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Wings
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This is Van's way to make things go slower: lower top speed, lower stall
speed, and slower building progress! The spar is extended by maybe
12cm, so it gives abour 2-3% more span. |
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These rivets had to be riveted with gun and bucking bar. I still have
respect for riverting 1/8" rivets, but I have certainly learnt riveting
a little bit during the construction of the Empennage. I felt very
satisfied with the result. |
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The second task on the spar is to drill stiffeners - the blue things on
the picture. You get absolutely no idea why, because they are not
mentioned in this chapter any more. They are used in a later chapter,
and then they are already drilled.
The beautiful golden color comes from anodizing. Van's does this for
maximum corossion protection. |
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The simplest way to get the required 1/16" offset fot the drilling is to
use the rivet template! |
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Most of the prepairing work is to countersink the holes in the spar
flanges. There are two spars and two flanges per spar and an awful lot
of holes on on every flange. I have never run my drill that hot! |
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Wing Spars:
20.25 h |
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