At 05:06 AM 7/7/05 +1000, you wrote: > Can anyone tell me just what role the glass skin on the fuselage does, > And, does anyone have any experience in using longer undercarriage legs >than shown on the plans, >chris johnston ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Glass skin on fuselage: It's used to seal the wood. Use the lightest glass available. Wick's sells what they call "deck cloth" that is 1.4 oz or so. There are other sources with maybe lighter weight. I used it over all my layups and I'm convinced I saved a lot of fill weight. Gear legs: both Jeff Scott and I have 30" Diehl gear legs (standard Diehl gear legs are 24") and as of now neither of us have had any problems. I'm using the Diehl upper brackets and I'm assuming that Jeff does also. Jeff has several hundred hours on his and I'm at the 154 hour mark. I've been on grass at least 25 times with mine and given them a good workout. The landing on my first flight was the roughest I've made to date when I dropped it in from probably a foot off the runway. Some of the grass I've been on has not been all that smooth. It would pitch me into the air before liftoff and it would settle back on. I'm running a 60" prop and have plenty of ground clearance. Larry Flesner
