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Kevin Kinney
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- ZODIAC XL
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My project is sitting on the back patio, fully assembled. The wings come off and on as necessary. The left one is coming off as the pitot/static is leaking and I want to change to some more secure connections. The right one is going to come of because in putting it on the last time, I dinged the fuel line up pretty badly and need to replace it.
I'm almost temped to replace the short section inside the fuse with flexible hose. This way, I won't have this problem again and if the fuel line has to be changed, I won't need to take the wings off. Just a thought...
At this moment, the apple tree it's sitting under has blossomed and is losing its petals. My plane looks pretty good wearing pink.
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The folks at Jabiru USA really stressed the braid armored hose and AN fittings to Dave and me and everyone at the FWF seminar we attended. Apparently you aren't the first victim of that failure mode.
I hope you can get back to flying ASAP,
Ed
I went up one day specifically to test crosswind capability. It was 10 kts. That was the limit of my comfort zone and I went around on the first approach. The combination of the dead heavy ailerons combined with the pitch sensitivity freaked me a bit.
The second approach landed just fine, but maybe I'll wait for a lesser crosswind.
Five hours inspetions.......have you flown any more lately? I have been doing the upgrade, but the cold weather has slowed things up. All solid riveting is complete and the wings are close to bring done.