Stearman build

Now that really is a labour of love Kevin, lovely work!

Feeling quite pleased as i laid my head on the pillow last night then had a sudden brainrush. Due to my build changes there is No point in finalising the strut rigging until i have at least built all 4 main spares. They are rectangular boxes with built in tapers or Furrings ( item 133 in pic 2) to set the dihedral. So i need to align the spar tips not the centre section.

Prepared all the parts for the 4 wing spar boxes and finished both lower units

Will you be putting lightening holes in the aluminium joiner Kevin?

JRI wrote: Will you be putting lightening holes in the aluminium joiner Kevin?

Ive thought about it but this 89" Flair version is reputed to build at least 5 LBS lighter than a Nick Zirrolli 87" so i'll see what the finished weight is

Last night i built the first of the upper wing spar boxes IAW the plan but found a major problem. The tapered furings created an offset causing a mismatch to the centre section. So I had to carefully cut out the spars and remake the box parts.

This time I cut a groove in one spar which allowed the alloy spar to exit centrally.