KR> Planning my build

2011-08-11 Thread Tony King
Hey Seth, Those PVC clamps sound like a great idea. I'll definitely give those a go! I'll be going with the 5048 - 45 airfoil too and also plan to delete the foam spar extensions in favour of extending the wooden spars. A full size drawing of the spars on the workbench is another good tip. Than

KR> Planning my build

2011-08-11 Thread Seth and Karen Jersild
Tim and Tony, I'm just a few months ahead of you two. I added the extra 14" bay behind the rear spar and 1" total to the front two bays. I'll add 1" of width to the firewall. The boat will be widened to 42" (outside edge of longerons) at the shoulders which will necessitate adding some width

KR> Planning my build

2011-08-11 Thread Tony King
Tim, Good to hear you're finally getting into it! Sounds like I'm about 2 weeks ahead of you. I have my fuselage sides laid out, gussetts cut, etc. and this weekend I plan to glue it all together. I've gone for the extra 14" bay behind the spar and added an inch to each bay in front of the main

KR> Planning my build

2011-08-11 Thread Tim Caughron
Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while trying to push myself over the wanting stage to the doing stage. I've a set of 2S plans for several years, and since coming home from Oshkosh last week, I am eager to get doing. Had an opportunity to talk to and look at Joe Horton's plane - thanks Joe, goo