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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cashflyer
Prewar. I think it was a 65CA.
I didn't realize the later ones used no stitching.
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Those are fine. The post-war wings were designed to use PK screws and the ribs were pretty sharp on the edge, so if someone rib-stitched them eventually some of the cord would be cut, and the fabric coming loose.
All of a sudden you have become a test pilot as the wing was not the shape intended and you may or may not get on the ground in one piece.
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