GOOD NEWS!!

The p120 bypass and pipe, gear and tanks from a SBB will fit on a BARF!!! AND the wings from a BARF bolt right on a SBB!!! ALL the holes line up!!

I just saved about $2K on all this! [sm=greedy.gif] If you need wings for your SBB the wings from the BARF will fit.

Raf

When you say "gear" - does that include the struts ?

I'm using all the stuff I had from a SBB on my BARF. I had to, however, make some slight modifications to the main landing gear mounts to be able to fit the beefier SBB mains.

BTW - for anyone planning on fitting B-ARF wings to an SBB etc ... the B-ARF is probably jig-built - the SBB is not (the builder aligns and glues the spars, wing mounts etc in). So, there could be some slight differences depending on how the original SBB was built. I'd advise checking the wing incidences etc to ensure that everything stays true.

e.g. if the SBB wing was built with it's CF spars slightly misaligned, the builder could correct that by tweaking the mount inside the fuselage very slightly before gluing it in place ; if you slot in a B-ARF wing that has its spars aligned correctly, you still have the fuelage former & mounts trying to correct a deviation that is no longer there.

Not sure how well I explained that...

Gordon,

The beefier SBB struts had to be shortened about 1/8" and it looks like the gear covers will just stick out alittle. Other than that, the struts worked great!

I figured that there could be some mounting issues, but I just aligned the wings with my SBB fuse and wings lined right up! Maybe it fit so well 'cause you built it so straight Gordon!

This really shows some good 'ole engineering from Uncle Bob. Yeah, the BARF is a very "loose" arf, but atleast all his stuff is compatible. Good job BVM.

Raf