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Builder Name:Jeff Seaborn   -  
Project:   Dalotel DM165   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:653
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Start/Last Date:Nov 06, 2019 - Nov 06, 2019
Engine:Originally Continental IO-346 A what? Yep, an IO-346 as used in Muskateers of the same vintage
Propeller:A Regy Wooden Fixed Pitch What the heck is that? A French prop from that era
Panel:Steam gauges circa 1969. In French and in metric. Yikes!
 
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Jan 12, 2020     Round two for today - full length spars - (1.5 hours)       Category: Wings
I figured that I could continue on some work and not have to go outside again today; scarf joints!

It was time to get the spars to their proper lengths. This entailed cutting down the inboard end a bit to clean things up and adding a short extension onto the outboard ends of main spar top cap and both caps of the rear spar.

The top cap of the front spar needs to be 151-1/2" long. The longest board that I had to work with when I made the spar cap was something like 148" long. So yeah, a scarf joint just to get the last few inches. It was a similar situation for the rear spar. The top cap needed to be 144-1/2" long and all I had to use for that piece was a 12' long board. 12' = 144". So yeah, short by 1/2". Anyway, a little bit of work with a hand plane and the pieces fit up nicely.


 


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