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Old 08-26-2018, 07:55 PM
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I have worked on a lot of zillion dollar aircraft
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?squared? one....ever, 1/8 inch don?t worry
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Old 08-26-2018, 08:04 PM
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I have worked on a lot of zillion dollar aircraft
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?squared? one....ever, 1/8 inch don?t worry
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Old 08-26-2018, 10:05 PM
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Keep following the plans in sequence as you have been. As mentioned 1/8? is nothing in the scheme of things here. It?s been a long time, But I don?t remember any references to square the HS to the wings?
My QB center section was out of square 1/4? to the firewall. Everything still worked out with one wing zero sweep and the other having 1/2?. It made no difference and she flew straight and true. There is no way my HS is square to the end of the wing. That would be impossible on my build.
Your asking good questions, but don?t get hung up on it. QB fuselages may not necessarily be perfectly square as you are finding out.
Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes analysis paralysis can sure slow things down
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Old 08-26-2018, 10:05 PM
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I have worked on a lot of zillion dollar aircraft
Civil and government and have never seen a
?squared? one....ever, 1/8 inch don?t worry
About.
Thanks Sue
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Joseph, OR
sagriver at icloud dot com

RV-7 Slider #74572
Started 11/2016
Empennage completed 11/2016 (sans fiberglass)
Ailerons and flaps completed 3/2017.
Wings completed 12/2017
Started on QB fuselage 01/2018
Donated for 2020 and so should you
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Old 08-26-2018, 11:34 PM
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I just reviewed the wing rigging plan. The plans say this: "Then square the wing with the fuselage. This is done by measuring from corresponding points on the wing tips to a common centerline point of the aft fuselage"

I'm not sure how to equate the HS being square with a point on the firewall and the wing being square using a point on the aft fuselage, being that the firewall is off by ⅛"
Yes, you’re correct about the plans. My bad. It’s been a while since I rigged mine.

The comment I made about using the point on the firewall is due to the fact that the point furthest away from the HS should in theory yield a more accurate measurement because of the better angle.

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Old 08-30-2018, 11:09 PM
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Thumbs up Thanks for all the help - VAF is great!

I'm sure this is boring by now but thanks for everyone who helped get my head around this.

Today I finally mounted the HS. It came out perfect.

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RV-7 Slider #74572
Started 11/2016
Empennage completed 11/2016 (sans fiberglass)
Ailerons and flaps completed 3/2017.
Wings completed 12/2017
Started on QB fuselage 01/2018
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