This all makes perfect sense, but, I have read, re-read, and re-re-read this portion of the plans and this detail is not specified anywhere. Thank God for builders forums, eh?
Keith Krumwiede On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:27:00 +1000 "John and Janet Martindale" <[email protected]> writes: > Also remember that the thickness of these webs will affect the > spacing of > the WAFs as they slide into each other for wing attachment. > > John and Janet Martindale > 29 Jane Circuit > TOORMINA NSW 2452 > AUSTRALIA > > ph: 61 2 6658 4767 > email: [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Turner" <[email protected]> > To: "KR builders and pilots" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:57 AM > Subject: Re: KR>new KR builder - spar question > > > > keith what you read is correct. You get a full web on the rear > face of the > forward spar and a full web on the forward face of the rear spar > (outer > wings). You also get a web on the front face of the front spar for > the first > 12" only. and you get a web on the back of the rear spar for 12" > only. You > don't need that extra web it only adds weight > > Mike Turner > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:57 AM > > Subject: KR>new KR builder - spar question > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Ok, so I've wanted to build a KR-1 since October, 1974 (yes, I > still > have the magazine) and I just now got around to ordering the plans. > They > have arrived and I am carefully reading the assembly instructions, > trying to > visualize this project. > > > > Step 4.2.10 includes this note: "the front spars have web full > length > only on the aft face. The aft spars have web full length only on the > forward > face." > > > > Huh? The accompanying drawings make no indication of this, and, > if > indeed this is the case, where does the web stop? Do other builders > do this? > Or, is this, like Monnett's "weight saving" spar holes in the > Sonerii, > advice best ignored? Should the web be full length of the spar on > both > faces? > > > Thanks in advance. I'm sure I will have many more questions in > the > comming months and years. > > > > Keith C. Krumwiede > > Rosedale, IN > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > >
