Original Posted By: fishin
Pietenpol-List: McCormick spruce
Re: Pietenpol-List: McCormick spruce
Original Posted By: Lawrence V Williams
Subject: Pietenpol-List: I'm doing it the hard way>>I don't know what I was thinking... One thing I do know, is that if Icould>turn back time, I would attach the wing spars to the center spars before>any kind of building.>Snap a 30 ft. chalk line and fit the 3 spars together, nicely butted, and>fabricate and drill the brackets. Only thing to deal with is sliding all>the ribs on from the tip end due to the ply glued on the spar at the butt>joint. That would have been nothing compared to what I'm doing>now.....trying to attach brackets to the wing, and have everything come out>straight.>should have worn my "Thinking Cap" more.>walt evans>>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:15:45 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: McCormick spruce
Subject: Pietenpol-List: I'm doing it the hard way>>I don't know what I was thinking... One thing I do know, is that if Icould>turn back time, I would attach the wing spars to the center spars before>any kind of building.>Snap a 30 ft. chalk line and fit the 3 spars together, nicely butted, and>fabricate and drill the brackets. Only thing to deal with is sliding all>the ribs on from the tip end due to the ply glued on the spar at the butt>joint. That would have been nothing compared to what I'm doing>now.....trying to attach brackets to the wing, and have everything come out>straight.>should have worn my "Thinking Cap" more.>walt evans>>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:15:45 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: McCormick spruce