KR> Question about 5/8 spruce - conduit passing through

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
I have thought that if I were to do this again on a plane that was not already skinned, that I would make a space for the tube to pass through the stringers, but would put a doubler at the place where I drilled the hole. In that case, I would think that you could use any material you wish for a con

KR> Question about 5/8 spruce - conduit passing through

2008-10-12 Thread Stephen Jacobs
I don't see how it could be much stronger being skinned on the outside and inside ++ I would like to see the structural guys reaction on this one - I would like to do exactly that in my 115% rendition of a KR. In fact, I would like to take the inner skin from the firewall to the

KR> Question about 5/8 spruce - conduit passing through

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
RE: making something stronger may be causing a structural problem somewhere else That is very true. I think that skinning behind the rear spar will add much weight where you don't want it. I would like to see someone use a triangle of skin glued over the stringer joints, instead of gussets an