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monteithrp

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I purchased a very nice and well built Hatz about four months ago and found one of the flyingwires had a nick and small crack. I ordered the wire from Steen Aero Lab (very nice and helpful people) and it should be in soon. I wanted to see if anyone would know the best way to tighten the wire and how many pounds and deflection the wire should have. The javelins are held on with what it looks like rib stitching and some sort of clear or varnish brushed on the stitching. I think I am going to do it the same to match the rest of the plane unless their is a better way of doing it.

 

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