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Old 06-23-2004 | 04:02 PM
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Default RE: GreatPlanes PT-40 construction diary. Any tips/comments welcome!

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1. I think it'd be a tight fit to get those screws in on the windshield. There's very little material behind the windshield to screw into, it'd be really hard to get it right, and without splitting the fuse sides. Personal call...

- Perhaps if i use smaller screws, and add strong masking tape to the material to avoid splitting when i drill the holes?

- Or, glue the front hatch and windscreen together as one piece, with a scrap piece enforcing the join. And make it a bigger hatch instead.

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Well, that time, that sorrow .

Right now i got to secure the two elevator/rudder-pushrodtubes and the antenna tube. The instruction says i can choose to lay hte antenna in a tube poking out the end of the fuselage, or strap it up as a external wire from the rear end of the main wing to a T-pin on the top of the fin. Does it matter (in terms of signal strength) what i choose? I really like the internal version, so the fragile antennacord is secure from any crashes or so.