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Date:  4-25-2015
Number of Hours:  1.20
Manual Reference:  Step 3
Brief Description:  Preparing to fit LE Canard cores

Today is ANZAC day, right? We honour war veterans in general, and having a little brother in the Navy, am always a bit leery of this day, in case I ever have to use it to commerate him. It also puts me a bit in mind of my youngest son, who we lost in a motorcycle crash 2.5 years ago now, who had an involvement with ANZAC day with the school cadets, a memory of which I treasure. A sensitive day. Along with work stress and Airshow stress, I'm a LITTLE stressed right now.

While enjoying a leisurely coffee in bed reading emails get a phone call from work. My incredibly supportive trainer had a heart attach at home this morning while I sloberverate, and died in hospital. F(*&king devastated. I'm sure it is all more horrorfying for his family and the lovely Raquel, but I am personally devastated. Vale Dave Terawsky, I have known you for 27 years, but I wish I knew you better. STILL have to train next week, and STILL have that Airshow. STRESS!!! Sorry to insert this personal blog, but, well, if you are reading this you'll just have to put up with it. Sorry.

By late afternoon wander up to the shed, and do battle again with the Cores.

Measure up the cutting templates and decide my matchstick allowance, top and bottom, works at the tips. Measure the top cap at the centre join as 9.3mm, the lower as 7.5mm. I calculate the Shear Web at this point as 1.65mm and subtract that, then add 1mm to each for the observed meltback of the core compared to the templates. This gives an allowance for the Spar Cap of 8.6mm for the upper spar cap, and 6.8mm for the lower. Make play spacers to this dimension, Then place cores and check with the templates. Relatively happy.

Sand TE of LE cores for clearance with Attach Tabs and Shear Web. All looks good with stringlines.
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Figgering, figgering

Figgering, figgering

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Onya Dave

Onya Dave

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