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rp3420(at)freescale.com
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:15 am Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Vic,



Sorry not to reply sooner, I have been out of town.  The fiberglass

piece that cleans up the gap seal to the windshield on our Xtra, was

provided by TNK.  It came with our original Xtra kit six years ago.

Call Travis and see if there still available.



Tim

Firestar II-"Iditarod"  www.milows.com



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MKIIIX040

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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Tim G.,

Thanks Tim, I already have the fairing just cant picture how to attach it 

and make those ears look good.



Vic

N40KX912ul

Maine

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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:40 am Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Vic,



Go to our website www.milows.com and click on the "Permanent gap seal"

in the Xtra side of the site.  You can see the rivets/clecos holding the

piece onto the gap seal, and if you look close in one picture you and

see the holes drilled to hold it and the windshield to the frame of the

plane where the windshield ends up around the gap seal.  



Ours did not fit really to well, but with some prodding and flexing and

reworking a bit you can warp it to fit.  A word about fiberglass parts,

you can leave them in the sun and get them warmed up and the epoxy/resin

will soften/relax up until cool, making it easier to warp and fit the

part.  But once warmed up to a certain temperature the epoxy/resin will

not soften/relax again until you warm it up again but into a higher

temp.  



They will set after cooling from coming from a higher warmer temp and

hold that hardened setting until warmed even hotter and so on....does

that make sense??



Here in Arizona, it doesn't take long to get a part warm to make it a

little easier to bend and mold those ears around the corner.   We used

just one aluminum fabric rivet on each ear to pin them back on the upper

chromoly fuse tube.  It took some pushing and flexing to get it flush

with a chromoly upper fuse tube.  Just set up your plane outside in the

heat of the day and warm that part up in the sun and have another set of

hands to help hold, cuss and drill and rivet.  



Hope that helps, let me know if that answers any questions.  We have

digital cameras and can send specific pics if necessary (cropped of

course).  Im not sure you could see the ear attachment rivet in the MV

picture just recently posted?? Cant remember???



Tim and Uncle Craig-The Milows

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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Tim,

Now I get it. It's permanently attatched to the gap seal and screwed through 

the windshield for removal, correct?

Thanks

Vic

N40KX912ul

Maine



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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:42 am Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Tim, Did you change the original oil tank line fittings to get AN ones to 

work or did you find an AN that would wok with them?



Vic

N40KX912ul

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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject: the great "gapsby" for VIC

Vic,



Your right, The brow is attached to the gap seal with aluminum rivets.

I keep forgetting that our gap seals are permanent and are different

then that of standard Kolb.  I worked with ours so much that it becomes

the "norm" to me.  

The gap seals on both of our Kolbs are attached to the fuselage and stay

that way even when wings are folded.  To unattached my Firestar II gap

seal takes a few screws and bolts, but a bit of welding back in the

engineering stage before paint to make it work.  On uncle Craig's Xtra

many 3/32 aluminum rivets, a few 1/8" rivets and a few bolts and screws

hold his together.



We did not use screws on the gap seal brow and windshield area as you

suggested, but easy to drill out 1/8" aluminum rivets.



We did not modify the oil tank at all, but found the AN

fittings.....uncle Craig was the one that scrounged those up.  If you

can't find any, let us know and we will be glad to help you find

whatever you need to make it work.



You know where to find us,



Tim

Firestar II-"Iditarod"



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