James Roberts

Male

Johannesburg

South Africa

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
ZODIAC XL
Project Status
Less than half
Building From
Kit
Building Experience
No Experience
Flying Experience
Private Pilot
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Consultancy

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  • Phill Barnes

    Tried sending a message directly to your email but it got sent back to me.

     

    Hi James

    I just checked my pics on kitlog and also could not find one showing the inside of the rear bubble, my appologies. What I did was everywhere there was a rivet ending with acyrlic, I placed a washer over the rivet before pulling it to spread the load on the acyrlic surface rather than the edges of the hole.Only one small crack as you can probably see on the R/H rivet in the pic. All the rivets through the flashing ending in acyrlic are avex not the low pressure soft household rivets provided and used on holes starting with acyrlic. Maybe the softer rivets would have prevented the damage. Good luck mate.

    Happy building and new year

    Phill

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Dec 31, 2011

  • Phill Barnes

    Thanks James. It was an awesome journey that I will venture on again one day when circumstances allow. I will still be hovering around this group helping out when I can. Keep having fun with your build and post as lots of pics.

    Phill

    Nov 24, 2012

  • guido meens

    Hi James hope you get this i am new to this The canopy hood is painted with acrylic paint very effective and looks good i think ? Cheers Guido

    Nov 25, 2012