bruce88123:
Why are you using epoxy for the rear sheeting?
Thought I needed it for extra strength - hope it doesn't add too much weight to the structure. Still feels very light to me, hope thats a good sign. [sm=confused.gif][sm=confused.gif]
I am also concerned that you are have to substitute so many parts. It is not like Goldgerg kits to need that much re-work.
As explained earlier in this thread this kit was evidently bought by another guy and then returned, and he did not return all the pieces with the kit, kits should not be returnable unless they can be assured that the original packaging hasn't been opened.
You said that you laid the lower sheeting on top of the sides instead of between them. Doesn't this prevent them from being glue to the formers?
Added some thin scrap balsa to raise the formers to meet the sheeting.
Your spinner may just be too small for your engine/prop. Is it the recommended size? Even the recommended size is not necessarily the correct size depending on what engine you actually use. You also have to remember this kit was designed MANY years ago when different products were available
Getting a newer spinner as soon as I make it to the hobby store, and I am also exchanging the film I got from him and going to order some fabric from a Tower Hobbies catalog I have. Going to use the used radio I bought for this Skylark and going to get another for the Air Scout I had in the cellar that I pulled back into construction. Me and a friend were working on that one together over a year ago and decided to pull it back out and finish it.