What LPS lube are you fellows using 1,2,3 Can you get this in a pint, I do not want the aerosol
What LPS lube are you fellows using 1,2,3 Can you get this in a pint, I do not want the aerosol
#1 is recommended by Kitfox for the plastic bearings like the flaperon bearings, rudder pedals, and possibly some others. I found it is available in a non-aerosol spray bottle (1 qt?) that it can be transferred from into smaller containers if you wish. The Tri-iFlow is also available in non-aerosol bottles. I think I bought it on Amazon, Jim. Shake well before partitioning it out into other containers and before use.
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
When you unpack your kit, have eight small blocks of styrofoam on hand. Put one of them over each of the flaperon hinge arms and secure it in place with some no-residue painter's tape. The hinge arms are very thin, and they're stiffer material than the flaperon skins. If they're not immobilized, it's very easy for them to damage the skins, like this.
Eric Page
Building: Kitfox 5 Safari | Rotax 912iS | Dynon HDX
Member: EAA Lifetime, AOPA, ALPA
ATP: AMEL | Comm: ASEL, Glider | ATCS: CTO
Map of Landings
For drilling in tight places, smaller drill bits will fit in the Dremel flexible shaft. Pictured is a #30 bit. You have to run the Dremel at a high speed because it doesn't have the torque at normal drill speeds, but for thin aluminum and wood, works great!
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My flap and rudder pedal adjustment handles rubbed against the sides of the console slots and brackets. I got some 1.5" wide UHMW tape from Amazon for the handles to slide against. ( https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00823J7...AWMR4KP4YDR6QT )
Very tough plastic surface but also very slippery! The handles fit perfectly with no slop or binding.
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If you have been hawking some of the build logs (like Eddie's EWFD for one) you will find a small nugget of info about Loctite Bearing Retainer. You are supposed to use this when you press in the bearings on the horizontal stab. Eddie mentions that it sets up kind of quick. Believe me that's the truth. Here's what you need to know that isn't on the bottle: The set up time is quoted at 4 min. and is fully cured in 24 hours. The shear strength to steel is 4000 psi. (not a misprint or too many zeros). I pressed in my first bearing and didn't have any of those little factoids so I wasn't in any kind of hurry and since it was the first one, didn't have all my tools at the ready. That was almost a huge error in that as I was finally pressing the bearing with about 1/8 inch to go, it got VERY hard to press (read go get a longer ratchet handle for more leverage). I think I literally just made it. Looks like the 4 min set up time was pretty close. To validate that shear number, I was using a stainless steel Grade 5 bolt as my press and when I went to back it off found that I had royally galled the threads. I had to get a cutting wheel and cut the bolt out. No Kitfox parts were hurt in this process. My process after that was to press the bearing in about half way, add the film of 680 to the last half and press it quickly. The rest went in just fine and I am certain they will never spin or come out.
Gary
Gary (Geek) Phenning
Leavenworth (Not the Prison), WA
Kitfox STi N68SG
I was looking around for something to cap the barbed fuel fittings before attaching the actual hoses to keep junk out of the tanks. Found these vacuum caps at O'Reiley Auto Parts. They have five of each size and are only about $9.00. They work great and are easy to come off when ready too connect the fuel lines.
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Those look good! Good find. On another note, one of the secret menu items is the banjo fittings. Email Heather and tell her you want the banjo fittings. IMO they should be standard for the kit. I wish I would have listened by another member who told me to get them, but I chanced it and found a fuel leak a year later. Fix was ordering the banjo fittings. It will enable your fuel fittings to be tight, and lined up.
Dustin Dickerson
Building 7ss STI x 2
Oratex
29" shock monster
EP912STI 155hp
Garmin
N33TF......FLYING!
N53TF......FLYING!
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I found these on Amazon and they're great for cleaning up small areas of Hysol or varnish off the spars that you might have missed!
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