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Permalink Reply by Sebastien Heintz on December 8, 2011 at 12:21pm

Tim:

Feel free to contact us at Zenith directly if you need any help interpreting the plans. 
Our staff engineer, Caleb, is your best resource for this.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Smart on December 8, 2011 at 12:36pm

Hello Sebastien,

I normally do and have enlisted Caleb's help in the past. Caleb's support has been super, I can't say enough about his and Zenith's help. I just thought I might be overlooking something that someone might point me to before I troubled Caleb again. Thank you for your response ...

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Permalink Reply by Dan Dempsey on December 8, 2011 at 5:48pm

Tim,

I think it's meant be that way.  Parts that big could have a significant interfance fit and you'd never know it. The parts I made were that way, then add primer between each layer of the wing spar, and you have more interference than just adding all the material thicknesses would provide.   There's plenty of spring in the material to make up for it.

Dan

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Permalink Reply by Tim Smart on December 9, 2011 at 6:10am

Thanks for your reply Dan. I will still check with Caleb per Sebastien's advice, but I think your probably right. Something else I just thought about is the sanding and polishing of the pieces in the wing spar will probably pull a few thousandths off also.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Ward on December 8, 2011 at 11:26pm

Is there two Calebs?

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Permalink Reply by Tim Smart on December 9, 2011 at 6:04am

Steven, I don't know, Caleb Gebhardt is who I have received a lot of help from.

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