[NSRCA-discussion] Genesis revisited

[John Gayer]

Verne and everyone,
Thanks for all the great suggestions on straightening out this Genesis. 
I think I have a good plan to proceed now. I will post pictures when I 
have all the tools built and the plane setup.
John
>> to your table). At that point, you just need to glue the new sockets in so
>> the tubes are parallel to the table. I realize I'm over-simplifying the
>> process, but I think it would give you the best chance for long term
>> success. If you don't ruin the fin by bending it with a heat gun, it will
>> almost certainly end up where it started after being out in the sun for
>> awhile. BTW, I never trust alignment marks molded into a fuse. My first
>> alignment steps are to make the fin perpendicular to my table and check
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> out
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>> the down thrust molded into the nose ring at the same time. Once those are
>> set, I make my own marks (referenced off my table) as close to the
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>> marks as possible. When you consider that two fuse halves are joined in
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> the
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>> center, even a few thousands shift somewhere can equate to things being
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> way
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>> out whack at the wing tips. One of many reasons I prefer kits where the
>> builder glues in the sockets rather than the manufacturer.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Verne Koester
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Gayer
>> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:47 PM
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>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Genesis revisited
>>
>> I'm helping someone from our club build an old Genesis kit. Everything 
>> was going along just fine until it came time to install the wing and 
>> stab tubes. The wing tube is just fine, ends up parallel to the belly 
>> pan within a millimeter at the ends of the tube running through the 
>> fuselage.
>>
>> The problem occurs at the tail end. The fin is 12 mm out of plumb and 
>> the stab tube(using the indicated marking on the fuselage) is tipped 
>> about 10 mm in the same direction as the fin. Also the marks on the 
>> fuselage for the stab tube and the front pin are not the same distance 
>> up from the fuselage bottom so it appears these marks were not 
>> accurately set in the mold. Rather a mess.
>>
>> A long time ago when I ran into the crooked fin problem , I managed to 
>> get it lined up by using a heat gun and gentle pressure. Then using 
>> braces, tail post and a former, try to lock in the new fin position.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with this netbox kit that ran into any of 
>> these problems or were all the others perfect right out of the box?
>>
>> I would really appreciate any guidance on this that I can get.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
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