Hi guys

Michel, the F5 in the video looked good on take off, not using flaps either. Did you try the airbrakes in flight? Are the ones on the sides operational. For the outer doors to be fitted with air operation must be an enormous challenge. I would prefer to use the oleo leg to open and close the outer doors.

William, I suggest you retract the wheel, colse the door and make a mark on the oleo wher the bottom of the door is. Then put the wheel down and do the same again. I'm sure the bottom edge of the door would have moved in relation to the first mark. This distance between the marks is the length of the piano wire strut I refered to in my previous post. All you now have to do is to position the two BVM style pivots. With this system the door is able to close virtually flat on the oleo (except for the thickness of the pivot. I sometimes make myself pivot points fron 1/32 brass tubing and strap it to the oleo with thin copper wire. when in position I solder the wire onto the tubing and glu the whole thing to the oleo leg. The door pivot is easy to affix. Give it a try. When I've eventually gotten to do mine I will let you know what works, unless somebody else has found the magic in the meantime.

Thanks for the confirmation of your settings. If you change them during the fine tuning stages of flying, please drop me an email. I must admit 27lbs is less than I expected. Are you carrying any smoke system or extra tanks, ie. hopper or UAT? Did you heat proof the inside and or added a ceramic blanket around the pipe? Are you running a bypass duct? When you add the outer doors the weight will also go up a bit.

Cheers for now

Springbok Flyer