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Old 02-17-2015 | 08:15 AM
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Thanks guys, I used the Hysol method and it appears to hold very well.

On the rest of the progress I tested the gear and gear doors, gear work great and hold air very well. On the other hand the doors did not work at all on the fuselage, I could hear air all over the place. It appears CA was used to glue the TidyStrip air hose tubing mounts in place and that hardened the air tubing and it had cracks in the tight bend areas. I replaced much of the air line and found that 3 of the air cylinders were leaking, so I replaced those. One had a melted spot on the cylinder wall it looked like, no way it was ever going to work. All of the retract system works now, I ordered 6 more air cylinders to have on hand just in case! Never read any issues like this, but I guess people just replace things like that without saying anything?

Got the elevator servo's and linkage installed, kind of a tight area, especially for my big sausage fingers but I got it done finally. Had to shorten the stabilizer shaft like everyone else, I just went with more robust linkages, those stabs are big and I wanted to do everything I could to insure and slop and trouble free installation.

I could not figure out how the control horn fit on the stab, until I realized the "No Step" decals were on the bottom of the stab!

I'll post more of what I find as I go, it may help others down the road.
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