• Seabee (sigh)

    From Angus Mcleod@VERT/ANJO to Digital Man on Sunday, June 19, 2005 19:35:00
    I thought I might get a flight this evening. I should have counted on the streak of bad luck that runs in my family!

    I finished the corrective work on the wing and checked the alignment (perfect!) then, last night late, I was mixing epoxy and mucking about by candle-light getting the belly-pan fastened to the wing. This so it could cure overnight and be flight-ready this morning. With only the cowl to
    cut and then trim'n'tune, I thought I might get in the air this afternoon!

    Before cutting the cowl, I decided to do a rough balance of the model, in
    case the engine would have to be shifted on the mount, to assist with
    getting the C-of-G right. No sense cutting the cowl for the engine, and
    then discover you have to move the engine!

    So I went to bolt it all together (minus cowl) and the $&)@*!# muffler
    doesn't fit!

    I had already seen that the Tower muffler on the Thunder Tiger motor
    doesn't fit, and I'd scrounged around and borrowed a muffler from a Super Tiger. "Yes, this muffler will fit onto the TT motor, once you ream out
    the flange on the TT!" was what I was told, but when I went to try it,
    that proved to be untrue. So after making a wooden spacer to test the
    fit, I have discovered that I need a 1/2" spacer from Tower. I've ordered
    it, but now I have to wait for it to arrive.....

    I even went and dug out a Saito 56 4-stroke, but no, it is too long, and
    the throttle linkage is incorrect. So, all I can do now is wait.

    :-(


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Angus Mcleod on Monday, June 20, 2005 00:57:43
    Re: Seabee (sigh)
    By: Angus Mcleod to Digital Man on Sun Jun 19 2005 07:35 pm

    I even went and dug out a Saito 56 4-stroke, but no, it is too long, and
    the throttle linkage is incorrect. So, all I can do now is wait.

    :-(

    :-(

    digital man

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