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Well, since I ask so many (dumb?) questions, I thought I would make a novice attempt at making a slight contribution. Just a little update on this weeks adventures and attempts at making interior panels out of .028" Kydex T. Besides the skylight that I have been working on, this is the only...

Starting on my first attempt forming Kydex interior panels. My thinking is I would abuse whatever is on the walls and at least I could replace the kydex down the road. Also can access and inspect my work behind the panels easier and more frequently. My plan is to use .028" material (0.197 lbs/sq...

I was ready to order my engine mounts. Then I confused myself again. Bob spec'd the following in the 3Q2007 Beartracks: Engine - Lyc. O-540 Type II mount hole dia. 2.00 in bracket Barry #94110-02 Lord #J-9613-12 Russ used the Lord #J-9613-12 in his CD. There is a different Lord number spec'd...

Thanks to Paul Minelga's Kitlog site, I had a warning that there may be issues if you make the rear attach fittings per the templates on the plans. I found that if you drill the holes in the forward fittings per the template in the plans, it is further out than the 1 1/16" REF dimension shown on...

I was considering covering my interior with a removable indoor/outdoor carpet. I had "discovered" one that is really close to the same weight as Polyfiber fabric. There would be a weight penalty for tab attachment points. This is only my second airplane. The first was before the FAA...

I'm working on my aluminum formers. In Bob's EC Jan 2013, he specifies SS pop rivets. I can definitely do that. Are there any known applications of using solid AN426 (flush) rivets when joining aluminum to steel? Well aware of the long "conversations" of the past regarding galvanic...

At the Alvord, Sept. 2014. Hoping to get back soon.

I'm pacing around the fuselage and not getting a lot done. Overthinking this skylight thing. Need a little push and/or help. Because I'm scratchbuilding the fuselage, I have options. That probably the problem. Right now, this is my going in approach: 1) Minimize the BH hump by lowering the...

I'm trying to figure out if flat shape that Avipro uses for the rear bulkhead boot cowl shape has some advantages over the plans method of a rounded shape with T3 tubing. One of the advantages of the Avipro flat shape is no need to shrink the metal of the boot cowl tunnel to fit the rounded...

Since I'm in the posting mood, got a question re McFarlane Aviation Products. I just happened to look at their site for pulleys for some reason. They are half the price of any other vendors. Am I missing something?? I am a born again and again, "if it sounds too good to be true" believer...

I've seen a couple of suggestions for putting bends in the 1" x 5/16" stringer material that Mark uses in his kits. I've seen suggestions from pretty elaborate, machined jigs to Marks 4x4 on the floor and hop on it method. Both are great and work. This is just a suggestion for another way to...

Thanks for the info. Appreciate the input on your efforts Jon (right?). There is a lot to admire in those photos Mark. It looks like you both raised the thresholds. The work is something to behold. The tools and machines in the background are even more impressive. I've gone OTR (off the...

I'm working on my door formers and sills. I decided to give the aluminum a try for the corrosion reasons stated and maybe save a few ounces. It takes more time to do it this way welding on the tabs first. There are also little details with attaching stringer tabs, door hinge locations and...

Making progress - Just never fast enough! Reached a little milestone today with her taking her first steps out the shop. Got my 10" Bearhawk Tailwheel from Eric last week. That is a beautiful piece of work. Many more milestones to go.

I'm checking if anyone can offer some advice on how to best handle the final drilling of the landing gear attach fittings. A lot of welding hours in those fittings and want to verify on right path. Due to the tight clearance to the longeron, the fittings can only be drilled from the forward...

I don't know if this qualifies as an original idea. May have seen it posted by someone else and just forgot. Aging does that. It seems so simple that I know someone else has used this technique. I know there is tooling for this in the AviPro factory. This made the job a lot easier for me. I just...

I'm in the process of welding out my fuselage when weather allows. Been a little to cold and concerned about the post weld cooling rate. Next phase would be landing gear and starting to look at wheel/brake selection. I've been researching previous threads and any information that I can...

Big Milestone yesterday. Got the fuselage off the jig table and starting the cluster welding phase. Today I got cluster #1 done. I started working on the fuselage on October 30th. So it took about 230 hours over two months to get to this stage. I'm a pretty slow builder, not efficient like...

As noted by the many that have gone before me, these tubes for the front door thresholds can be a bit of a challenge. The "Erbman" coined the phrase and I know Paul M has too. I don't know if it would be helpful to anyone but I kinda gathered the best of a lot of peoples ( like Russ, Eric, Paul...

Just to put this one to bed...... Sorry if I stirred anyone up. Called Bob today. He said no need for the heavy tubing. The T-11 (.049) was good enough. Got those door thresholds in today and the 1" tube for STA C/S is tacked in place. If chrome moly dust was worth sumthing I'd be rich...