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Fuselage Covered - remounting engine

Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:49 pm
by ksatter26
The fuselage is basically covered. I do have a fair amount of finishing work left around the interior portions of the cabin area tubing.

With the covering done I was able to take the main gear off of the chairs that made it easier to get to the underside of the fuselage. Once that was done I used my handy Harbor Freight Engine Hoist to remove my "restored" 303 from the shipping crate to remount on the airframe.

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If the weather remains fairly warm I just may open the hangar door and start her up. Also, I want to see what the nice red bubble cowl really looks like against the Sky Blue Oratex.

Re: Fuselage Covered - remounting engine

Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:58 am
by LA F2 Flyer
Very nice! It looks fantastic. What finishing work do you have left to do?

And let us know how she runs!

Re: Fuselage Covered - remounting engine

Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:36 am
by ksatter26
Getting the kinks out of the fabric around the small diameter welded frame. If you watch the YouTube videos you'll know what I mean.

The convex and concave shape of the vertical stabilizer is driven me nutsy.