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I'm new to the forum but bought my Curlew plans in 2010, cut out the frames, scarfed stringers and then did nothing until a few days ago I started putting everything together. My plans have two brackets 112 inches apart holding frames two and seven (at 2' 8" and 12') while, if I'm reading the charts correctly, "Fuselage Frame Boats" places frames two and seven 106 inches apart (at 2' 8" and 11' 6") and has four brackets holding frames one, three, five, and eight.

I bungeed in the stringers with frame seven 112 inches from frame two but frames six, seven, and eight seem too close together. So can I use the book frame locations and two brackets, should I make four new brackets to the dimensions in the book, or should I stick with the dimensions in my original plans? HELP! Thanks for helping a befuddled newbie.

I'm attaching pictures of plans and book dimensions and my frame two attached to its bracket. post-5579-0-76684500-1459649362_thumb.jpgpost-5579-0-78690900-1459649387_thumb.jpgpost-5579-0-46245800-1459649415_thumb.jpg

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Not sure I follow all this, 2010 was a long time ago, but by all means stick to the original plans! I don't remember but it is likely the plans have changed and if you DO NOT want to mix the two.

 

PS  Thinking about this and I did redesign the Curlew at one point. The original had a flat rear deck and that looks like what you have? Again, don't remember the details but probably changed the frame spacing too.

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Jeff, sorry for the confusion. As I looked over my plans again I realized that I had used the frame locations in the reference drawing in my assembly manual (partially pictured in my previous post) rather than the frame locations on the actual plans. The frame locations on the plans match exactly the Curlew frame offsets in your book, so I'll use them. Thanks, Doug Jacobs

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