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« Last post by Shay King on March 11, 2026, 11:30:44 AM »
I’ve just been thinking about this again. Looking at builders photos of completed eagles, a lot of them have covered the centre section along the bottom. I wonder if there’s any problem leaving part of that uncovered so as to be able to see the fuel level indicator tubes.
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« Last post by Shay King on March 11, 2026, 11:22:40 AM »
Brock, I put the ply strips on both sides in both locations. That seems to give the correct spacing between the brackets.
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« Last post by Kamcoman77 on March 10, 2026, 06:47:51 PM »
I put 1/8" ply on both sides of my strut blocks.
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« Last post by Brock on March 10, 2026, 05:14:05 PM »
Shay, I believe my question was not clear, or somt'n. My question is not about the ply on the wing root (I did the same way as you pictured) but rather at the lift strut atach point. The short diagonal between the upper and lower spar-caps. Does it get a 2-1/2" ply on top of the spar-web or is the spar-web the 1/8" ply on that side and it gets the 2-1/2 ply other side covering the diagonal/filler-block?
I've a mental dislike for the non-symetrical. On the root there are two plies on each side. So likewise I want to have either one ply per side on the lift-strut attach or two on each side. Ha, if I use two then the spacing between the aluminum attach points will be the same as the root. I like that but that is clearly not in the plans.
Clear as mud?
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« Last post by pappyadkins on March 10, 2026, 05:12:05 PM »
I've seen it both ways... Page 35 (XL version) is confusing he uses terms like "1/8 ply top to bottom over both sides" (And we don't do that for sure... but on the same page he says "ply over filler"... On page 36 if you look closely he only draws the ply dubbler on the filler side... I can't remember where I heard him say that it only needs to be on the one side, but it was ok if you do it on both... Maybe at his hanger or Osh... Anyways, both ways have successfully flown!!! you'll need longer bolts than came in the 'original John's kit' --- lol
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« Last post by Shay King on March 10, 2026, 03:13:48 PM »
Both sides I reckon. I don’t have a great picture, but you can just see the strip on the front as well.
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« Last post by Brock on March 10, 2026, 02:52:50 PM »
Few questions about the 2 1/2" ply strips that go over the strut braces and wing mounting filler block. See pics. On the 2 1/2" strut brace ply does it go on both sides. On plans it says ply on both sides but does that mean double ply on one side (2 1/2" ply ontop of the web)? Also where it butts up against the rib does it stop there? If not the rib would have to me modified for the ply to continue. I assume that would be stronger. And then on wing brace U shape ply does it go on both sides as well or just the side opposite of the web?
Reviewing some posts as I continue to build I realize I had skipped over this detail above. So on p35 is says 1/8" on both sides I had figured the the spar-web was one of the 1/8" then the 2-1/2 strip was just added to the other side. Or do the plans really mean two 1/8" ply on the web side and one 1/8" on the other side?
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« Last post by rki67 on March 09, 2026, 11:43:44 PM »
Cool would be, if a complete 40, 50 and 60hp kits would be made available, so only an engine purchase would be additionally neccesary .
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« Last post by Kamcoman77 on March 09, 2026, 08:01:50 PM »
Looks nice! Keep on truckin'
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« Last post by Brock on March 09, 2026, 07:46:27 PM »
Cut the root diagonal brackets today. Will hold them in the vice when welding to be sure to get the 46 deg that I calculated.
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