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CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION All copy machines distort the product slightly. When Pete Bowers took care that the companies printing the plans ensured that this distortion was kept to a minimum. However, the copying industry has undergone some considerable amount of change. This level is of control is hard to find in this day and age. The basic message is that the “full size templates” printed in the numbered pages (e.g., Page 4-2, Page 10-6) of the plans shouldn’t be used for production. Check the dimensions with a ruler, and if necessary, redraw them, either on a computer or by hand. The key dimensions are always supplied. D
EDITOR’S NOTES FOR THE 50 th ANNIVERSARY EDITION When going through the original set of plans, there was a strong temptation to “update” things. Pete mentions prices in some areas of course, and these prices are for the 1960s. Who wouldn’t want to buy a rebuilt A65 for $500?? I mostly resisted making these sorts of updates. This book is Pete Bowers speaking; let’s let him tell the story in his own words. Curiously, the spell checker on my word processor occasionally objected to Pete’s spelling of certain words (“Taxy” is an example). Again, I left Pete’s spelling intact as well. Similarly, I also resisted the temptation to dump a lot of my own writings into this plans set. I have a lot of advice and information on my web page (www.bowersflybaby.com), but, again, this is Pete’s book. I did not include the reprinted material from EAA SPORT AVIATION magazine. If you are an EAA member, you can access this material for free online. I don’t change Pete’s words, but I sometimes add my own comments to provide additional information in key areas. These generally involve two cases: First, the FAA regulatory environment has changed (for the better) since the Fly Baby was developed. The FAA no longer required pre-cover inspections for homebuilts, for example. Second, fifty years of flight experience has provided some insight into the aircraft design, and some suggestions for improved safety. A good example is the reinforcement applied to the aft spar pin holes at Station 5. When I do add my own comments, they’re in brackets, italicized, and labeled “RJW NOTE”: [RJW Note: Yes, this is what they look like.] As a general comment, Pete makes occasional reference to CAM Manual 18 (or “CAM 18”). This has been updated and expanded over the years, and is now called Advisory Circular AC-43-13B. It’s available from various bookstores, and usually can be found online. During conversion to electronic format, effort was paid to keep the page numbering the same. This explains why some pages seem to be a bit short. However, in some areas, slight shifting of some text to and from the next page may have occurred. This attempt to maintain the same pagination aids getting help from experienced builders who own original plans sets…if they tell you to look on Page 4-4 for your answer, it should be found there. You’ll find that Pete’s original “full size templates” are not necessarily full size, and are marked, “Not Scaled Correctly – Please Redraw.” This is not just a “why doesn’t that lazy character redraw the templates for us” matter. It’s a matter of reproduction accuracy when scans of the plans drawings were incorporated into an electronic document. Several years ago, Marco Pinto generated a Computer-aided Drawing (CAD) of the main rib section based on the airfoil shape and the spacing between the spars. He has made these CAD (Computer-aided drawing) versions of the rib templates available for free download. In addition, E
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