Huh??? Don't cut anything, yet. When in place, the floor of the baggage
compartment slopes slightly downward from back to front, and the forward
edge is at the same elevation as the top of the tunnel (which requires a
cutout in the "flange" at the forward end of the shelf in order to clear the
tunnel) so if the pitch tube clears the tunnel it MUST also clear the
baggage shelf. Now, if the baggage compartment aft bulkhead is yet to be
trimmed, and the shelf is interfering at the AFT end of the shelf, then the
solution is simple - trim the top curved edge of the bulkhead.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of Paul Boulet
Subject: Pitch tube too high
Hi All;
Congrats to all who've had first flights this past year. I hope to join
your ranks in the next 60-90 days. I also understand from John Hurst that
many new Europas were sold at Arlington and also Oshkosh... hoping to make
lots of new friends in the years to come here in the states.
I'm about to glue the top half of my fuselage on and have discovered the
baggage shelf hits the pitch tube. Not quite sure how to correct this.
Simplest method would be to just cut into the shelf and glass in a tunnel.
Any other thoughts on how to correct this? Thanks
Paul Boulet, A212, Malibu, California
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