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9 years 7 months ago #4672 by Phil Ford
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That rudder horn looks really serious Pete. Advantages of a machine shop I think.

Did you pick up the radial too? I handled it once just after Frank acquired it. A truly wonderful piece of engineering. :) Will be interesting to see the exhaust system though.. :lol:

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9 years 7 months ago #4673 by flyingpete
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PhilF51 wrote: That rudder horn looks really serious Pete. Advantages of a machine shop I think.

Did you pick up the radial too? I handled it once just after Frank acquired it. A truly wonderful piece of engineering. :) Will be interesting to see the exhaust system though.. :lol:


Yes Phil i have got the radial,and as you say it is a truly wonderful bit of kit,can't wait to hear it running :woohoo:

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9 years 7 months ago #4675 by flyingpete
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The airframe is now complete, jobs to do sheet bottom wing add leading edge sand to shape.fully sheet the fuselage sand to shape.Trial fit everything and when happy will think about the covering. Will add pics as and when this week. The weather will play a big part as I like to do the sanding outside.

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9 years 7 months ago #4678 by flyingpete
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Rudder with horn epoxied in place
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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #4680 by flyingpete
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Firewall pinned and try stock inside motor box,glued to fuselage. Don't think the big radial will be going anywhere
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9 years 7 months ago #4690 by flyingpete
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Need to do some jobs around the house to keep her indoors sweet, so no more building till Wednesday :angry:

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