HELLO BIG STICK PILOTS,
I BOUGHT THE OLDER STYLE 60 SIZE KIT VERSION A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. THE GUY I BOUGHT IT FROM ALREADY HAD THE FUSE BUILT.I JUST HAD TO BUILD THE WING.I LATER INSTALLED THE FULTS NOSE GEAR FOR THOSE HARD LANDINGS.WELL ON ABOUT ITS THIRD FLIGHT I BROUGHT IT IN A LITTLE FAST AND THE FIREWALL WAS PULLED OUT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BENT BACK. I LATER INSTALLED THE FIRE WALL WITH TIRAGLE STOCK AND HAD 1/4 IN. KEVLAR STRIP'S EPOXIED TO THE FIREWALL AND TRIAGLE STOCK.THEN I EXPOXIED FIBERGLASS CLOTH OVER THE KEVLAR STRIPPS.ON THE WING I CUT THE MONOCATE 2 INCHE OFF EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER SECTION AND EPOXIDE KEVLAR TAPE STRIPS DOWN THE CENTER OF THE WING BOTH TOP & BOTTOM, THEN RECOVERED THE CENTER SECTION OF THE WING.THE RESULTS WHERE GREAT!! I'VE SINCE THE I HAVE HAD A FEW HARD LANDING ON PERPOSE AND THE FIREWALL NEVER BUDGED BUT BENT THE NOSE GEAR RIGHT ABOVE THE LANDING GEAR SPRING COIL. TOOK IT OFF AND STRAIGHTENED IT IN A VISE. OTHER FABRICATIONS I'VE DONE IS USED 1/2 IN TRIAGLE STOCK AND EPOXIED TO WHERE THE HORIZONTAL STAB MEETS THE FUSE AND THE SAME WITH THE VERTICLE STAB.I COVERED THE TRIAGLE STOCK WITH MATCHING MONOCOATE BEFORE GLUING THEM ON. JUST MAKE SURE YOU RE-BALANCE THE PLANE TO MAKE SURE ITS NOT TAIL HEAVY. THIS REALLY GAVE MY TAIL FEATHERS A LOT OF STRANGTH AND I'VE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING COME LOOSE SINCE.
NEDYOB