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tflanagan(at)fiberglassin
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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:39 am Post subject: Dave Clay brake |
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Hi all, I’m building Daves brake but have bought ¼ x 2 x 2 instead of 3”. Do you this this will severly limit my bending abilities for a 701 .
Thanks, Tom
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sky_ranger161
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: Dave Clay brake |
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Hey Tom,
Having built one of these myself, and using it to fabricate nearly everything so far on my XL, I can tell you this. Three inch angle would probably be better, but I think you'll be able to do ok with 2". The problem is that you need the brake to be as stiff as possible to bend the longer parts, and in my opinion, 3" would be somewhat stronger for that purpose.
When bending shorter parts or angles, I don't think you'll have any problem. You might be able to increase the stiffness by building the brake with the clamping bolts closer together. If there is a problem, it's going to present itself when you try to bend your top and bottom outboard spar angles, and the rear wing channels. I think those are some of the longest parts in the whole project.
NOW, having said that, I understand from an email posted a couple of months ago by David Barth (one of [quote][b]
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