do I really need wing spar spacers?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:58 pm
Hi everyone - My kit arrived just before Christmas and I've finished the firewall and center section:
.... but I have a question
The manual tells me to make some fake wood wing spar spacers (1 7/16 thick, exactly!) and then test fit the center section bulkheads around them. Not sure what I'm testing. They will fit, I'm sure. Do I need these spacers later on in fuselage assembly? I can't find them referenced in the manual. I've found some posts where people say you don't need them. What does this group think?
I know some people have made the spacers up out of aluminum - that sounds like the way to go if I have to have them. Anybody have a spare set they'd be willing to part with?
Back to work tomorrow,
.... but I have a question
The manual tells me to make some fake wood wing spar spacers (1 7/16 thick, exactly!) and then test fit the center section bulkheads around them. Not sure what I'm testing. They will fit, I'm sure. Do I need these spacers later on in fuselage assembly? I can't find them referenced in the manual. I've found some posts where people say you don't need them. What does this group think?
I know some people have made the spacers up out of aluminum - that sounds like the way to go if I have to have them. Anybody have a spare set they'd be willing to part with?
Back to work tomorrow,
Don't waste alot of time making spacers that are works of art. The prepunched holes in both the spars and the skins only allow the spars to be installed in one location anyway. These spacers must be from requirements for older, non-prepunched kits such as 3,4&6's. Even with the spacers, your wings will still probably be a tight fit, but what's the problem with that.
CJ