Hi John,

I do not know if the situation you describe is typical or not. I can tell you my experience - very similar to what you have observed.

For the record - my kit was built by the previous company.

1) When everything is secured - the lift strut tubes have to be absolutely straight - running a tight fishline or string down the lift strut will provide a reference.

2) The Jury struts are intended to be perpendicular to the spar tubes. What I don't know is if it makes any difference if they are angled a bit to be sure the lift strut tubes are straight.

This may be the Norwegian way of doing this (I can say that since my name ends in ...son); but, I elected to cut off the upper 1 1/2 " off the ends of the jury struts - weld on 4130 tubes of the same dimensions that were a little longer - trim the length, flatten the ends and drill new holes. This way the jury struts were perpendicular to the spar tubes and the lift strut tubes were absolutely straight.

Sincerely,

Dave S.

KF 7 Trigear
912ULS Warp
St Paul, MN