Send the old wood to me. I will pay shipping.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dene Collett SA" <[email protected]>
To: "KRnet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: KR>Question for the group
> Hi Dan
> First, thanks for the reply I will reply privately later. If your wood
> dated 1986 aint fit for KR work then my project is certainly doomed. The
> wood for my longerons and some of the other cross members in my project is
> over 100 yrs old, thats right 100! It is douglas fir and the best example
of
> aircraft wood you ever saw.
> Dene Collett
> South Africa
> mailto: [email protected]
> P.S. Checkout www.whisperaircraft.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Heath" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:40 AM
> Subject: Re: KR>Question for the group
>
>
> RE I'm assuming all the spruce I bought in 1986
> is still safe to use
>
> Bernie,
>
> I was told by the man I buy my cabinet making wood from, that it does not
> suffer fatigue as other materials do. I think that if you take care of it,
> it will last forever.
>
> This is only an opinion, but I see no harm in putting a cross member in
both
> but if any of the 2S people respond, they will know better than I as I am
> only a 2 person.
>
> See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics
>
> Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC
>
> [email protected]
>
> See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering
>
> See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: KRnet
> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:18:16 PM
> To: KRnet
> Subject: KR>Question for the group
>
> I am dry fitting the belly cross members prior to gluing and have hit a
> road block (with which I am hoping you all can help me);
>
> * My original KR2 plans (dated 10/08/86) show a belly cross member
> at station "D" only .
> * Drawing "A" (of my new KR2S supplement..Sept/92...just received)
> shows a belly cross member at station "E" only.
> * I looked at Mark Langford's web site and it looks like he
> installed 1 cross member is located at station "E" only.
>
> I was wondering what the downside would be to installing a belly cross
> member at BOTH "D" and "E".
> Mark's fuselage looks so good I should probably stick with station "E"
> only...any ideas or comments?
>
> Thanks for your help...I'm really getting energized after a 15 year
> hiatus from this project....I'm assuming all the spruce I bought in 1986
> is still safe to use. I'd sure hate to buy all that wood again!
>
> Bernie McLean
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