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03-29-2015, 07:28 PM
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FenderBean
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Thanks Drsoles, what patience I did have the cockpit has used up and then some, I spent all day working and only got some of the front bucket done, next time I will ask them to just not send the cockpit assembled or painted since you have to butcher it. I am using a small carbon tubes cut to the lengths needed as cross tubes to support where needed. The back seat is going to be a pain!!! the only fit issue is my UAT fuel lines, they are in the way so I may have to move them back some. I am finding the hot glue gun very useful holding things in place for trial and error. It works great on assembly of the cockpit, CAs and epoxies seem to still break loose. The heads up display turned out great and looks much better than the stock, the instruments that go under the dash are hideous and super heavy so I will be making my own. I did the same to my Avanti cockpit and it turned out much better. The good thing is now that I have seen what kind of room I have I can finish the equipment install and just be working on the cockpit and ordnance. I am running out of time for MS jets and I still need to get the Avanti in the air and not having a local place is a pain.
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