First of all..... WELCOME!
You'll need to trim the edges to get a tidy join when the two parts
overlap. Believe me, a 1" overlapped joint glued with Redux is going to
be so strong you'll never have to worry about it. Keeping the joint to
the required size is also going to save you the weight of the extra edge
plus the weight of the Redux.
Finding the trim line however is a fun exercise. Go steal a good soft
(2B) pencil from your kids. Using the side of the pencil tip scrub over
the area where the trim line should be as if you are doing a brass
rubbing. The trim line will magically appear. Then dig out your dremel
with permagrit cutting disk, put on a set of ear muffs and safety
glasses and annoy your neighbours for a couple of hours with the noise.
Second thing to remember... HAVE FUN!
Regards
Tony
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Subject: First real question
I am now an official builder, die to the airplane parts in my
garage. I am building the monowheel motorglider, sans wings right now. I
am almost through the tail kit and am wondering about the fuselage. I am
starting the fuselage which includes trimming the edge. Looking at it,
it looks like there is plenty of overlap and I wonder what the reason
for trimming is. It would seem that the critical joint there should have
as much meat as possible. The trimming line refereed to in the manual if
there seems like my imagination. Anyone with any inputs on this?
Thanks,
Dave Anderson
Gardnerville, NV
A227
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