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Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
By:T Duncan
Date: 2/28/2016, 10:58 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question (Rich Wagner )

shim the keel: I would say, if you need to, yes.

To my understanding, the flare of the gunwales sets the sheer line, but the depths to the keel set the rocker.

Not saying I fully understand this. I built a fuselage once that I tried to crank more rocker into by elevating the first and last form a bit more, but when I released it from the strong back, it lost the rocker and hogged the keel. I still don't know exactly why or how that happened.

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Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/26/2016, 2:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/26/2016, 4:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2016, 12:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/28/2016, 2:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 5:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/28/2016, 6:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 8:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2016, 12:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/28/2016, 10:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 1:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question *PIC*
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 10:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 11:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question *PIC*
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 11:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 8:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
T Duncan -- 2/29/2016, 9:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 9:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 2/29/2016, 10:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 3/1/2016, 8:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 9:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 9:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Rich Wagner -- 3/1/2016, 4:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2016, 12:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/29/2016, 8:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Marc Upchurch -- 2/28/2016, 5:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: fuselage rocker question
Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2016, 12:28 am