----- Original Message -----
From: "David Corbett" <David.Corbett@Farmline.com>
Subject: Re: Trainer wheels for my fuselage
> I agree with your reply to Paul M.
>
> I used cleco's and small washers along the front of the fuselage, and self
> tapping screws into small wooden blocks "bondo'd" onto the inside of the
> lower fuselage, for all the length aft of the doors. The small wooden
blocks
> were easily knocked off with a wood chisel after the final bonding. I did
> not use any grease - work elsewhere on the aircraft had shown that to be
> un-necessary.
>
> I think it was Paul who also asked about false spars. I made mine out of
> MDF, and they were bolted to lengths of 4" x 3" timber that I had lying
> around. I would not recommend use of wheels, because it is so necessary to
> keep the fuselage rigid whilst all the preparatory work is going on - and
in
> particular the leveling of the tailplane torque tube, also a recent
subject
> on this forum.
>
> I have just done my first 25 hour check, with one mInor excitement. having
> cleaned the fuel filters (2 ProFuel and 1 Mini gascolator), I went back to
> the aircraft next morning and found a fuel leak. I had managed to crack a
> ProFuel glass cylinder longitudinaly - how, I have no idea. Pete Carey
here
> at Shobdon did not have a spare ProFuel, but did have a Rotax approved
> plastic filter which I fitted temporarily until the new Profuel arrived
from
> the factory.
>
> Is there a reason why we use the Profuel, rather than the plastic item?
The
> latter cannot be serviced, it is true to say - it can only be binned once
> contaminated.
>
> David - G-BZAM - UK265
>
>
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