29th December 2008

Fuselage on order

Faxed in the order & deposit for the fuselage kit this afternoon, to take advantage of the current-year pricing.  Current lead time, according to the website, is 8 weeks…with any luck, perhaps I’ll see it around my birthday!  I don’t expect to have the wings finished by that point, but I should have the space to stash it until needed.

Looks like I’m really building an airplane… !!

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29th December 2008

Answer from Van’s

Received a reply from Vans:

These small holes won’t make any significant difference to strength, so just clean them up and move on.

Both holes can be used for pitot/wire etc, but only one needs to be enlarged. The other is already full size.

So I’ll deburr those extra holes as normal, and forget about them.

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