Little more progress....
A much as I hate sanding; it is necessary, so I rough sanded the fuse center and prepared it for the side formers (Figures 1 & 2).
Figure 1
Figure 2
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The good news is that my supplies arrived from Tower Hobbies and [link=http://www.acp-composites.com/acp-tube.htm]ACP Composites[/link] via UPS (Figure 3):
1/4" dia Aluminum Rod from KS Metals
9/32" OD Brass tube from KS Metals
1/4" ID Carbon Fiber Rod from ACP
Figure 3
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Bad news is that it looked like the UPS staff took an axe to my brand new Carbon Fiber tube (Figure 4)
! The funny thing about it is that they tried to tape it back together and continue shipping it like I would not notice (Figure 5)[sm=lol.gif]. Thanks Brown [sm=thumbdown.gif].
Figure 4
Figure 5
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The bad news turned back to good news when I discovered that the aluminum rod did not fit inside the carbon fiber tube anyway, but it did fit perfectly into the 9/32" brass tube with no slop whatsoever (Figure 6)
. So now I will use the 9/32" OD brass as my glide tube and the 1/4" aluminum as my control horn. All in all, it was a good day.
Figure 6
More to Come,
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