Float strut material
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:04 am
Pretty quiet so thought I'd throw out a "tidbit" for all the guys mounting
their floats this winter/spring.
Had another guy (that I'll leave anonymous till he wants to introduce
himself here!!) come by for a piece of streamline tube after cutting one too
many from the same 12' supplied length.
It is imperative that you cut all three struts for the SAME side of the
airplane from each length. It only leaves a small piece of scrape doing
this. Any other way and you'll be short material.
It is also important that you start at the proper end of the 12' length, or
thanks to the angle cuts you'll end up short as well!!
If you set the full length down on the floor with the rounded (fwd) edge
pointing AWAY from you the front strut for the 1800's gets cut from the end
to the LEFT of you (make sure you get the angle going the right way as well
or you will come up short material as well - measured length from the LEFT
square end will be longer on the fwd edge than rear edge). This angle you
just cut is the bottom of the front strut and then you will need to cut the
square end to the same angle for the top. Then the angle and the remaining
material that you have just cut is pretty close to the angle at the bottom
of the diagonal. Next you would cut the square ended rear strut from the
RIGHT end of the length, leaving you the diagonal piece of material with
enough left for final trimming to length.
Wayne
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their floats this winter/spring.
Had another guy (that I'll leave anonymous till he wants to introduce
himself here!!) come by for a piece of streamline tube after cutting one too
many from the same 12' supplied length.
It is imperative that you cut all three struts for the SAME side of the
airplane from each length. It only leaves a small piece of scrape doing
this. Any other way and you'll be short material.
It is also important that you start at the proper end of the 12' length, or
thanks to the angle cuts you'll end up short as well!!
If you set the full length down on the floor with the rounded (fwd) edge
pointing AWAY from you the front strut for the 1800's gets cut from the end
to the LEFT of you (make sure you get the angle going the right way as well
or you will come up short material as well - measured length from the LEFT
square end will be longer on the fwd edge than rear edge). This angle you
just cut is the bottom of the front strut and then you will need to cut the
square end to the same angle for the top. Then the angle and the remaining
material that you have just cut is pretty close to the angle at the bottom
of the diagonal. Next you would cut the square ended rear strut from the
RIGHT end of the length, leaving you the diagonal piece of material with
enough left for final trimming to length.
Wayne
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