Concur with Mark. I used only a tape measure, but to be honest all of the "diagonals" in the fuselage were individually measured and cut to fit each location. I don't think any any two were completely identical. I did put both sides together when I was done to see how well they matched. I think I ended up trimming one side at the tail to get them perfectly matched. But who will ever know looking at the plane from the outside?
On the wing, I got the two wingtips within about 1/4" of each other on vertical elevation at the ends. Close enough. Yes I have trim tabs on my plane too. But I'm now over 520 hours on her, life is good. Thanks, Rob N1852Z www.robert7721.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Langford <ml at n56ml.com> To: ppaulvsk <ppaulvsk at aol.com>; KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> Sent: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 5:22 am Subject: Re: KR> How close is close enough Paul Visk wrote: >>How close is close enough? Do I need to use my micrometer or is a tape >>measure ok. A tape measure is "close enough for KR work"! The fuselage is a bit tough to get perfect, because you're bending several pieces that are under tension and when released, you can't be sure of where they're going. It won't be perfect. Wings are more important to get right, but they're not under any loads while epoxying in place, so they'll be right where you put them when it's over. I spent a lot of time to get my whole plane perfect, and in the end I still had to add trim tabs to an aileron, the elevator, and the rudder. Propwash is going to screw it up, even if the plane is built perfectly. I'd plow on ahead and get it reasonably close. It doesn't have to be absolutely perfect.... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
