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Old 01-22-2010 | 09:52 AM
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Default RE: Dirty Birdy Build Thread

The weather man hasn't been too cooperative lately in regards to my desire to paint the DB. We did have a couple days of pleasant weather, and I did manage to put a tack coat of primer on, but now it's back to sub 40's and rain.
My buddy Chris came by the other night to check on my progress since we're going to paint his Summit 3 at the same time. He pointed out that I didn't make accomodations for a switch or the pipe mount. [:@] So I'll be working on those two items over the next evening or so. I'm really at a loss as to where to mount the switch. I'm not too keen on the idea of just mounting it to the side of the fuse. I'd like something a bit cleaner and still have the ability to charge the plane without removing the wing.
Ideas????

I managed to whittle out fuse and wing paint stands out of some 1x2 pine I had laying around the garage. They came out pretty good IMP. The wing stand has the capability of removing the wing and painting the other side without unbolting anything. Pretty slick for some 1am engineering. The control surfaces and the hatch covers will be supported by skewers and stuck in some foam for painting.

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