Dan Said; Have you ever seen how much people mass Marty has put in his? I have seen many flown way over the design specs.
And I want to ask, did he CARRY them, or how many G's did he pull? Note that if the DESIGN is good for 6g's, it'll LIKELY pull 9+ before failure on a one time test, but MAYBE it'll only pull 6. At a 50% overload, that's only 4g, which might be seen in a wake following someone else at a fly-in. PROBABLY there won't be an event, but again, there might. And, unless you use THAT persons spars, you still don't know how yours'll do till you test them at the limit load. The wood strength is VARIABLE. In not certified wood, there can be a compression fracture in different sticks from the same tree. I have seen compression fractures within certified wood. Ron Freiberger mail to rfreiberger at swfla.rr.com <- substitute an @ sign ;o) -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Dan Heath
