Don't remember any particular problems with the foam and joggles, but in
retrospect Miles McCallum's suggestion of removing the side pieces seat
front to seat back and seat front to rudder pedal bulkhead, bonding them in
separately then joining back to the module with 3 plies BID would have
produced a neater job and saved quite a bit of redux/flox. It was described
in one of the flyer articles.
We have found one other area where the foam prevents the parts mating
properly and that is the port. fin where it bonds onto the stern post - but
thats for later.
Regards Paul Stewart
----- Original Message -----
From: <clevelee@cswebmail.com>
Subject: Cockpit Module fit into Canoe
> These comments are in regards to the joggles molded into the cockpit
module, designed to accomodate the varying thickness of foam/no foam
locations in the canoe on my XS Mono A198.
>
> I've just completed my first trial fit of the module and have found that
on the port side floor of the canoe, the foam extends approximately 1"
outboard beyond where the joggle in the cockpit molding would like to see
it. The effect is to lift the cockpit module off the surface of the 'bare'
canoe section where no foam is present - which would result in thicker glue
required.
>
> Similarly, I note that the flange around the seat bottom that goes up the
side is not joggled inward to accomodate the thickness of the foam along the
side of the canoe.
>
> The obvious solution will be to carve away the foam to allow the module to
sit properly. Can any predecessors comment? Suggest that others to follow
look for this condition.
>
> This is the second occurrance (the first being the location of the foam
stiffener in top wing skin where the stiffener did not align with the rib
indentations) of where the foam did not align with molded in indentations.
This is a factory layup problem that may occur one to the next, as the
joggles are obviously molded with tooling. (Of course the foam may be die
cut . . .)
>
> Still love the kit, and this forum is worth its weight it bits.
>
> Cleve
> XS Mono A198
> Detroit, MI
>
>
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