Thanks Mike,
About the only thing I could add is to replace the
transition tape every couple of years. It doesn't hold
up too well and can be a bear to get off if allowed
to deteriorate too much. I buff out my bird every
other year and then replace the transition tape before
waxing everything.
Cheers,
JJ
While I'm pontificating, my bird has never gone together
well, the right wing always hangs up going on or off.
I marked both lift fittings with magic marker and forced
it together, then removed the wing to see just where
it was hanging up......forward side of forward lift
fitting and aft side of aft lift fitting! Looks like
my fuselage is a tad to small or my right wing is a
tad too big. What to do? I tried scrubbing the indicated
areas with emery cloth by scrubbing them like shinning
a shoe. Did this for a good hour and things got better,
but she still didn't go together easily. Next I wound
a 12' X 2' hunk of 80 grit sandpaper around a 1/8'
drill bit and held it in place with masking tape at
the bottom. The next time I went soaring I was armed
with my sandpaper roll and a battery operater drill.
Yep, I stuck it in the forward lift fitting hole and
gave it a good 20 second blast while holding forward
pressure and slowely moving it in and out, making sure
to hold it at 90 degrees to the root rib (did the same
with the aft hole while holding aft pressure) WHALLA,
my ship now goes together without any cursing!
Cheers,
JJ


At 15:48 01 August 2007, Mmartin Via Aviationkb.Com
wrote:
JJ
Thanks for the advice. I will be taking on this project
this week. Also,
Awhile back there was a thread regarding the LS3 and
landing gear. You had
mentioned about testing the gear gas spring by pushing
on the overcenter lock.
I could have retracted the gear and there was no snap
back to the down
position. Your advice saved me from the gear eventualy
retracting on roll
out.
Thanks
Mike

John Sinclair wrote:
Most owners can do a credible job of installing mylar
if they follow the rules:
1. Remove all gunk with acetone and elbow grease.
2. Sand the new mylar (just the 10mm that will be sttached)
and the corresponding area on the wing with 220 dry.
3. Clean wing with acetone and apply the double-back-sticky,
making sure to follow the edge and keep it straight!
4. Clean the mylar with acetone and follow the edge
of the sticky very closely (don't make any abrupt corrections
or you will form a kink) Keep tention on the mylar
as you remove about 24' on protectice covering from
the sticky, as you work along. I work from left to
right, always!
5. Force Mylar down by running over it with a small
roller, I use a small roller bearing on a stick.
6. Clean with acetone and apply the transition tape
(I use 20mm)
NOTE, be sure to use mlar that is wide enough to cover
all hinge recesses, but don't go any wider than necessary
or stick forces will increase. Hinge recesses can be
covered separately with small pieces of plastic (mylar)
held down with sticky, then covered with wide tape.
Ideally, movement of the control should not lift the
mylar.
Have fun,
JJ

At 17:42 29 July 2007, Mmartin Via Aviationkb.Com wrote:
I've read all the posts, several times, regarding mylar
seal replacemate. My
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mmartin

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