Payson, Arizona n...@cybertrails.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry severson" <lar...@socal.rr.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: KR>mounting fore deck/tank
> The manual calls for mounting the fore deck/tank permanently with 2 ply 2" > BID tape. This makes any work on the tank impossible. Suggestions? Yes!... Don't do it! I am at this very moment installing my RR bought forward deck. It will be removable. The sides will attach to the longerons with piano hinges (rolled type). I have constructed a panel, roughly the same size as the vertical part of the RR forward deck. It has two "tails" going down on each side all the way to the forward spar. It is glued to each side of the fuselage and holes are cut out for the back of the instruments. The panel is made from 1/4 inch foam with two layers of fiberglass on each side. The forward deck (vert. part) goes over the front of this panel (front from pilots view)and is attached to the panel with rubber shock mounts. The back of the panel has a piece of plywood glued on to it with nuts ( the spiky types, floxed in position). All of the vertical part of the RR forward deck is cut off except about 2 inch following the contour of the top of the deck. The instrument panel has been made from a piece of 0.060 aluminum and will attach to the shock mounts (also called isolator mounts). In order to remove the forward deck I will have to unscrew the aluminum instrument panel from the shock mounts, loosen the shock mounts that hold the left over piece of the forward deck to the panel, pull the two piano hinges and unscrew the front of the forward deck. This way I have complete access to the back of the instrument panel, rudder paddles, brakes, fuel tank (which I will also make removable) and (in my case) access the the retractable nose wheel. Right now the epoxy is drying but later on , I could make some pictures. Probably too late for you but...it is nice to have access to that whole area. Merry Christmas to all. Louis Staalberg n...@cybertrails.com Payson, Arizona.
