Cheap self-rig system demonstration

love it! fastest wings in the east lol

On Jul 13, 7:42*pm, Frank Paynter wrote:
Evan Ludeman (T8) took this video of me assembling my Ventus 2bx at
Wurtsboro last week, using my el-cheapo single-rig system. *The video
has not been edited in any way, and assembly that morning was actually
a little slower than usual ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRipsiPgdk

TA

Elegant! That's the simplist solution I've ever seen. Even though it
wouldn't work for my glider (and many others I suspect) I still admire
the simplicity and effectiveness.

On Jul 13, 10:42*pm, Frank Paynter wrote:
Evan Ludeman (T8) took this video of me assembling my Ventus 2bx at
Wurtsboro last week, using my el-cheapo single-rig system. *The video
has not been edited in any way, and assembly that morning was actually
a little slower than usual ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRipsiPgdk

TA

I'll vouch for the fact that this was the second slowest assembly I
saw Frank do all week... the slowest was when he did it with help!

To respond to Andy's comment about wear on the fuselage from wing
spars: stick a little spare mylar seal material as a bearing surface
on the area where the spar tends to rub on the fuselage. Problem
solved.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

"Frank Paynter" wrote in message
...
Evan Ludeman (T8) took this video of me assembling my Ventus 2bx at
Wurtsboro last week, using my el-cheapo single-rig system. The video
has not been edited in any way, and assembly that morning was actually
a little slower than usual ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRipsiPgdk

TA

Very good, Frank.

One suggestion: If you were to insert the left wing first, as per the
Schempp-Hirth flight manual, you could insert the main pin part-ways into
the left spar stub to prevent the first wing being pushed out while the
second wing is inserted. This would eliminate the need for the second wing
stand and eliminate the need to walk back around to the first wingtip and
re-shove it into place. This one change would probably knock another 20% off
your rigging times.

Gary Ittner P7
"Have glider, will race"