J-5 WING SPARS

[TIM AYERS]

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET REPLACEMENT WOODEN SPARS FOR A J-5 WING? DOES ANYONE HAVE A TRICK FOR PULLING THE CLINCH NAILS OUT WITH-OUT DEFORMING THE RIBS? THANKS, TIM

 

[Steve Pierce]

Tim, We got a J-3 spar from Kling Air in Udall, KS. 316-782-3523 j-3cub@wheatstate.com www.klingair.com . The quality was excellent. They have an Ad in the Cub Club Clues every month.

Steve

 

[TIM AYERS]

THANKS STEVE, I'LL GIVE THEM A CALL IN THE AM. IF YOUL MEASURE THE CLEARENCE ON THE CRANK HANDLE ( HOW LONG),SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS I'LL MATCH IT UP AS WELL AS POSSIBLE AND SEND YOU ONE FROM MY STASH. OLD PLANES,OLD CARS,OLD BIKES AND OLD GUNS JUST SEEM TO GO WITH OLD MEN LIKE ME!
TIM

 

[Charlie Aileron]

The Klingair web site has been down for about four weeks. Are they out of business?

 

[dluer]

An email to Klingair brought the following reply:

----- Original Message -----
From: <j-3cub@wheatstate.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Is Klingair website up?


> Hi Dan,
>
> I'm sorry, but we have shut it down for the time being. Our
back log was
> just way too much at his time to add anymore orders, so we
pulled all our
> adds untill we can get caught up. We hope to be fully back up
and running
> someday, time will tell.
>
> Tim
> KlingAir
>
>

 

[AkPA/18]

Hi Tim
I have used one of those gardening tools before. The one for digging weeds with the wide flat blade and the v notch in it. Laugh but it actually worked pretty good. Good luck.

 

[Steve Pierce]

I use a small pair of flush wire cutters and grab hold and roll a little.