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Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS**

Let us all watch your new project progress.
TonyL
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Location: Lyon France

Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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two skid parts epoxied together and cleaned up
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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M 5 brass insert made from M 5 screw with M3 allen bolt
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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M 5 brass insert epoxied into hardwood block
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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dural strop bolted to ply-balsa ply sandwich of 15 mm thickness
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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front of skip bolted to fuzz
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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rear of skip in dural strop
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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3 mm ply reinforcements between formers 4 & 5, 4 mm balsa reinforcement aft former 5
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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Finished building the other wing, cut a little jig to sand the leading edge, the ribs look
very simplar to the original Ka 3 profile: Göttingen 549, 14% maximum thickness and a
leading edge defined by only a few points
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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Both wings covered in DIACOV
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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3 mm ply reinforcements behind former 5
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