Tom Delaney
Well Known Member
Good Afternoon,
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! I was looking forward to the time in the shop but immediately ran into a problem.
The difficulty is the HS-1202 forward spar inner dimension is too small to slip over the step 2 assembly of spacer caps, inspar ribs and spacers. The HS-1203 aft spar slips right over.
The fabrication of the step 2 assembly was double checked and was correct. Turning this assembly over produced the same results. Trying to use some slight force only led to the outward bulging of the HS-1202 flanges. I have read many times that if something doesn't fit in Van's kits' then stop and figure it out because you have probably done something wrong.
Measuring the inside dimension between the flanges of both spar shows the forward spar is approximately 0.075 inches smaller than the aft spar dimension. The step 2 assembly has nearly identical dimension throughout its length.
I am wondering if this has been seen before (search function was no help)?
Thanks,
Tom
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! I was looking forward to the time in the shop but immediately ran into a problem.
The difficulty is the HS-1202 forward spar inner dimension is too small to slip over the step 2 assembly of spacer caps, inspar ribs and spacers. The HS-1203 aft spar slips right over.
The fabrication of the step 2 assembly was double checked and was correct. Turning this assembly over produced the same results. Trying to use some slight force only led to the outward bulging of the HS-1202 flanges. I have read many times that if something doesn't fit in Van's kits' then stop and figure it out because you have probably done something wrong.
Measuring the inside dimension between the flanges of both spar shows the forward spar is approximately 0.075 inches smaller than the aft spar dimension. The step 2 assembly has nearly identical dimension throughout its length.
I am wondering if this has been seen before (search function was no help)?
Thanks,
Tom