Steven Phillabaum wrote: > Is the Spar caps the same width on the new wing (AS5048/5) as the wing with the plans? Should I change my spruce order other than the basic order for the KR2S?<
Spar caps are made from the same wood. If anything, you might need a little more of the spacer material between the caps, but I doubt it, and if you need it, it won't be much and you can get it in two days from Wicks in a very small box. One difference in the AS5048/15 (or whatever we want to call it) is that those pieces have to be tapered, unlike the plans version. This optimizes the wing strength to weight ratio, but makes construction a little more difficult, because those vertical members are going to want to keep sliding around while they cure. You'll need to screw a block down to the table (or figure some other way) to keep them from sliding around before the T-88 cures. One other thing is that if you're planning on using the Diehl gear, go ahead and put some solid spruce stringers in between the caps at the point where the gear attach fitting goes, but I think that's mentioned in the instructions at http://www.krnet.org/as504x/as5046inst.html . Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
