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Getting strung out on stringers
OK, let me paint you a picture. My wife and kiddo went to a party, leaving me home alone to work for 5 HOURS in the garage! I was really excited about working on the tailcone, seeing something come together that actually looked like an aircraft. I cut the 6 J-Stringers (F-786A, B, & C J-Channels) to length and then tried to make sense out of the instructions on making the cuts on the ends. One end or boths? If only one end, is it fore or aft? ARRRRGGGGGGG!! &^%$! ^%&! %$^%! OK, time for the Lotus position. Ohhmmmmmm.... hmm... I feel better now. So, I got on the internet and only found one forum where some other builders discussed it, but there wasn't a definitive answer as to what has to be done here, just a lot of "heres' how I did it". I therefore have decided to not cut the ends right now and go ahead and cleco the tailcone together, then "how to cut" these J-Stringers will definitely stick out like a sore thumb. This little episode cost me almost 2 hours of head scratchin' and internet searchin'.

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