ColoRv
Well Known Member
Good Morning RV8 crew. I've spent a bit more of this morning looking at this than I would have thought possible. I've combed through a dozen RV8 build logs, the plans, the book....and I can't find the answer. I considered calling Gringo, but I bother him too much with silly questions already and besides he is out of town in a fly close to your buddy clinic. So thought I would put a quick post up here and see if it gets any attention.
The center rail runs along the top skin and drops into the receptacle. Seems pretty simple. When bent to the plan it doesn't sit flush all along that path and my OCD really thinks it should fit flush. But, there is a bevel on the end of the rail so that it fits against the receptacle correctly and it occurs to me that such a bevel wouldn't be needed if it were sitting flush..so perhaps its supposed to hump up like this so that the sliding block has clearance to turn the corner. Am I over thinking this? A picture being worth a thousand words and a simple question being best...does this picture look like it's supposed to?
The center rail runs along the top skin and drops into the receptacle. Seems pretty simple. When bent to the plan it doesn't sit flush all along that path and my OCD really thinks it should fit flush. But, there is a bevel on the end of the rail so that it fits against the receptacle correctly and it occurs to me that such a bevel wouldn't be needed if it were sitting flush..so perhaps its supposed to hump up like this so that the sliding block has clearance to turn the corner. Am I over thinking this? A picture being worth a thousand words and a simple question being best...does this picture look like it's supposed to?