steve

very well done, did you lose a shirt ?

me meet and greet you, not sure what day, fri to sat ? still open 360 286 6911

that was pre set by the plans years ago, looks like an inch gap

thanks, the fitting must be installed into the caliper, then the Nilaflow will mount to the fitting. acssc sent the fitting with no glue or tape:mad: the flaring I'm referring to is the part that covers the gear where it meets the tub. i got some pic (if there under 500mb)

looking for a web that shows flairing for main gear. what do i seal the fitting that fits into the brake caliper with ? i am trying to flair mine today and redo the naca and gear cover. here a some pic from today. ty in advance

That look good rich, mine looked just like that ! befor i found the missing 40 layers of bid. the plans have you do 2 big layups then you do 2 more the next day. i must have gotten that day off...lol so i did the 20 and 20 and there was just bearly room for the washer i see in your pic what looks like 2 colors of glass on you tab (not 4), is that right ? i can show you mine after i get some light up in the hell hole but my tab is 1/4" bigger than my thumb:p

here are my brakes,well the heat plate anyway

not to get off topic but this has been bugging me for over a year.. 2 thingsi see from your web that you cut the rear of the main bow for caliper clearance ? matco's right ? i see in the plans it said in front and horizontal. i missed it and cut the rear as well, it seemed the only way to fit it, your thoughts? next is(dont get mad) the bow, you stated 2x8" and all would be in tow last year i followed your thinking and set the bow up on a table with the ends lifted to the 8 deg so the squares would define the trailing edge. then i marked the full side,flipped it and did the leading edge, but i noted that the marks were tapered and it would take the full 8" to get a good wing shape as you stated. the leading and trailing edge looked so close i tried flopping it opposite and redoing the square's to find center and it all lined up, the 1/2 way point was dead on from top to bottom....add 1" for brake line and your done.

nope, the bushings stick out a 1/16" from the bulk heads. the gear tabs are, at there widest point are glass (because you covered them with glass when you installed the washers) or you had wimpy tabs and the bushings at the end of the tubes stuck out past the washers/bid, i need to look at the m's i guess.

i have the same thing going on, i had a 1/2" wide tab and i put the tube inside the two tabs getting ready to do the last 2 layups(2bidover washers)(2bidover the tube) but the tube was to long ??? so i when back to look for my sharpy dots in the reading and there where no dots put next to "now add 20 layers outside and 25 layers inside over the 50 you just did" shoot, now the tube is fine and glassed in and main is back in the plane and is very close in toe (1/16" from Axel to tip-of bl -0) both sides. i just got my studs in the mail and need to ask.....there is a space in the bulk head (1/8-1/4) where the gear fits in. do i shim with a washer or did i miss some layups in the landing-gear-bulkhead ?

sombody took your plane ?

i wish it were mine:bad:

i got stuck with the dumb things hope to get back 1/2 pm me if interested

heavy and bad to breath. rocks or pavers work good in the drive..

it was in the news letter, i have the snipet...HARD SHELLING Hard shelling is a procedure (not recommended) of covering foam with micro, letting it cure, and sanding the surface prior to covering it with fiberglass. Paul Kuntz, a Boeing engineer presently stationed in England, did some experiments which he reported on the internet 09/01/01. His conclusions were: “After doing some two-layer uni layups over the hardshelled sample surfaces, I attempted to peel the layups from the foam to see how well they had bonded to the hard shell. I found that where the hard shell was merely filling the usual roughness in the foam surface, the glass remained bonded to the hard shell and what failed was the foam beneath. That is, I was breaking the foam itself when I stripped the glass… ..The bad news was that everywhere the hard shell had filled in a void, even as small as one-eighth inch in diameter and perhaps one-sixteenth inch deep, and everywhere the hard shell had been used to create even a very thin filler layer on top of the foam, the glass skin popped right off the hard shell as clean as a whistle… … Scary!… My advice has been, and continues to be, stick to the plans................

could you start with a water bound craft first ? i would love to build/buy a water landing cozy.

can you look at the pics and see what mite be the best spot for the butterfly ? it looks like i need to scant it to the top of the t/b:confused: down looks a little bissy with the exost and cs 124's. darn to big 560kb and up. ill post on johns site if you want to see ty in advance

i did that and put a pencil in a drill and the string wound up on it at a fast pace, and that let my other hand lightly hold down the tape. gr8 where you don't have a lot of room to move.

looking very nice...

we did a 45 deg. at the top and bottom but i dont remember the sides being covered ?

i ran out of wing tape so i moved on the the engine and started welding all the intake, runners, water stuff ,oil fill ,est. my plane looks done but no lift yet, cash flow is....well you know ! i do have the brakes but no time to flip the bird over and drill the bow.

how fun......the old seat back, mine got floxed not micoed read up on router templeting (fast clean) but not on the seat back. just the 1/4" stuff (3/8) and move the arm rest up 1/2" so the cozy girl straks fit flat at the elbow (to late for me).

time for me to chime in here, got the fine about a year ago and i was very disappointed in the power, so today I'm at a show and they have the fine demo there and i tell the guy and even have the fine to show him and guess what? the dam thing in veritable speed (i was at 1/3 power the hole time). i now take back all the horrible things i said to you Chrissy;)

at some stage there is a mis print and it shows the left wing (dont be fooled)

plz note in my post 'BAD" . i was referring to the air expansion the prier post was addressing, not the part you are so concerned about. but thanks for staying on top of it !