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Old 02-28-2006 | 08:59 PM
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aegis
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Default 91" Cap

I received the 91" Cap and thought I'd post a little info and pics since I haven't seen much about the plane. Here are my initial impressions:

1) I put the wings and horiz stabs on to see how they aligned with the fuse. Both match up very well. I haven't checked the incidence set.

2) The carbon wingtube and stab tube fit their respective openings perfectly; nice and snug but you don't feel like you're going to rip something loose when inserting them.

3) The wings and stabs fit the CF tubes perfectly also; nice and snug but not overly tight.

4) Just did a quick inspection, but it looks like the joints in general are sufficiently glued.

5) The canopy tint has nice even coverage with no splotching.

6) The paint on the cowl is really well done; better than most anything I see at the field. The painted accents on the cowl align with the covering stripes very well.

7) Very little wrinkling of the covering out of the box.

8) The ailerons, elevator halves, and rudder line up very well ... equal gaps between each side of the ailerons' root ribs and the wing panels, the ailerons were properly aligned when the hinge holes were drilled so the outboard ribs of the ailerons align just right with the edge of the wing panels, the leading edges of the elevator halves line up with the stabs' leading edges, the rudder's counterbalance's leading edge lines up with the vert stab's leading edge.

9) The ailerons are pretty stiff. That's needed since the 91" uses a single aileron servo.

10) The yellow scheme is really striking. I imagine it shows up extremely well in flight.

11) It doesn't look like using the pre-drilled mounting holes will quite allow the cowl to cover the slight gap that's between the hatch and former. I don't have any screws yet though so it might just barely cover it once secured.

12) The angle of the former at the rear of the canopy area isn't the same as the fuselage so there is a 3/16" gap between the bottom of the hatch and the fuselage under the canopy area. There are gussets so gently removing the rear former will be more of a challenge but it should be possible without destroying the cockpit floor.

13) I don't have an accurate scale so I don't know what the weights are of the components.

After seeing the size of the airframe, I have to think a person will have a tiger by the tail when using an 80cc motor.

My camera isn't taking too good of pics but here are a few.

Dan
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