snrkl
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Started construction on my first FG kit tonight. I’ve been putting it off for a few weeks - the thought of working with FG and having to worry about the dust was annoying me. But I bit the bullet this evening.
All parts washed and dried yesterday, and I did a dry fit.
MMT assembly was the order of tonight.
Replaced the open eye bolt in the kit with a welded one. FG CRs were too loose to hold with 15min epoxy, so I did first tack with a small amount of 15min epoxy while the CR was supported with a ring of tape that I removed once the epoxy gelled.
While waiting for epoxy to gel on the MMT, I roughed everything up and drilled the holes in the fin slots for infecting fillets.
Last, but not least, as this kit has an open tailcone with nothing to glue to, I’ve opted to glue the motor retainer on now, and the TC will slip over it.
Gave it a good filet of JBWELD...
The stack is laid up to cure - it will be a few days till I can get back to it...
All parts washed and dried yesterday, and I did a dry fit.
MMT assembly was the order of tonight.
Replaced the open eye bolt in the kit with a welded one. FG CRs were too loose to hold with 15min epoxy, so I did first tack with a small amount of 15min epoxy while the CR was supported with a ring of tape that I removed once the epoxy gelled.
While waiting for epoxy to gel on the MMT, I roughed everything up and drilled the holes in the fin slots for infecting fillets.
Last, but not least, as this kit has an open tailcone with nothing to glue to, I’ve opted to glue the motor retainer on now, and the TC will slip over it.
Gave it a good filet of JBWELD...
The stack is laid up to cure - it will be a few days till I can get back to it...