Still no pictures – hopefully the camera will be back soon.
Realized this morning that I’d made my first major screw up. Last night I misread the plans and bent the HS-710 spar reinforcement splice in the wrong places – 2.5″ from the ends, rather than 5 3/16″ from the centerline. Oh well – a new part is $20, but I’ll lose several days waiting for it to be delivered. I did manage to bend the -714 in the right place, though.
Meanwhile, I measured, drilled and trimmed away extra flange material on the HS-702s. Not too many problems. Then I dimpled/countersunk the -702 and -714. Again, not too many problems.
Hmmm, seems I have been making exactly the same set of mistakes with the 710 and 714. I bent them at the 2 1/2″ mark and I countersunk them to the depth of the dimple 🙁
I did straighten them and re-bent them in the correct place but after reading this I think I will order a new pair and do them again properly. Guess the lesson learned was worth the wasted day…
Jim
Hi Jim,
Yup, it’s an easy mistake to make. I don’t know if you can unbend those parts and then bend them in the right place, but the safest bet is to make new ones. Replacement parts are cheap!
Good luck,
Dave