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Extra thin cap strips

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Tiger Tim

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I was thumbing through the Flying and Glider Manual reprints the other day and the rib drawing for the Gere Sport stood out as odd.
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Notice how the cap strips are 1/8” x 1/2” when I feel like the standard is closer to 14” square. Same amount of material (and thus weight) in either case but does that seem right to you folks?
 
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