When confronting either a questionable sequence of operations or a doubtful
dimension that prompts me to think, "This can't be right!" I bring it to the
factory's attention, but lesser quibbles I just work around and keep quiet
about it.
---From reading postings on this forum I note, for example, that the factory's
errors in the cut length of aileron and flap foam cores for the XS wings
have been corrected (I am certainly not the only builder to bring that to
their attention) but I know nothing of the less obvious errors. I presume
they have made good faith efforts to fix the manuals over time, and that
builders' comments are an important source of "editorial corrections" to the
books.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of europa-builder@ntlworld.com
Subject: Re: tailplane rear closeout dimensions
> It's a rather long time since I did these particular layups but, in
general,
> the manual is what I shall charitably call cavalier about being consistent
> (and in worse ways than cm vs mm). Measure twice, cut once is not
> sufficient because one must also verify the correctness of EVERY dimension
> specified or risk cutting some critical part undersize. Not all the time,
> mind you, but often enough that you MUST verify all critical cuts - do not
> trust the book. In this particular instance it is easy enough to make you
> own measurements, as you have already done. Trust your numbers.
Have all errors in the manual been reported to Europa so that they can make
the necessary corrections? Not that it helps me much because I've got an
old one...
Cheers,
Mark.
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