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Old 05-16-2020, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by smithdr View Post
.... I got the lower wings started by cross-graining my spars to make them a bit thicker to fit the rib slots and much stronger. I'm not sure why the spars as printed are so thin while the slots in the ribs are so thick. ....

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That is a fault with the original Fitter model and is not limited to the Fokker D.VII. The spars and ribs are meant to be laminated to 1mm thick and the slots on them should be 1mm wide. Fitter's Albatros D.IIIs suffer from a similar problem.
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