I've been working on the Seabee, and making some progress. I had to
borrow a muffler that would fit the engine without fouling the fuselage,
and I have come across a number of little quirks that I was easily able to correct.

Unfortunately, I have just discovered a rather nasty flaw! The two holes
in the trailing edge of the wing that are used to bolt it onto the
fuselage have been mis-drilled! You couldn't really see, because the wing came covered, but it became glaringly obvious once I cut away the covering
to accommodate the bolts.

http://www.anjo.com/rc/aircraft/seabee/#badboltholes

I am going to have to open the holes out, fit a carefully drilled ply
plate, align the wing and mark the plate, cut away the covering from under
the plate, glue the plate into place, turn the wing over, dowel the opened
out holes, turn the wing back over and use the plate as a template to
re-drill new holes. It isn't hard, just tedious and time-consuming.

Argh! :-/

Anyway, getting close. Once the blasted holes are fixed, then I only have
to do the belly-pan and cowl, then balance, trim and tune.


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Re: Grrrrrrr!
By: Angus Mcleod to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2005 03:56 pm

Anyway, getting close. Once the blasted holes are fixed, then I only have to do the belly-pan and cowl, then balance, trim and tune.

"I imagine the finished aircraft will shake it's tail like a stripper in a nightclub"

<tries to imagine that>

Hmm... I think I'll need photos of *that*. :-)

digital man

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Re: Grrrrrrr!
By: Digital Man to Angus Mcleod on Thu Jun 16 2005 14:36:00

Anyway, getting close. Once the blasted holes are fixed, then I only hav to do the belly-pan and cowl, then balance, trim and tune.

Started. Hacked out two large holes in the wing and made up a facing
plate to cover them. Once the plate is in place, I'll plug the holes from underneath, then re-drill them using the facing plate as a guide.

"I imagine the finished aircraft will shake it's tail like a stripper in a nightclub"

<tries to imagine that>

Hmm... I think I'll need photos of *that*. :-)

Here's hoping it stays in one piece long enough for me to get some photos!

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Re: Grrrrrrr!
By: Digital Man to Angus Mcleod on Thu Jun 16 2005 02:36 pm

Anyway, getting close. Once the blasted holes are fixed, then I only hav to do the belly-pan and cowl, then balance, trim and tune.

"I imagine the finished aircraft will shake it's tail like a stripper in a nightclub"

<tries to imagine that>

Hmm... I think I'll need photos of *that*. :-)

Hehe... movies even.

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