I was pretending she had an authentic engine and it was blipped off, silly man!Originally Posted by planecrazzzy
A few notes are in order on some details I either hadn't mentioned or didn't flesh out:
I don't think I'm going to do anything about that lower wing's leading edge buckle right now. Cutting the fabric back, moving the rib's angle slightly and trimming back the end of the edge isn't something I'm amiable to at this point. Maybe at the first conditional inspection.
I haven't mentioned that I put some tension on the control column's forward and back motion. Not much, but it's not loosey goosey as it is on the aileron control. This plane has a lot of elevator for its size and with a lot of travel - and I can see where it could be a recipe for trouble.
She's not exactly trailer friendly. Because I was miserly in the amount of hole I cut for access, in many places it's like that Operation game we played as kids, with starting bolts held with needle nose pliers. But I'm not planning on dragging her to airshows and junk. I just want to fly up and down the Coosa river and visit exotic places like Albertville and Fort Payne here in Alabama, so that's okay to me.
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