Thanks very much, Will, much appreciated. A removable bulkhead, that
sounds like a really good idea, will do that.
Brian Phillips,
Downunder.
On 17/08/2021 1:09 am, William Daniell wrote:
> *B*rian
> since no one else has answered I will attempt to explain.
> The bulkhead referred to in the build manual goes in the cockpit
> module tunnel. When i built mine I got the "word" from the forum that
> this was the thing to do. There are no obvious locating points or
> hard points.
>
> I cut the bulkhead and adjusted it to fit the tunnel. In my case
> lacking the instruction I made the bulkhead in a single piece. I then
> covered the edges of the bulkhead in plastic and masking taped the
> bulkhead in place. I put 4 ply bid tapes on the top and both sides to
> form 2" right angle brackets in the join between the bulkhead and
> cockpit module. Once cured I drilled 3/16 holes through both and
> bolted in place.
>
> Will
> William Daniell
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>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:17 PM Brian Phillips <barp99@gmail.com
> <mailto:barp99@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I was browsing the Europa club mod site, and stumbled across this
> trigear cockpit module bulkhead install in the known corrections. I
> can't find any reference to it in the build manual nor hints & tips
> compilation, and the 3mm ply templates do not show the pieces
> there. I
> can see there are existing stiffeners in the cockpit module I
> have, see
> photos, but I do not know if these replace or support these
> bulkheads.
> Does anyone know if these two bulkhead pieces are actually
> required and
> do they need to be flox sandwiched into place?
>
> Brian Phillips.
>
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