Everything has been going swell after my latest surgery. I hope to be back flying here soon. I seem to have more mobility now that the pins are out of my right ankle. Makes me want to have them removed from my left one now! Time will tell...
I've had a lot of time once again to think about my future cub. Also have bounced a bunch of ideas off of friends. I think I'm going to try and buy a new fuselage. This will prolong my rebuild, but I think in the end it will be better. There are so many unknowns with a used fuselage. The fuselage I bought back in July has some corrosion issues, that can be rectified, but its still an unknown. I plan on having my current fuselage repaired, and in the meantime I will try and save up for a new one. If I don't have the funds for a new one by the time I'm ready to start with fuselage work, I'll use the used one.
That being said, I'm changing my direction on the build again. I'm going to start with the wings once I finish the engine section. I plan on keeping the wings as stock as possible. I originally had the 13 rib wings with 18 gallon fuel tanks. I'm going to keep this configuration. I'm going to install the 2000 pound gross weight increase this go around. Also put the VGs on. I plan on installing the VGs before I'm complete with laying down all my tapes. This way I can put a reinforcing tape over the VGs to help adhere them to the wing when wing covers are installed on the wings in the winter. A friend had this done on his PA-12, and hasn't had a VG come off yet. I have the ailerons and flaps completed already, so very little work needs to go into them at this point.
I hope these are my final plans. I'm going to try and stick to them now after careful thought. We will see I guess.
Hey Bill keep up the good work, I'll catch u downtown, I'll be out on the first of Oct.
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