Hi again Bob.

I did not really mean to comment your foam jig system, it was more to those who use more classical wing jigs.
Another thing; if someone wants to optimize, the cap strips should have a stronger joint with l.e. sheeting than the butt-joint that everybody use. The strips should be recessed into the sheeting so that it has a good shear joint with main spar. Only then the caps can take all the loads they are capable of taking. I guess many of us have noticed how the wing stiffens when tip blocks are glued on. That just indicates that the ribs don't do their job properly.
Of course, our wings are so thick and weight/material volume is not such an issue. In free flight it is a big issue, if just one of about 100 ribs crack, the model becomes unflyable.

Lauri

Another thing; if someone wants to optimize, the cap strips should have a stronger joint with l.e. sheeting than the butt-joint that everybody use. The strips should be recessed into the sheeting so that it has a good shear joint with main spar.

Lauri

Do you have a picture or drawing of this, not sure I understand what you mean by recess the strips into l.e. sheeting.

Another way of accomplishing essentially the same thing but with less hassle is to trim the leading edge shells so that they cover approximately two thirds of the C-Tube spars chordwise. That leaves one third purchase for the cap strip. No inletting required.

Bob Hunt 

Don't forget the trailing edge also with cap strips.   

AND, you don't leave a sharp-edged cut in the LE wood to start a crack later.

   You absolutely DO NOT want to do what is shown in the drawing.

    Brett

I just want to make this "perfectaly clear" that the drawing isn't in any way MY recommendation on how to recess capstrips. The drawing was only in response to what was described.

Lauri Malila who, unless my drawing is incorrect, recommended this construction.

Brett makes sense, in that to cut a recess, there's two extra corners that could possibly crack.

Nice observation, Brett!

Edited, spelling error.

Actually, Brett made sense.  He has made sense since his first posts on this board.

Dick,

I heard NH had ploice dressed and armed as the Military would be. Like test marketing.

Is this true?

A friend from Brooklyn said that NH is a noice ploice.

Actually, Brett made sense.  He has made sense since his first posts on this board.

In fact he makes so much sense one could call him 'Sensei!'