(As of today's date) There may be some confusion... If you have the hand drawn plans for the Radial Version of the Skybolt... you will have two different sets of strut attach bracket drawings (at least I did). Nothing on the drawings say that they are for one or another.
One is for the "D" version (why they were sent with the Radial version... I'm not sure) and one is for the "Radial" version. Not sure if someone ordering the "D" supplement gets the ones for the "Radial". From what JimW wrote in his build of the upper wing center section it doesn't look like the "D" plans come with both. He mentioned nothing about this...and he always mentioned when there were gotchas.
Dwg 210 (drawn by C.H.P. dated 3-4-03): These are for the Radial version
Dwg 403 (drawn by C.H.P. dated 9-02); These are for the "D" version
The individual CAD drawings are for the "D" version.
Not to confuse things (and you'd need to be looking at the drawings to understand this)...
- I used Detail A @ Sta 00 (front strut attach) from Dwg 210. Detail A from Dwg 403 could be used.
- I used Detail B @ Sta 24 (rear strut attach/sway wire) from Dwg 210. Dwg 403 (which was designed for the "D" version) has the rear strut attach and sway wire fitting as separate fittings. On the "D" the rear attach fitting goes at Sta 24 and the sway wire fitting goes at Sta 30. There is no Sta 30 on the Radial version.
(I'm not saying to do this but, if I were to do it again I'd readjust the bottom of the rear fitting on Dwg 210 to match the rear attach fitting from Dwg 403 - it's a better match for the tube structure)
One is for the "D" version (why they were sent with the Radial version... I'm not sure) and one is for the "Radial" version. Not sure if someone ordering the "D" supplement gets the ones for the "Radial". From what JimW wrote in his build of the upper wing center section it doesn't look like the "D" plans come with both. He mentioned nothing about this...and he always mentioned when there were gotchas.
Dwg 210 (drawn by C.H.P. dated 3-4-03): These are for the Radial version
Dwg 403 (drawn by C.H.P. dated 9-02); These are for the "D" version
The individual CAD drawings are for the "D" version.
Not to confuse things (and you'd need to be looking at the drawings to understand this)...
- I used Detail A @ Sta 00 (front strut attach) from Dwg 210. Detail A from Dwg 403 could be used.
- I used Detail B @ Sta 24 (rear strut attach/sway wire) from Dwg 210. Dwg 403 (which was designed for the "D" version) has the rear strut attach and sway wire fitting as separate fittings. On the "D" the rear attach fitting goes at Sta 24 and the sway wire fitting goes at Sta 30. There is no Sta 30 on the Radial version.
(I'm not saying to do this but, if I were to do it again I'd readjust the bottom of the rear fitting on Dwg 210 to match the rear attach fitting from Dwg 403 - it's a better match for the tube structure)
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