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Damon Brantley's Blog – August 2017 Archive (2)
Setting rivets in infrared
While setting the rivets for my spar jig I decided to take some infrared video of the rivet setting process to see
how the rivet heats up as it is compressed. Hopefully others find the results somewhat interesting.
The video can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5s0YRXXiuw…
Added by Damon Brantley on August 19, 2017 at 4:52pm — No Comments
Wing Spar Jig and Video
Just a note to be clear. This jig is only needed if you are scratchbuilding. The 650 kits are predrilled and the spacing will already be set.
The wing jig is needed to ensure that there is correct spacing between the center spar and the rear channel attachment to the fuselage. This would seem to be a rather important item to have around when scratch building a 650.
For some reason the wing spar jig drawing is not included in the current 650B plans.There are a…
ContinueAdded by Damon Brantley on August 13, 2017 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments
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