Seem to be having reasonable success with the fishing line and super fill technique on the flatter surfeces. Anyone got any handy tips for getting vaguely even layers of filler onto the highly curved
Sounds like a jumar or 'jammer' - climbing shops certainly sell them but a local friendly caver is almost certain to have a couple in his bag of toys. See Petzl.com Regards way will
Can't really remember about LGO2A but certainly LG04 needed a bit og gently persuasion. Regards Paul Stewart #432 goes into LG02B for the bungee cord is incredibly tight fit. Anyone else found this?
When filling aileron, what have folk done with the mass balance arms? Given that I'm going to need to drill the lead weights it seems a bit daft to fill to a perfect finish at this stage if indeed th
All I have had some very helpful emails and photos from Gerry Holland recently about electrics, which included some discussions about the EXP bus. This had me going back to re-read 'lectric bob, the
Not intending to paint ourselves - don't want to ruin all the hard work nor indeed get involved with two pack paints. Can anyone recommend any sprayers in the UK (even better around the midlands) wit
Another finishing question. Whats the best thing to do with shaping trailing edges (ailerons, flaps etc) - squared off or rounded. I'm wondering if paint will stick better to a rounded trailing edge.
Ron Others have replied about which epoxy. Suggest not filling the joggles until you get to surface filling the whole rudder/tabs etc. We ended up using another filling product (superfill) having alr
Keep cutting! The top of the cut out on our XS is just above the joint line between upper and lower mouldings - ie. we had to cut into the lower moulding joggle slightly. Regards +12 Deg Up and -4 De
Having thought we were doing quite well with a 6HP vacuum to reveal pin holes, the application of a compressed air blower has revealed yet more of the little b**s. Are we correct in continuing to fil
Have just taken delivery of engine (914) and FF kit. A couple of questions spring to mind (many more will follow I'm sure). I have been trying all along to replace the Europa standard fuel lines with
The 914 engine installation says to TIG weld a stub into the tapered silencer outlet to allow the down pipe to clamped on. The silencer on my recently delivered engine does not have a tapered outlet,
Ferg Don't know if this is what you are referring to - Graham Singlrton posted some pictures of my counterbalance bulkhead together with some details of how to avoid crawling down into the rear fusel
Attaching the engine mount to the engine (914), am I correct in thinking you cannot tighten the M10 bolts/ binx nuts to a particular torque - the nuts being a type of stiff nut. Quite anxious to get
The bolts used to attach the engine to the landing gear frame are described as both AN5-40 and AN5-41 in my copy of the build manual. I have got AN5-40 with my kit although they seem a little on the
This engine (914) is throwing up more questions then the whole of the project so far. Having disconnected the TCU and wastegate servo to mount them aft of the firewall, the manual very succinctly tel