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Old 05-13-2004 | 01:14 PM
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Merlin1205
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Default RE: Using Magnetics to build

I was scratch building the Electric Angle from MAN's April edition last week when I noticed a small problem. I could not get the stab aligned with the wing no matter how hard I tried. I finally found that I had twisted the fuselage 3/8s of an inch into a banna shape. I guess I am so used to building kits that are self aligning, locking tabs etc. that I have started skipping some basic measurments Well I was a little bummed out at this point but thought I would go ahead and cut the parts over and try again. I was racking my brain on how to make some fixtures when I recalled that my wife had bought me a GP magnetic build system for Christmas several years back. I had never used it and simply tossed it into the closet and promptly forgot about it.
I was able to finally find it (moved a few times since then) and I tried it on the remake of the fuse. It was so EASY to keep everything aligned that I will be using this a lot from now on.
My only regret is leaving it in the closet for all those years I highly recommend this system to anyone thinking of going magnetic.

Regards,

Tim