RE: Austar 120" glass cessna 182 tow plane review
Hey all well last night I managed to start on the hinges for the canopy. From your local Bunnings (DIY Store) I managed to find some brass coated metal piano hinges at 115mm long. These had the hinge pin removed and to 90 degree locking tabs cut off either end of the hinge and were glued in place with hysole glue. While the hysole was out all of the cowling screws were removed and soaked in WD 40 (spray on oil) and screwed back in place this acts as a release agent for the next bit. So as I said while the hysole was out I puddled hysole over and around the screws on the inside to give a better purchase for the screws to hold the cowl on with.
While the glue was drying next up was fixing the dodgy rudder linkage and remounting the rudder servo behind the rudder on a light ply plate with the kit clevises and some Dubro 4-40 ball links with 4-40 all thread connecting the two. So now we have a bullet profe linkage that although a little weight may be added in the nose I would wrather this than have an ineffective rudder flapping around in the breeze.
So tonight I'll add the reinforcing gusets to the rudder mount and glue the hole lot together with some hysole.