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....This is what happened on the first flight, when the elevator servo broke loose....it has a metric spinner nut, and that's the only screw they had at the hardware store that would fit (after I cut it down)....
....you guys are brutal....
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....you big Dummy... ....
....how's the stock of American stuff....
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Man that stinks, I have a new F-20 that's going to be taking it's Maiden flight here soon..I better double check the controls. No problem finding Metric stuff here lol...I drive a Honda too =:p~
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I was able to do a slick job on the tank, with a proper foam installation. The tank on the stocker doesn't fit well, and mounts on an angle....you can't foam it properly either....
....the front retract mount was also beefed with some hardwood and ply....
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I was able to piece together what was left of the bulkheads....trace them out on new plywood, and they came out real nice.
The heigth of the nose ring came in perfect, using the "by guess, and by golly" method of eyeballing.
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I have never flown a Cermark and there isin't too many at my field so I can't say...But I got the DC F-20 to have a plane that hauls butt....I like fast planes and the only fast around my area are the Turbines....I want to be one of the few
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I used eight pieces of flat stock to form back in the sides....alot of planeing and sanding to get it back round. The finish work was easy....the hard part was making up all the parts.
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Here's the way it is supposed to look....
....I was really bummed about it going in on the maiden flight, but once I decided to repair it, and got going....the pain quickly subsided....
....took two weeks for the restoration.... :
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