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 Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject: model 7 Fabric at butt rib to fuselage question? |
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The wings are on the plane right now so it's hard to see the parts real well but here are some pics from the inside.
I just have a hard time bringing myself to drill holes in the tubing and that is one reason why I made them out
of fiberglass. Jim Chuk Kitfox 4 building Avid Mk IV flying Mn
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Subject: RE: Re: model 7 Fabric at butt rib to fuselage question?
Date: Sat C 27 Sep 2008 13:52:02 +0000
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P{padding:0px;}.ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage{font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} On my Kitfox 4 project C I fiberglassed the parts rather than using the aluminum. I took a piece of 3' PVC pipe and cut it in half lengthwise fit it and wedged it into place and used it for a mold at the four places. The fiberglass doesn't stick well to the plastic and will peal off when it sets up. I'll try to get a picture today and post it this evening. Jim Chuk Kitfox 4 building Mn
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From: nahsikhs(at)elltel.net
Date: Sat C 27 Sep 2008 05:34:09 -0700
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: 'Tom Jones' <nahsikhs(at)elltel.net>
[quote='michaega(at)verizon.net']My 1994 fabric manual shows bending a couple very small aluminum plates at each end of the butt rib and place fabric around them and the butt rib. Has any one come up with something different. A couple pictures would be great since I'm stuck in the imagination department.
George
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George C here's a link to pictures of what I ended up with
http://www.sportflight.com/cgi-bin/uploader.pl?action=view&epoch=1010085697
I couldn't understand the manual instructions so just epoxied flat (not bent or curved) aluminum plates to the butt ribs so that the fabric could be attached to that so it seals up the cabin.
What I just wrote sounds almost as confusing as the manual.
These pictures are probably worth only a hundred words not a thousand like the saying goes. The only way to really figure out what to do here is if you can find a finished Kitfox to look at.
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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax C 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg C WA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: model 7 Fabric at butt rib to fuselage question? |
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Thanks for all the good ideas!
George
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