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Old 03-29-2003 | 01:20 AM
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LoTom
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Default firewall and Fuel Tank

Hi, Morten,

Thanks for your advice!!!

BTW, could you share with us the method you are using to ensure the alignment of the firewall before applying glue on it. do you need some hard wood insert in the Nomex at the bolt through points or do you have any other method to avoid crashing the Nomex when tightening the nuts?

Besides, as mentioned in you wed page, the aileron servos would be embedded inside the wings. This is a very clean design and I have no doubt on it. The only problem I have is the difficulty during construction. I find it very difficult to place the servo right into the cut-out of the servo plate even though i have already made a special long screw driver. Do you have some ideas or will you switch to a surface mounted type servo?

As describes in the construction manual, the main wing locking nut sits on a plywood plate which then glued onto the outside of the carbon wing tube socket. My only worry is the strength of this set up considering the rather weak bond between the curve surface of the socket and the thin edge of the plywood plate. Do you have other setup for the wing lock?

My coach in our local club is now flying his Captain with 3M Mintor. Idle is excellent, mid-range transition is very smooth and the high end is awesome. Up line is continuous and power is endless until you throttle back. I have bought one and would also use in my new Rhapsody.