.  As I recall 

 looking at lots of Model IVs, that part of the fueseage is sort of wasp 

 waisted there due to the stringer being safety wired to that tube.  Keep in 

 mind that after shrinking the fabric, the stringer won't be going anywhere 

 and safety wire is simply to hold everything in place until that time.  My 

 concern in not tightening it down (up) would be that after shrinking, the 

 fabric won't have a solid base in that area if the stringer is not backed by 

 the tube.

 

 Lowell

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pulsair(at)mindspring.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: Belly Stringer

You may want to make sure before you glue that stringer in place that you 

have clearance for the bellcrank once the fabric is attached. If not you 

will have to put a patch there when it starts rubbing. Jeff Classic IV KTZR

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