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Fairlead block pattern

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:56 pm

Why not lay it out once, on a pattern, then use it to make all the fairleads. I made mine out of an old dishwasher kick plate.
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Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
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Re: Fairlead block pattern

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:08 pm

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dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Fairlead block pattern

Postby kmacht » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:17 pm

Now you are starting to think like us scratch builders. I have so many templates that I have made over the years scratch building my sonex that I got in the habit of saving christmas boxes not to re-use for other presents but to cut up and use to make templates for parts that I have to make more than 1 of.

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Re: Fairlead block pattern

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:33 pm

Keith,
I am a temporarily reformed scratch builder. I have a hummelbird in progress, on the back burner until I finish the Waiex. I also learned that at some point you stop making parts to the plans, and make them to fit the airframe. Posterboard is good for making those templates.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Fairlead block pattern

Postby daleandee » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:22 pm

Bryan Cotton wrote:I also learned that at some point you stop making parts to the plans, and make them to fit the airframe.


LOL! I get that part ...

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