rankamateur
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Yes!
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I was initially going to suggest the same but it will not address the problem of the holes now being further than intended from the bend. Now expect the holes in the skin not to align with the holes in the spar. This will end up being the only line of rivets on the whole wing which doesn't appear precisely straight to look along the line.
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Good service!!
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Well you could have done a lot worse!
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The radius of the bend on the sheet metal part looks like it got away on the bender. The holes in the part on the left and right spars would be exactly the same, just bent the opposite way, this bend has slipped during manufacture by the look of it. That will mean that the holes will now be further from the bend and won't line up with the holes in the sheet so well either.
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Engine installation is still pretty much glossed over in favor of "refer to engine manufacturers installation manual" which is far less approachable for an amateur builder, making this phase of the build far more daunting than earlier phases.
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Absolutely... The explanatory photographs are usually on the following page rather than the facing page, which would be more useful. Otherwise there is much less of "be careful not to the making of the confusion" a quote maybe from a later VG manual, much of this left us with the XL and S model manuals.
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Got an angle grinder and a welder?
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One guru here in Australia installs a stronger spring under the flap release knob to make it hold in the slot more positively, if that helps.
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So now I am Google's bitch...tech life seems to be like that, you get owned if you want to play. There is little joy for early adopters of second string technologies, hence my comment about the VCR, but I doubt there is any more joy for an adopter of a late entry(on mobile devices) third string technology. All you can hope is that it is the next big thing and that Apple and Android get consigned to the Beta VCR basket. Good luck with that.
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One of the disadvantages of the 701 is that just where you need the headroom is right where the roof line dips down to meet your headset.
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Good for you. I personally am no more interested in being Bill's bitch than I am in being Apple's bitch. Have you tried an Android? I am also interested if you still enjoy your Beta VCR?
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JG3(member on here) puts a folding bike in a turtle deck on the exterior of the rear fuselage, that would work better on the square fuselage of the XL rather than the rounded S model fuselage but it is doable.
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Don't engines fail in Switzerland?
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Recreational Aviation Australia, Member Survey!
rankamateur replied to farri's topic in Governing Bodies
An alternative would be nice Keith. -
Update from RA Aus on Rockhampton incident
rankamateur replied to cscotthendry's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I share your frustration but it hasn't changed for the better any time in the last ten years. The non-update update is typical of people trying to justify their existence, when you work with them they always try to look busy. -
A Savannah does not crash with an extra fuel tank in one wing and not the other so I am not convinced that a few grams difference between one wing tip and the other will be terminal either.
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Recreational Aviation Australia, Member Survey!
rankamateur replied to farri's topic in Governing Bodies
Not going to share the aggregated data with their lapsed members from whom they hope to collect part of their data! Still happy being part of this group. -
One style (heavier) has old style White Gel Coat finish and is much easier for new builders to achieve a satisfactory painted finish, The other(mush lighter) is opaque finish which is not smooth on finished surface requiring much more filling and sanding to prepare for paint. Since some people install one fuel tank in one wing and two tanks in the other, I am not sure that the difference in the weight would be of great concern.
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July 2013 kit has the heavy white cowling, Aluminium wing tips and white heavy white molding for front third of tip. Soon after this they went to the clear light weight unfinished looking cowling and full wing tip of same material.
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I did think this and the wing leading edge are two places that would be three times easier with two people until you get it pinned down in shape.
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I found I couldn't get the middle to curve around the corner because it fought me on both sides. I think I got into trouble starting on the big end working to the rear, but I can't clearly remember. It is quite a while ago now...isn't it?
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Especially true for the corners of the rear fuselage joining the side sheets to the upper and lower sheets. I you are doing it wrong it will build a tension and carry it along until it builds beyond what the material can take and it will try to pop a nice fish scale dent in the curved corner section. From distant memory I can't recall which end to tell you to start but if you choose the wrong end you will experience exactly what I have described. Stay alert and you can see the tension building before any harm is done.
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So far I have found that a good nights sleep often brings insight into something I just can't resolve while I am awake. Everything is clearer in to cool morning light.
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I found that the bolts around the cabin wall being in thinner material had to be installed first then lever the holes in the main spring channel to align the holes in the stay mounts. Being heavier material it was able to take the heavier alignment. It seams that this stretches the cabin walls outwards giving the tension to the whole assembly. If you bolt the mounts onto the channel first there is way too much distance to cover with AN3-05 bolts.
