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 Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: I give up! |
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After snagging and kinking by fuse side skins innumerable times with a rotary polisher, I decided to quit pre-polishing. I've done more damage to my skins trying to polish them (Even though they've been held down every 1' or so) than I would have ever done otherwise. I'm going to go ahead and assemble the fuse.
1. An orbital polisher is no hassle, but no matter how careful you are, you'll snag an edge with a rotary. You don't have a choice- it'll take you forever to polish with an orbital.
2. I still recommend polishing underside components before assembly.It's too much hassle after assembly to get on your back and try to polish up-hand.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:56 am Post subject: Re: I give up! |
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Lol ! Bill...Not that it's in any way important, but in the time you have been pre-polishing I have built the Fuse and the rudder for my 701 (89 hours total...kit arrived on 24th Dec 2006)
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: I give up! |
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Experimentating is time consuming. There isn't a polished plane I know
of in a 50 mile radius, so I had few people to turn to for advice and had to
figure out a procedural sequence by trial and error. Sure, your fuse is
built, but now if you want to polish you'll be flat on your back working
uphand to get at the belly. Definitely not something to look forward to. Ask
any of the long time builders on the list- sooner or later you'll regret not
laying aside your "Schedule" to make life easier down the road. Like the old
automotive product slogan, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later".
I haven't given up on polishing, just modified the sequence. Pre-polish
all the bottom skins but wait to assemble those that you can get to. Once
everything's riveted, you can't do much damage if you catch an edge with a
bonnet.
Most of the problems with my project can be traced to the condition my
fuse side skins were in after 4 years of storage. I've decided to rivet the
bottom skin assembly (Which is in fine shape), then cleco the sides and see
what everything looks like. If I'm dissatisfied, the Hell with it, I'll
scratchbuild new side skins.
If you pride yourself on being fast, the results often wind up
half-fast.
do not archive
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: I give up! |
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Nope, warning you. Just when you think everything is peachy keen and dandy
you get bit in the vast.
do not archive
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