Dear Paul and others Thank you all for your replies; I called up your site Paul and saw that you did your own upholsterey as well. I am keen to do this myself but have a spouse who wants it done "pro
And if you have a wet pool or just a bit much epoxy in the bottom you can wick it out with a piece of paper towel. JR (Bob) Gowing, No 327 in Oz be then -- --
Dear Tony Renshaw Make your own jig. I did mine in less than 2 days. I used the sides of the packing case the kit arrived in. It is board made --From chips 10mm thick and a little thin for the job, b
Paul And there will be people all over the world in their respective countries interested in evaluating the plans to their own ends.............. JR (Bob) Gowing, Kit 327 in Oz friend of mine. Once t
Dear Tony Renshaw When setting your tufnol bearings, the distance between the two torque tubes at the rear is critical. It did not say "critical" in the manual page 13-6 of jan 1996, but the distance
Have any of you experienced types in the northern hemisphere, incl the glider pilots, looked at the digital instruments available from Asia Pacific in Oz and compared them with Grand Rapids etc? I ha
Paul I have not done any painting but I would clamp 2 pieces of say 3" x 2" projecting from bench to just encoompass the length of a flap. Then bolt the flap between the wood pieces tightly enough to
To David Joyce - here is what I told Tony Renshaw - See SAAA Const of Amateur Built Aircraft in Australia on page 43 - Fuel Tank Bonding " ................Any metal filler necks or caps, in nonmetall
Dear Roger I refer to Europa News, Issue No 38, Page 10, Build Matters - The need for a commitment to regularly inspect swages made with the factory supplied sleeves in swaging the control cables mad
To Tony Renshaw in particular Dear Tony My stack is more like the wall of a dam - remember it has to have the metal bar across the top. It slopes down on the front back but is wide across the fuselag
To Dan Bish Now you have it all together make sure you mark it so you will always put it back together the same way! I believe the holes are likely to be a little off the true diameters and hence if
Tony You filled the tank with fuel to expand it - now it has just shrunk again until you fill it with juice again. Do nothing, it will come right again when you start to use it. J R (Bob) Gowing, Kit
Fergus I agree with FF; for the web connections mix the 420 thick with flox and apply it in a bead higher than your gaps. I believe that as long as you get a connection joining the webs you will sati
Fred They are the bits I lack in planning for 912 S. Here in Australia we have a complet kit for Jabiru 6 cyl and covers you could chase up through Jabiru. J R (Bob) Gowing, UK Kit 327 flaps working
Spoke at some length a while back to one of the head chemists in a major company in this country that produces a broad range of Epoxy's etc and asked him specifically about the expiry dates and there
For John Lawton Regarding your words "2 layers of 'bid sandwich a layer of "E" glass edges of the PVC to provide flanges" Could you explain what "E" glass tape is please? and yes I would like to see
Here is another to try for inserting and removing pip pins in Elevator and rear wing attachement - Take a short length of steel or aluminium 1/2 inch tube which you will have as a leftover. Take some
Tony My belief is that the holes for the relevant parts have not been drilled exactly on the diameters. Hence assembly in other than the original positions results in at least small slackness. Once b