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Ok, after looking through the ACS printed catalog, it seems clear that the K1000 has the long ears and the MK1000 has the short ears. Presuming that is correct, it seems that the plans should call for an MK1000-4. A search of the CPs did not identify any correction to this, so I am still a little unsure what the recommended procedure is.
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I will try to order them again, however these were from ACS and I did specify K1000-4s. I will see what arrives in the mail...
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Perhaps I have the wrong nutplate. If I had the one pictured at the start of this thread it might work.... Of course a larger washer might work, or I have some extra 1/8" 2024-T3 available.
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That is what I was intending to do as well, however the washer called out in the plans seems to small to rivet the nut plate to. Please see photo.
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Thanks TMann, I was not refering to the lift tab attachments, rather the nutplate called out (in the long-ez plans) that is glassed to F-22. Is there a preferred alternative?
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Nut plates are used (at least in the long-ez) to secure the canard. Are you suggesting that we remove the (glassed-in) nutplate and replace it every time the canard is removed and replaced? And that brings up another question. The plans show the k1000-4 nutplate riveted to a an970-4 washer. That assembly is then glassed to the f22 bulkhead. However the an970-4 washer looks a little to small to rivet the nut plate to.
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I need to order some sundries from ACS (brushes, micro, etc). I hate to order just a couple small items because the shipping costs start to add up. So I am going to order my smaller replacement tires as well. They are available in 6 and 8 ply, which are recomended?
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Perhaps some of those folks that make the tiny UAVs (RC) could use the stuff.
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I just checked out the website they have quite a few different styles and it appears they all come in black, blue and red.
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Roger that, that story could defiantly fall into that category, however I would think that a modification such as an all flying canard would require quite a bit of design and testing before a flight should be attempted.
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I seem to recall the mention of an all flying canard on a Varieze that resulted in a fatality on the first flight.
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Oh, is that what generated that giant Grin you show?!! I add my thanks to Marc and others also. It is good to know that there are some really knowledgeable people willing to take the time to help out all of us who are trying to complete these relatively complex, and potentially dangerous projects.
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Sounds about in the ball park of what others (recently that I have seen) have been coming up with. Just to clarify, my canard is for a long-ez, and I also used a bathroom scale, so accuracy is suspect. I did check the scale with a couple of known weights, so it probably is close. Those weights would be for the original GU canard. However I can't think of a reason off hand that the newer Roncz canard should weight 5 to 7 lbs more. Perhaps the spar cap material....
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My canard without elevators, but with the tips and hinge hardware installed came to 22 lbs. I did not vacuum bag.
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Only Rutan is allowed to design things that strange.
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It only took me a second to make that mistake, why so long for you to correct me (thanks)? Anyhow the damage to the ELEVATOR, was eventually trimmed off anyhow because the cores come a little long. All is well.
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Hi Marc, good to hear from another Olympian. I met a fellow at Arlington last year who lives here in Olympia. I tried to con him into giving me a ride, but unfortunately he didn't get back to me. If you find your way up to the Arlington Fly-in you may run across him or another person that can give you some back seat time. Who were you training through? With some advanced notice you can come and check out my build if you want.
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11 chapters down, 14+ to go! http://flyingbackward.blogspot.com/
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Look at the date the message was posted.
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However the shear web and spar caps should be peel plied. You may be able to leave the peel ply a little wide for the spar caps, but I don't see how the shear web could be treated that way. I agree a little car full light sanding works fine to remove those few stubborn threads at times.
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The plans call for the tubes to me machined and the NC-2 inserts should be riveted in place. These steps are described at the very beginning of the elevators section of the Roncz canard plans. With the elevators all glassed up, how do you intend to rivet the NC-2 inserts? Perhaps someone might be able to find a way to machine and install the inserts with the foam and glass inplace, however I fear you may have to do them over again.
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Perhaps it is my eyes, or perhaps the photo. I don't see the insert cutouts in the torque tubes. Are you building a GU canard or Roncz?
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Your TED link is broken try this: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space.html
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The last time I got a little airplane in my stocking it was accompanied by a gift certificate for an intro flight lesson and ground school. Thus began the addiction..... I wish for that to happen to many others.
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I have been studying the CPs lately and I noticed that they advertise the RAF CD-ROM encyclopedia and indeed they do advertise that the plans are included. So RAF or whomever at RAF was preparing the CPs at the time should have been aware that the CDs did contain plans as well as the other information contained on CD1.
