> Obviously, I'm somewhat behind reading my "mail," and these remarks may be
> grossly dated. That having been said, as regards airfoil templates for
> those of us with foam-core wings.....can we not assume that the factory
> templates that were used in the hot-wire process were CAD-generated, and
> should, as a result, be very accurate representations of the designed
> CAD-generated airfoil.
I wouldn't count on that if you have the early hand made cores! I think it
can be said that mine showed "a variance" from ideal and took quite a bit of
persuading and shimming to establish a good shape. I might add that the
finished wing looks great.
Now, all I have to do now is work out why my root chord with flap set hard
into the closeout is 5mm longer than will fit into my flap rigging jig block
:-)
Ah, the joys of homebuilding.
Tony
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