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Builder Name:Jeff Seaborn   -  
Project:   Dalotel DM165   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:653
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Start/Last Date:Nov 06, 2019 - Nov 06, 2019
Engine:Originally Continental IO-346 A what? Yep, an IO-346 as used in Muskateers of the same vintage
Propeller:A Regy Wooden Fixed Pitch What the heck is that? A French prop from that era
Panel:Steam gauges circa 1969. In French and in metric. Yikes!
 
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Jan 17, 2020     Another light day - (1 hour)       Category: Wings
Added ply stiffeners to the balsa nose ribs.

Started making the required jigs to cut slot in spar. I'll have to use a router to cut a slot in the top and bottom of the spar to fit the wing mounting plate. I'll set up some fences to allow me to cut that groove accurately. I'm going to have to pick up a new router bit to get the depth I need. Yay, more tools.

Spent a bit of time looking at the threaded bushings that the end plate screws into. Just thinking through the steps to get this critter built. I don't think there are any of the original screws left that held the end plate onto the spar and I can't begin to guess what thread size Dalotel decided to make these screws. The sizes aren't shown on the incomplete drawing for the end plate. I'll have to remove one of the screws from the LH wing to check it for size and see if I can get identical screws for the RH side. My guess is that it's not likely to happen. I may have to machine some new threaded bushings for new screws for the RH side. Stay tuned.


 


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