A New Millenium wing

[Mike Griffin]

Getting ready to build a Millenium Wing for a Tom Farmer Forerunner.

[goozgog]

Hey Mike,

  I've built three Millennium wings so far.
I think you'll be more than happy with yours.
    The plane I'm holding in my left hand in my
avatar picture has a Millennium wing. It is my
most successful plane ever.

  They build fast after you make the jig and they
are light and stiff.

  Being hyper critical just because I can, These
wings are more than strong enough but don't
squeeze the leading edge. The 1/16" covering
might not be fully supported by the ribs.

   I did find these wings harder than normal to
finish since buffing them threatens the light ribs.
Be gentle.

Cheers! - K.

[Mike Griffin]

Hey guys, thanks for the input.  I guess I should have posted this in "What did you do in your shop today." but was to lazy to repost it.  LOL.  Anyway, and I think Ty can relate to this, a few years ago I spent a couple of days at Tom's house learning to build these wings.  I thought I was a decent builder at the time but learned more from Tom in those couple of days than I ever did struggling by myself. 
we built a complete profile Cavalier and I bought his building table and brought it all back to New Orleans with me.  The last Millennium wing I built was about 4 years ago when I scratch built my first Imitation.  That was before I came out with the kit.  I have always been amazed how light these things are and I plan to fully sheet the wing.  I talked to Tom a couple of days ago and he told me that almost 100% of the wings he now builds for other folks are fully sheeted.

Anyway, they are actually a lot of fun to build and take way less balsa which is a good thing considering what is happening in the balsa market.

Regards,

Mike

[Mike Griffin]

Hey Mike,

  I've built three Millennium wings so far.
I think you'll be more than happy with yours.
    The plane I'm holding in my left hand in my
avatar picture has a Millennium wing. It is my
most successful plane ever.

  They build fast after you make the jig and they
are light and stiff.

  Being hyper critical just because I can, These
wings are more than strong enough but don't
squeeze the leading edge. The 1/16" covering
might not be fully supported by the ribs.

   I did find these wings harder than normal to
finish since buffing them threatens the light ribs.
Be gentle.

Cheers! - K.

Hey Keith, thank you for the advice and I found out the hard way about the leading edge sheeting.  I am just amazed how light these things turn out.  It is fun for me to build them and I guess good therapy.  Your planes are beautiful by the way.

Mike