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Old 07-23-2012, 07:31 AM
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Default RE: Well bugger, I busted a backplate.

I would do the Ebay thing too.  If you want to fix it, a countersink from the back side of the backplate, and then a matching boss that would come in from the back would work.  It could be JB welded in. Of course you would need a lathe.  A flush rivet kind of thing.  As was mentioned before, a piece of tubing coming out of the (a) hole would work good too.  Make sure to use a short screw on the inside of the tank to hold it on to the crankcase. A bigger tank is always useful. I know a guy ran a Babe(y) Bee with a huge tank like that to set an endurance record with a mouse racer kind of plane years ago.  I had the same thing happen to my Baby Bee a long time ago.  I don't think I said "Bugger" though.