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Old 07-28-2017, 12:15 PM
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With regards to the life raft doors, I thought I could bend the plywood to match the curve of the fuse, but it did not quite work out. So I reverted back to the monocote/layers of fiberglass cloth methodology to match the curve of the fuse and then use magnets to connect the newly constructed doors to seat themselves to the fuse curvature (one covering the air fill nozzles on the starboard side and the other covering the rx battery switches on the port side. The wire is used to pull the door off. A cutout will be made in the fiberglass after being sized to act as a window to show the yellow life raft inside on both sides of the fuse. The first plywood doors I made were a bit too small. Still have to paint the throttle quadrant and the wheels/flap levers. I used foam to construct the tail cone. Chic

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