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Old 08-22-2007 | 08:51 AM
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Default RE: What needs done to new E-starter?
The GWS glue aint great but it works okay for jobs like joining the fuse halves together provided that you:

1. Use it sparingly
2. Let it sit there for a couple of minutes before you put the fuse halves together. Let that cure for a couple of hours.

What time pilot said about making sure that you know everything will fit inside before glueing the fuse halves together is a really good point.

I personally resist the "reinforcing" the fuse etc thing. My feeling is the plane needs to be strong enough to deal with air loads, landing, and the odd rough landing. Adding any reinforcing after that just makes her heavier, and crash harder IMHO - there is no such thing as an indestructible airplane - they just have too much energy in a crash.

BTW Time PIlot - great idea for the torque rods - wish I had done that on my GWS Zero which after 250 sorties is getting pretty sloppy in the ailerons...

Cheers,
Oz.
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