JRSmith

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Looks like a good fix Darrin. I am planning on doing the same and I am also planning on adding a few more supports along the way. Not that a think there is a lot of torque on the wing tube sleeve, but I am not too keen on the tube supported only in two places. I guess an "Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", as Ben Franklin coined! I feel like I am going to be doing that a lot on this airplane.

JRSmith

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I can also confirm that you need to check the wing tube sleeve 4mm and 3mm screws very carefully! Thanks Darrin for bringing this up! When I checked mine (rear tube 4mm), all four screws where not even tight and one screw just kept turning when I tried to tighten it! The front 3mm screws where also hand tight. Additionally, all four of my nutplates were not inserted fully and pushed right out with mild pressure. The front 3mm nutplates are fully inserted and not defective like the 4mm nutplate. So I removed all four and will install new rear nutplates. I will also design and cut two beef-up plates for the front and rear tubes.



Here are the 4mm nutplates from the rear wing tube sleeve support and you can see the horizontal one looks fine...



However with mild hand pressure the 4mm screw will push right through the nutplate....



Just make sure to check these as Darrin has already stated. I will get mine fixed over the next couple of days. Talk soon.

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Rick227

Just an update for you all….still no resolution from Gator RC……

Colt4570

Sorry to hear that Rick. Hopefully they will make it right..

Colt4570

Took a while to figure how to reliably open and close the tailwheel doors, but finally got it worked out. I tapped the existing holes in the assembly for 2-56 threads and used ball links, then hysol'd horns onto the doors. Got lucky and it worked. Had to remove a lot of material to get the doors open far enough to get some ground clearance (even after spacing the assembly downward by a .250").

Couldn't figure out how upload a video so I hope it's ok to post this link.

Rick227

Hello all, just an update as to the former that was installed backwards at the factory and the subsequent tail wheel mount issue. Mike @ Gator RC has graciously taken care of the issue and I can press on with the build! Thanx again Mike .

Rich

Colt4570

Had to file the wheel cover supports to align the covers after aligning the wheels.


High tech alignment tool

Filing flats to level wheel covers.

Colt4570

Drilled the holes in the wing pins for retaining clips that several people had suggested. Also found a good way of assembling the plane solo if there's no one around to help hold your wing up!

Colt4570

Double post..

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For anyone who has not purchased a pilot, I can confirm the 12" pilot from Warbird Pilots.com fits really well.

Colt4570

Interior area is complete with throttle servo, fuel tank and fuel dot. Just the small plug conversion left to do. ( we'll see how much space it saves ). The width with plug caps included can be hard to find from some companies, so just fyi, the DLE 111v3 is 11.180" cap to cap, before small plug conversion.

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Hey Colt,also drill and pin the horizontal stabilizer

Colt4570

Thank you sir, I'll take a look at that.

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Nearing the end of this build

23x14 prop

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Did not use the original Cowl brackets made my own

As you can see it’s close quarters up in there with no room for anything else

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Did not use the original Cowl brackets made my own

As you can see it’s close quarters up in there with no room for anything else

Colt4570

Looks like a great setup! Love the radial.

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Added aluminum braces to inside of firewall for strength..had a hard time installing blind nuts in the enter side but I did it.

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Added aluminum braces to inside of firewall for strength..had a hard time installing blind nuts in the enter side but I did it.

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Got the canopy on and the clearance holes in the cowl for the left plug and exhaust. Did the small plug conversion to keep the cowl carnage to a minimum. Just a tip on the plug adapters. When they say don't over tighten, they mean it. I'm waiting on a replacement part now .



Cowl clearance needed for exhaust and left plug only.

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Drill and install retainer clips in the horizontal stabilizer

Colt4570

Nice! I like the fact that you put a good tailwheel on it too. Do you take the stabs off for transport, or leave it together?

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No I’m not going to take them off for transporting I just did it that way for extra security... I’ve foam blocks to lay the fuse on for transporting which they are made for giant scale air planes