[simpits-tech] Tiny error, big result...

[Gene Buckle]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Roy Coates wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>> The windscreen components that I cut on Saturday had a tiny error in what
>> I call the "root" angle.  This is the angle that the windscren frame
>> "tilts" in.  This angle is based on the 2" wide "canopy bow" frame at the
>> aft of the assembly.
>>
>> The error didn't show up until the large flat part was added to the
>> assembly when I was gluing it up.  It turns out that the angle was off by
>> .46 of a degree.
>
>
> I did wonder when I looked at the pics. I remember thinking "gee, that
> looks off by about 0.46 of a degree" and I was right!
>
Well crap.  You could've said something and saved me all the trouble of 
researching it.  Jeeze. :)

g.

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