Big Sky

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OK, so starting to run my air lines, any secret to getting the coil memory out of these air lines, or just have to deal with it, tried heating them, still twang back to a coil shape?

Signofinfinity

My suggestion, change the china pipes to festo tubing.

SJN

Hi guys.

Just got my Xcalibur, and wanted to dry fit the parts.

Then I found out that I have a defective nut in the left front boom mounting.

​​​The nut is glued in, but there are no threads in it.... So the screw just pushes throgh. There is no material in it to re-tap it. And there is no way to replace it, as the intake duct blocks it.

Whats the best way of fixing it?

horsefeetky

i would coat the bolt threads with wd40. then use hysol glue into the hole with enough say 4cc/4ml then insert bolt a bit more into the wing than it would normally be when boom is bolted on. then tilt the airfram on its side so the glue surrounds the bolt as it dries.. i might even be tempted to dril a second hole near bolt hole for a second round of glue to be added. then when dry i would use visegrip pliers to remove bolt and all should be fine from there..

this is just my opinion im sure others will have more

my first thought was a blind nut glued in from behind going through a slice inside the oval opening to get to it....not sure that isnt a viable choice also

Dansy

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Dave Wilshere

Order M4 threaded insert from Amazon or ebay, drill and screw that in. The M4 screws are mainly for transport, the pin and spar share the load

SJN

Thanks for the tips.

There was enough meat in the existing nutsert, that i could dril it up to 4.5mm, and tap it to a M5 bolt. This seems to work.
Now ill know why if it stalls to the left side because of the extra weight :-)

Agrav8ed

I am trying to figure out if my existing landing gear will fit the Xcalibur before I place an order. Is it possible for someone to measure the length of the landing gear axle to retract? Also, what size tires are used on the mains and nose?
Thanks,
Tone

Mick Hargreaves

Mains - 120 mm extended, 17 mm trailing, Nose - 135 mm, 30 mm trailing. Nose wheel diameter 70 mm, mains 75 mm.

SJN

Im also looking for some landing gear with 6mm joiner pins. So far I have only found jet-a1, but none are in stock, and the manufacturer website is broken, and I have not got an email repy from them...... So they are out.

Electron also make some, and I have sent them a mail. The 110mm with 19mm offset seem to fit great. 120mm are too long.
https://www.electron-retracts.com/pr...gs-offset=19mm



Also found these from the UK anyone tried these ?
http://kingfisher-aviation.com/produ...railing-links/

Agrav8ed

Thank you very much!
Tone

Agrav8ed

BTW, for anyone interested I purchased an Xcalibur from lindinglinfor $814 shipped without the landing gear. That's almost a $400 dollars savings from state side.
Tone

Charles aldous

Good afternoon gents: Standard size Xcalibur is my first jet and whilst I have made a start, (this a huge but rewarding thread to search), so please forgive if this has been covered earlier. I am installing Electron retracts with the nose wheel steering and I am looking for advice please regarding the closed loop wire system required. Specifically, where exactly and what size holes to drill for the wires to pass through the nose-wheel well to line up with the steering servo yoke.

Any pics or pointers will be much appreciated.

SJN

These are the pictures from the electron site, and you can see what has been done :-)
There are also 2 types of steering, as you can see there has been made a hole in the fuselage for the stock electron steering.

Charles aldous

Thanks for reply and pics. The first one is the same as my set-up up with the Electron steering unit and I'm clear on the forward cut-out etc. thanks. The second pic shows the cable pass through hole with the non-electron steering unit. I was hoping to find a pic of where the cables should pass through the rear wall of the nose wheel bay without chaffing. I want to finish up with the smallest acceptable hole as possible and whilst I can roughly work out the angle I am hoping to get the hole cut spot-on first time.
Grateful for all input.

Agrav8ed

I noticed that most people are using the stock plastic control horns. Are you guys using plastic servo arms also? If not, what metal arms are being used that allow use of a clevis without significant slop?
thanks,
Tone

Dave Wilshere

Agrav8ed

Great, thanks,
Tone

Sbach

Dave Wilshere

DenisFerrari

I fly my Xcalibur with stock air retracts since more than 3 years and in summer we often have 35°C, never had 1 Festo tube off any nipple.

Sbach

Dave Wilshere

Ray

All screws need loctite. Especially the CSK pivot screw, I grease the CSK head and loctite the screw into the pivot tube.

Dave

Sbach

Agrav8ed

I am building my Xcalibur that I purchased from Lindinger. I have only mounted the control horns on the rudder, however I have noticed that there is not retainer for the control horns that goes on the other side of the hinged surfaces. I was under the impression that hinges are supposed to be through bolted? Also, it seems to me that the rudder is hollow. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Tone