Hi Kurt, very high quality engineering and workmanship!! Looks like you are going to be a bit heavy (many extra parts and materials not in the plans) - I see you have an equally nice looking high quality engine to compensate :-) How much does it weight?
-dave Kurt Clement wrote: > I don't know if there is a way to test what I have done. I followed a link > from this list (http://www.xs4all.nl/~hermhart/phamj/) and there was a > picture where he had the tail section on a workbench with the caption "tail > section measured and balanced" Since I consider myself the least capable > person to build an airplane I always wonder how do I know for sure that > things are right without finding out 100' above the ground. I had my friend > come over and check what I was doing and we went over a lot of stuff to > eliminate any twist as I begin to lay down the panels on the Horizontal. > After about an hour he says, "If after laying the panels we can still twist > it then all this was for no reason other than to get practice getting things > straight" I am glad I have some one to somewhat sign off on my work and I do > feel like I am getting better but I am still afraid of what I don't know. > > On another note: Why hasn't an open source or Wiki design been done. The > wisdom of many could result in a royalty free best of class. We sort of have > that with all of the fabulous help that Mark and others have documented. I > was just wondering. > > > >> What do you mean by " balance or stress test ". I think what you should do, >> is keep on building. >> > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
