Nice job Harlan.
Nice job Harlan.
See my build log at:http://www.mykitlog.com/lowandslow/
Looking good Harlan!
Todd Downing
SS7 458LK
Building
G3X
915is, Airmaster prop
Looking good! Spend lots of time shrinking it good now, or when it gets cold you will have lots of loose spots. Cory spend hours going over every square inch. I did not spend as much time and now have gone back going over it and probably spent more time then he did initially.
Dustin Dickerson
Building 7ss STI x 2
Oratex
29" shock monster
EP912STI 155hp
Garmin
N33TF......FLYING!
N53TF......FLYING!
I'm really warming up to the Oratex. Looks real nice!
"Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive." Ernie Pyle
Brett Butler
Flying: N46KF, 1998 Model 5 Outback, 912ul 110hp, G3x with 2 axis a/p, Beringer wheels & brakes, SS7 firewall forward, NR prop, Custom paint
Got the rudder done, by far the hardest part so far.
Finished the horizontal stabilizer with no problem.
I was putting the covering you see below on the elevator and it was probably my best work yet if I say so my self.
I went to turn it over and do the other side and Opps, I did the top first instead of the bottom.
Let me tell you that you can't pull oratex off of steel after the glue has been set properly. I used 700 degree heat to melt the glue bond to get it off and then acetone and lots of elbow grease to get it cleaned off the metal.
All ready to start again....
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
You sure look to have mastered the application around corners. The rudder was my first part I did and you can tell. It flies and I had no intention of having judges look at my plane so....
Nice job Harlan
Eddie Forward
Flying
SS7, 912iS, Garmin G3X
Thanks Eddie but mastered is not the word to use at all. Had to cut a few wrinkles but the finish tape covered it well.
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
I think it looks good too, Harlan! It's pretty darn hard to avoid those small wrinkles with Oratex... possible, but hard. I had often thought of cutting my own finish tape at a bias for those tight curves but never tried it.
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
Just when I think I've made it those small little wrinkles won't shrink anymore.
Now that I'm about done I have figured out to take the masking tape off after placing the glue and lay new clean tape and pull the covering all the way over the corner to your inch overlap and stretch/tack down back to the new tape.
It won't stick to the new tape and trim lines are much better.
I had been tacking on the flat side pulling over and tacking as I go then the last bit was full of already stretched/wrinkled material that I was putting down for the inch overlap.
Clear as mud I'm sure.
Oh well I hope I can help others like you guys have helped me.
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos