hello all, some more ideas for you ian;
1) Use ms21042-4 locknuts off the aileron pushrod controls to trial
fit other parts before finishing off with the locknuts (should be
enough), but a good supply of 3/16 standard nuts is essential.
2) take a steel rod about 1 inch dia and 18 inches long and get
someone with a lathe to drill a hole in each end. One end should be a
push fit on the tailplane locating pins and the other end should fit
on the wing locating pins. Very useful for aligning with wing spar and
torque tube. Check those tailplane pins before assembling t/p halves,
ANY misalignment makes separation very difficult as I discovered to my
cost.
3) If the windy tools and compressor are too much then at least get a
small right angle attachment for electric drills. Try the 'deluxe tight
fit drill kit' from aircraft spruce. Also useful are the small (1 inch
dia) cutting discs from Perma Grit tools, Spalding, Lincs, UK. (01529 240
668), for cutting the cockpit module and other bits of finished
glassfibre. A heat gun is handy too.
4) Roll of radiator foil cut into shorter lengths and taped into wider bits
can be used to cover smaller pieces of work when you dont want to heat the
entire workshop. Also if you make up a frame from push-fit waste pipes big
enough to cover both wings when on their leading edges, then cover with
foil, you have an oven!
5) How are you going to grease those metal tubes that are rotating inside
tufnol bearings, t/p and u/c pivots after youve been flying for a few
hours? Drill a hole in the top of the tufnol/pivots and redux in a grease
nipple; preferably before assembly.
5a) After seeing a couple of recent pics of finished panels I see the choke
(and carb heat if fitted) has (or could be) fitted into or onto the central
tunnel, like the throttle. This would probably make the panel layout and
installation easier.It will be nice to reach this stage %-)
chus, dave
kit67
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