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I'm following the second spar designn for the M-19 Flying Squirrel,
namely the "Barnard
Composite Spar" or BCS. Intended to save money, weight AND ease
getting appropriate building materials, Marvin designed a built-up spar to
replace the 7" * 3/4" * 11' plank used in his prototype. Oscar ran engineering
trials on a test spar I built to confirm Marvin's design.
Read about that test.
I built box beam spars for the KR2 and figured this was an appropriate design
change for my iteration of the Flying Squirrel. Combined with the taller
fuselage cabin height, I'm calling my project an M-19b.
Spar wood scarfing & lamination
Bottom spar cap being scarfed on the table saw
Fitting the sections together & bonding with T88. I pinned the scarf
joints with aircraft nails to prevent slipping under clamping pressure; removed
the nails post-cure.
Spar dimensional layout
Visualizing the root & lift strut sections in place & cutting the fish mouth
transitions
Spar structural construction
To build spars, a flat work surface is good. My table is within 1/16" across
the 12' length. As good as I could do.
I got the baseline straight edge to 1/32" according to my thread guide line
stretched along the table edge and that meets Marvin's design spec.
The 1/16" should work itself out when it gets bonded to the XPS foam factory
edge. Assuming I pay attention at that stage.
Kind of fun, this stuff!
T88 Glue test sample looks good
John bonding the right main spar (record shot for the Repairman Certificate)
T88 applied & glue closing up
Clamps applied and top weighted for curing
Another T88 sample block with excessive clamping & squeeze out to trial shear
destructive test
Finally, the first spar blank is out of the clamps and cleaned up.
XPS plug insertions
WAF placements and drillings
FG layups on the bias