bnn(at)nethere.com
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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: Recommended mods to my series 6 before covering? |
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At 07:47 PM 2/8/2006, you wrote:
| Quote: | I havent
done any of the firewall forward installation or instrument panel
work but it doesnt look like that will be any more difficult
after the bird is covered, is that accurate?
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I recommend building your ENTIRE AIRCRAFT before covering. (Obviously there
are a few things that can't be done before covering, but not many.) I am
finishing a IV that was beautifully covered and painted before completion,
and it's unnecessarily painful. Wouldn't it be nice to weld a tab here? It
would have been a great idea to put a conduit there. Too many regrets.
Model aircraft are regularly completed before covering, I think a Kitfox is
no different. It will also save a lot of wear and tear on the paint job,
not to mention the holes you'll punch when you drop a tool, etc. The only
concern is that you make allowances for fabric thickness when you finish
pieces. My aircraft had the wings meticulously aligned without fabric, and
the fuselage butt ribs fabricated to exactly match the wing butt ribs.
OOPS! Once the wings were covered, the wing butt ribs were now 3/32" larger
and the wings would no longer fit on the fuselage! (I had to go back and
route the fuselage butt ribs.)
Build the entire airplane. Completely disassemble. Paint. Re-assemble. It
sounds like more work, but it will save time in the long run.
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582 / 99.9% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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