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Old 10-22-2011 | 05:29 PM
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Default RE: enlargering the stringer

I'm not sure why you would want to tear it down. All the inportant measurements can be taken externally. Where you are going to run into trouble is the turtle deck. It is molded ABS plastic as is the wing cover and tank cover. so you will need to laminate them out of balsa or very thin ply, or lay in stringers over formers. Fiberglass Specailities has the wing cover, tank cover, cowl, and wheel pants, maybe more for the kit. You may be able to find a foam core for the turtle deck that you can glass or cover with balsa. The landing gear is a bit funky, 6061-t6 aluminum, with 3 1/2" wheels, the top of the LG is 9" in heigh to ground line. The LG is 1" wide top to bottom, but it is swept back around 5 to 10 degrees. You would need a 1/4" by 4" by proper length of 6061-T6 to make your own. If I were doing it, I would buld up the wings vs the foam core. Very simple airfoil, full symetric and no tapers or dihedral to contend with.

The fuselage is basicly a box built with 1/8" door skin ply for the sides, Open top, with the ABS plastic covers. 3/32" balsa for the floor pan up to the Landing gear mount which is the floor pan forward. 3/8" tri stock and 3/8" square stock is used in the fuselage, with the square stock used for le and to on the vertical and horzontals with 1/4 x 3/8 for the ribs. It is a very straight forward build.

Don