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Old 10-30-2003 | 02:33 PM
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Default RE: Tango Assembly

Sorry Mark, The hinges are not pre-drilled []. I hate hinging, it's the only part of building I really dislike doing. The wing hinges are a little tricky because you are hinging the surface from the top (ail) and bottom (flap) which means you have to drill by hand vs using a drill guide for center hinging. Not difficult just more planning and a bit of accuracy required. As sean mentioned, I was a bit concearned that air would get under the monocote around the hinge, my solution was to seal each hole by pressing a hot soldering iron into each, hot sealing the edges around the hinge. Worked perfectly!
Sean, Thanks fr the vote of confidence , you might be right... Perhaps if I had more altitude I may have found a surface setting that would have allowed me to pull the facet out of it's spiral death dive. Who knows [sm=confused.gif] It was nice getting to spend the evening with you monday, look forward to FIJR Big thanks for finding me that 8411....

Dave, Mirage is looking good. Not sure if I am going to make it sunday. Depends on how much I get done on the Tango, less than a week to complete it. If I dont, get the Taxi tests done and work out the bugs. I am planning to hit Lake Whales on thursday afternoon to get a test flight in on the Tango before the meet friday. Suggest you meet me out there so I can have unlimited runway for the maiden I'll call you tonight...
Todd