http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/ Harley's Genie Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:23:10 GMT Harleym http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/822 Laser cutting of the longer rear section of the slab sides required having a little material at both ends of the 48" ply stock. This moved the splice line back Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:29:15 GMT Duane Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/821 Thanks, Harley. After reading through that section of the instructions again, I concluded the cross-grain 1/64" ply sub-decking would provide torsional Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:23:25 GMT Harleym http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/820 Duane. . .longitudinal is it. Along with the ply doublers over the CF laminate and then the rigidity imparted by the glassing over, the results are fine. Text Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:57:24 GMT Duane Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/819 I had assumed that the exterior sheeting was oriented cross-grain, especially along the tail, for torsional stiffness. However, the scarf joints shown on the Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:42:33 GMT Duane Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/818 F2 and deep rail glued to left SS, remaining TS added. Tow hook blocking cut, laminated and drilled. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:27:23 GMT Jay Hunter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/817 Looking good Duane!!!! Keep it going. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:13:51 GMT Harleym http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/816 Hi Duane. . .thanks for the progress report. It's always good to see that a builder is sticking to the script! I think you meant to say "glued in the deep Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:23:43 GMT Duane Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/815 I've added triangle stock (TS) to the slab sides (SS), glued F1 and F2 to the right SS, glued in the deep rails in front of F2, filled the over-size slot in Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:58:42 GMT Anker Berg-Sonne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/814 Thanks Duane, That's what I thought, but I wanted to be sure. Anker Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:49:57 GMT Duane Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/813 The spar extends the entire span of the center panel, but does not extend into any of the tip panels. The tips have the outboard joiner boxes only. See Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:42:56 GMT Anker Berg-Sonne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/812 Hi Guys, I am about to cut a set of Big Smooth Genie cores with the spars cut out on the CNC foam cutter. Does the spar extend all the way out to the tips from Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:28:19 GMT Harleym http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/811 Jim Laurel is a skilled flyer in Seattle who uses the latest moldies. He expressed interest in having a lightweight woodie for "woodie" contests.Jim Ealy, who Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:18:00 GMT Dion Dunn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/810 Here are some links I have saved over the years in prep for doing bagging. I also have the Barns video which I have watched a number of times while working Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:20 GMT Ardith Groome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/809 Sounds like Kevin and I are in agreement on the bag, pump and breather (I use cheap paper towels for the breather). One of the big advantages of using the Gast Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:37:16 GMT Jay Hunter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harleysgenie/message/808 You need to be careful with used hospital pumps as they could contain all sorts of germs, virii, etc.. At a minimum if you get a used hospital pump (GAST) I