Would you post what you used to close out the holes in the bottom of the horizontal stabilizer.
Thanks
Would you post what you used to close out the holes in the bottom of the horizontal stabilizer.
Thanks
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
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Harlan - here's how I did the deed.
See my build log at:http://www.mykitlog.com/lowandslow/
Harlan,
Sorry for the hijack but that fabric wrap around on the hinge side of your horizontal stab, is that a finish tape or did you overlap the fabric that far?
Kitfox 5 (under construction)
Commercial SE/ME, CFII
That is the fabric overlap.
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
I always thought it was kind of weird that they got away from the covers in the new build manual?
It's a pretty big hole... draggy and a great place for wasps to build nests.
Here is the KF 5 manual solution. I bet you could add some nut plates and do something like this.
I just did mine yesterday and I used some cardboard templates to get them to fit right.
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Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
Having a Series 5 , that addressed this area as Jerrytex describes above, I find it very odd that the new builds leave this open or open to your imagination. This is an area that needs a easily removable cover because the hardware up there needs to be inspected and maintained during your condition inspection. I have also had to replace the stab rod end bearings so I would make it inspection friendly. Bruce N199CL