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I was planning to use the larger air filter on the left, but when I try to put on the lower cowl it is WAY too tall and the cowl hits the filter before it ever comes close to closing up. http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=mikesmith&project=698&category=0&log=183043&ro...

My horse is 21" to the top of the horizontal.

Mike

Getting the wheels off the ground ended up being a non-event (which is great!). I could indeed lift the tail until my wife could get a shortened sawhorse underneath, and then lowered the tail and held it with weights. There is such a long moment arm, holding the tail was as light as holding a box of...

I screwed up my first canopy by tightening the bow screws too much. It looked scalloped and I had several cracks from the stress. My second canopy came out great. First off, don't tap the holes in the bows, just drill through them. Then use machine screws (I think #6) with self locking nuts to secu...

Any thoughts about what order to install the fasteners into the canopy frame? Since there is so much bending and squishing that goes on as the canopy is pushed onto the frame, I'm assuming that if I mark the hole locations all at once, when I start fastening the canopy material the canopy edges aren...

radfordc wrote:A couple of years ago several of us flew to breakfast and while there one plane had a tire problem. Two guys got under a wing and lifted the plane on their backs. You have a couple of big friends?

No wings! They are still on a wing stand. :-)

Mike

Does anyone have any ideas for where and how to jack up the plane? I don't own anything other than the jack in the back of my car. Hi Mike, I really like this idea. I haven't tried it yet but I'll need to soon as I need to put on wheel pants ... http://www.spoonworld.com/flying/sonex/815_8/815_Log8...

I am working on installing my wheel pants. Now I need to take the wheels off to drill and tap holes in the brake body. But how to do that? There aren't andy good hard points to jack up the plane: http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=mikesmith&project=698&category=0&log=1820...

Does anyone use an Android Weight & Balance app that works well for a Sonex?

Mike Smith
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I did have some issues with the enamel. When I shot the black over the white I got a lot of "curdling". I may not have let the white cure long enough. I had the same issues when I started painting with Rustoleum. Per the instructions on the can, you either have to paint additional coats w...

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