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cjhukill(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

I did the initial tailcone attach today, and ran  into a gottcha that I thought I would share. It turns out the quickbuild  fuselage was built with the F10102A baggage door seal angle 1/16 inch too long.  This is the angle riveted below the F1046L longeron. This angle butts up to the  tailcone longeron, which is positioned under the fuselage longeron. Because you  cannot see this interference unless you really look for it with a mirror, I was  unaware that it was keeping the left side of the tailcone from getting  forward enough to line up with the holes in the fuselage. A lot of time was  spent swearing and trying to get it in position, before the we found the  problem. I was able to drill out several of the 1/8 inch rivets, and place a  .060 piece of scrap between the longeron, and angle, then use a cutoff disk on a  dremmel to shorten the angle, and get a fit. I'll clean up the cut after the  tailcone is removed again. I suggest that you measure the angle from a  reference, like the side skin rivet holes to make sure yours aren't too long,  before you wrestle the tailcone onto the fuselage.

 Chris Hukill

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VHMUM(at)bigpond.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

Vans was told about this 2 years ago....they sure  work slow to fix things!

  

 regards Chris

  

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daveleikam(at)wi.rr.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

Chris,

  

 I just connected my tailcone to my QB fuse and did  not find this problem.  Maybe my kit is later? 

  

 Dave Leikam

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sam(at)fr8dog.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

My kit is #40157, and it had the same problem.

Sam Marlow



Dave Leikam wrote:

[quote] Chris,

  

 I just connected my tailcone to my QB fuse and did not find this 

 problem.  Maybe my kit is later? 

  

 Dave Leikam

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AirMike

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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

No problem like this on 40663 QB delivered 4/07

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Lew Gallagher

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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: Re: Tailcone attach gotchas

Hey Chris,



Our QB fuse did not have that problem (40695), but after much grunting and swearing, I DID discover a temporary pop rivet in that area that would not allow the tail to mesh in the baggage door area.  We felt stupid after we discovered it and it did finally fit ... still not my favorite thing to do!!



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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: Tailcone attach gotchas

Yep.  Same thing happened to me.  I caught it during inspection (and introspection) before trying to mate the halves. 

 

 My QB fuse shipped 11/06.

 

 Bill "fiberglassing" Watson 40605

 

 Chris Hukill wrote: [quote]            I did the initial tailcone attach today, and ran into a gottcha that I thought I would share. It turns out the quickbuild fuselage was built with the F10102A baggage door seal angle 1/16 inch too long. This is the angle riveted below the F1046L longeron. This angle butts up to the tailcone longeron, which is positioned under the fuselage longeron. Because you cannot see this interference unless you really look for it with a mirror, I was unaware that it was keeping the left side of the tailcone from getting forward enough to line up with the holes in the fuselage. A lot of time was spent swearing and trying to get it in position, before the we found the problem. I was able to drill out several of the 1/8 inch rivets, and place a .060 piece of scrap between the longeron, and angle, then use a cutoff disk on a dremmel to shorten the angle, and get a fit. I'll clean up the cut after the tailcone is removed again. I suggest that you measure the angle from a reference, like the side skin rivet holes to make sure yours aren't too long, before you wrestle the tailcone onto the fuselage.

   Chris Hukill

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