At 07:23 AM 1/14/2006, you wrote: >With the glues that we have today, like T-88, is scarfing really necessary? >Would not just gluing on a cross member do just as well? I know that the >woodworking purists will scoff at this, but T-88 won't come apart. If you >were concerned about the contact area, you could put in a little wider cross >member. I, personally, do not think that scarfing is any fun and find it >most difficult to get a straight line.
Standard aircraft construction practices came about because they work and other methods don't work as well. There are alternatives to scarfing that can be used on lightly-loaded, non-critical parts but they should not be used in a high-stress critical application. My opinion is that if you don't want to do it right then you should consider taking up some other hobby. Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com Bumpass, Va Visit my web sites at: AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: http://aerofoilengineering.com KR2XL construction: http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/KR2XL.htm Aviation Surplus: http://aerofoilengineering.com/PartsListing/Airparts.htm EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org Ultralights: http://usua250.org VA EAA Regional Fly-in: http://vaeaa.org
