Stefan,
I don't see the point of this. The WAF/spar joint is fine the way Ken
designed it.
Wayne DeLisle Sr.
> KR> Fiberglass layers under WAF's
>
> S s_sbal at hotmail.com
> Mon Feb 8 16:03:16 EST 2016
>
> I found an interesting publications regarding easy reinforcement of wood
> boards used in bolted joints:
> http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrp/fplrp562.pdf
> http://timber.ce.wsu.edu/Resources/papers/P12.pdf
> This
> method seems really easy to apply in the KR WAF's bolted joints - just
> add 2 layers of 6 oz/yd? of BID fiberglass cloth on the spars beneath
> the WAF's and you get much higher bearing strength of the bolted joints,
> for a very slight increase of the weight... It shall also help to fix
> issues with unsatisfactory drilling of one or two WAF bolt holes in the
> spar flanges.
>
> Stefan
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
> s_sbal 'at' hotmail.com
