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Tail Kit and Slats/Flaperons Kit Arrives
Phase 2 of the build began this weekend with the arrival of the next two kits: the Horizontal Tail kit, and the Slats and Flaperons kit. Even though I knew how big the parts were I hadn't really been prepared for the size of the crate; that thing was huge! I can't begin to immagine the wings or fuselage crates.
I pushed the crate into the dog run for storage and it wasn't until a couple of days that we opened it up. Why? First we need to build a new bench that was big enough for the tail kit.
Inside the crate was A LOT of paper packing and an envelope with three pages of inventory part, including a line item of "800 A4 rivets"! Ugh, time to get a compressor for the air gun!!
Hopefully I'll be taking inventory this weekend and sorting out the slats kit parts which is what I aim to work on first.
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Comment by Paul Sanders on December 16, 2010 at 9:33am
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Interesting, had not thought about using the crate as a bench!
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Comment by Bob McDonald on December 16, 2010 at 6:48am
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The shipping crate could have been used as a work bench ! No assembly required !
The crate will be long enough for wings or fuselage...but take the parts out of the crate that you need first.
Have fun.
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Comment by David Abbott on December 16, 2010 at 6:45am
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Paul,
The cleco and rivets eventually produce a stab & elevator. The crate will provide material for your slats jig too.
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