Steve J wrote: > = Wise move to put her in the best hands available.
Absolutely the best hands available, and I probably owe him my life for doing it for me. > = Why did you opt to seal the fuselage / Tdeck gap? I stuck that on about two minutes before he taxiied away in it. Most everybody else's turtle deck is glassed in place. Mine is held on with piano hinges, which I know are strong, but the connection to the deck itself isn't as strong. When you start thinking about somebody ELSE's butt getting in a jam, you want all the insurance you can get. I was also concerned about the strength of the canopy latches, and will upgrade them soon, so I handed him a QuickClamp and said "what would you think about clamping one side of the canopy down with this". He said "give it here!". Might as well stack the odds in our favor, with so many opportunities for things to go wrong... Thanks for all the kind words, folks. It's still got a lot of rough edges and it's nowhere near finished, but this is proof that I'm gettin' there... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
