Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:53 pm

Hinge off- holes in decent shape. The old hinge is trashed from sanding.
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I don't care that the old hinge is trashed. Here I have a cheapie aluminum angle from Menards. It has a square inside corner. I butted the hinge into that corner and transferred holes.
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Then I popped the hinge off, got a .040" shim, and a new piece of hinge. The holes are transferred from the angle to the new hinge.
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Here is before and after. I am going to rivet the hinge back onto the flap with a handful of aluminum rivets tomorrow for a fit check. If it is good I'll drill them back out and rivet it for keeps.
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To do things right the first time is easy. To fix a screwup takes true skill.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:00 am

No pics- but I did a trial fit. The flap is nicely flush with the top skin and when the flap is bottomed out I have a little overtravel. I'm happy.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:47 pm

We did the other flap. Pretty good, but not as perfect as the first. We got the missing travel back.
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In prep for storing the wings Thursday, we moved the Waiex to a neighboring hangar.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:23 pm

Both wings are stored:
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...and we are onto the Aerovee.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby vwglenn » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:03 am

OOOOoooooo...fun stuff.
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:18 pm

Adam and I had a visitor tonight - Randy from Area 51.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:41 pm

Adam was watching some ballgame on TV. I snuck over and put in nutplates for my tail mounted pitot tube.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:39 pm

Adam was watching some ballgame so I put the engine aside and worked other stuff. Here I have painted the top longerons and the mickey mouse ears.
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Here I've painted the tank cover. Later I noticed most of it had peeled off. Odd, I prepped this part the same as the others and they were fine. I have been having inconsistent results with the black SEM self etching primer.
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I tried the torch trick to remove the powder coat from the mixer. I don't think I cooked it enough as it didn't fall off as others report. Ended up using a scotch brite wheel on an angle sander.
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Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby ihab » Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:20 am

Bryan Cotton wrote:I tried the torch trick to remove the powder coat from the mixer. ...


Hmmm ... why do you have to remove powder coat in the first place?

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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Nov 02, 2016 8:04 am

Ihab,
Parts of that mixer weldment ride on a bronze bushing. The bushing won't go on over the powder coat. In fact, after removing the powder coat I still have to open up the bushing a little.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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