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jlfernan
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 Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: Need measurement |
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I'll be receiving my kit soon and want to build saw horses to keep the fuse level. What is the height from the bottom of the cabin to the bottom of the tail?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: Need measurement |
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Jorge, An engine stand bracketed to the towbar and tailwheel mounts on the rear with a wooden H frame on the firewall will allow you to rotate the fusalage.
Pat Reilly
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Tom Jones
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Re: Need measurement |
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Jorge, do you know any measurements from the fuselage that you can use to establish a scale for the drawing you posted and measure from that. when I was building I built one high saw horse and just slid it foreward from the tail until the fuselage was level.
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Lynn Matteson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: Need measurement |
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This would not be a good suggestion for climbing in and out of the
fuselage, but food for thought:
When it came time to cover and paint my fuselage, I rigged a tic-
tac-toe device like shown in the Poly-Fiber manual, page 61, and
similar to what Pat Reilly suggested, and at the tail I rigged an
overhead cable and pulley arrangement, so that I could raise and
lower the tail according to what position the fuselage was in at the
time. The cable attached to the fuse using one of the rudder
attaching holes in the fuse vertical. The cable ran up over a pulley
in the ceiling, to a pulley on the wall, then down to a crank and
drum to wind the cable on. This allowed me to rotate the fuselage to
every 45° position radially speaking, about the centerline of the
fuse. The tic-tac-toe device is bolted to the fuse using the engine
mount holes. I first bolted on a piece of 1/2" plywood to the fuse,
then screwed the 2x4's to that. You have to make the lengths of 2x4's
long enough to enable the fuse to rotate without allowing the corners
of the fuse, or the vertical fin, to touch the floor. You could also
use just the plywood if it was large enough.
Lynn Matteson
Grass Lake, Michigan
Kitfox IV Speedster w/Jabiru 2200
flying w/480+ hrs
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Tom Jones wrote:
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Jorge, do you know any measurements from the fuselage that you can
use to establish a scale for the drawing you posted and measure
from that. when I was building I built one high saw horse and just
slid it foreward from the tail until the fuselage was level.
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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA
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wrm38
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Location: Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: Need measurement |
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I think it is about 17 1/2 in. on mine.
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jlfernan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Need measurement |
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Thank you.
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