G'day

I think that I may have posted the comment about a "false firewall". I am going to do this because one of my existing Kadets already has so many holes in the firewall that it is starting to look more like Swiss cheese than a plane.

I will use a second piece of ply which I will bolt to the main firewall with four larger than normal bolts but I will use some spacers to keep the false wall about 1/8 inch clear of the main wall.

I will also mount the front "cheeks" of the plane on the false wall but make it so that it overlaps the main fuse slightly. One of the false firewalls will be set up to take a radial cowl.

The Kadet usually needs a bit of weight at the front to balance correctly so as long as I don't go mad with weight, the extra hardware should not be a problem. Kadets are light anyway and a little extra does not stop them still flying well.

Cheers

Mike in Oz