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<DIV>Ron</DIV>
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<DIV>Would pics of the inside of an Impact help you? I've got a bunch of
them...</DIV>
<DIV>Including shots of the landing gear block assembly</DIV>
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<DIV>Rex</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:vanputte@cox.net
href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ron Van Putte</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Impact Gear
Installation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'm building a PL Products Excellence, but am making veerrry
slooow <BR>progress. The instructions are awful and written in
Frenglish. I <BR>have to think my building several steps ahead to
make sure I don't <BR>build myself into a corner.<BR><BR>There appear to
be a few honeycomb pieces missing, like the rudder <BR>servo tray and
the firewall. I say "appear", because I'm not sure <BR>they were
supposed to be included, but are referred to in the <BR>instructions as
though I should have them.<BR><BR>Nothing is said about mounting the landing
gear in the fuselage and <BR>the "instructions" show retracts in the
wings! Didn't Tony <BR>Stillman's Excellence have wing-mounted
landing gear and didn't his <BR>wing fail through the landing gear
area?<BR><BR>When I e-mailed John Fuqua about this, he told me that I might
want <BR>to look at the Impact gear install system. "Basically one
360 former <BR>in the fuse with a second 1/2 former next to it with the
landing gear <BR>plate between the two. Former was made out of carbon
faced ply. Cut <BR>a slot in th fuse for the gear to slide into
and on the gear plate <BR>and held with 3 bolts. Very strong. Used
to be pictures on the <BR>website but not sure if they are still
there."<BR><BR>If anyone has some suggestions on building the Excellence or
the <BR>Impact gear install system (what's the website url?), I'd
appreciate <BR>hearing about it. Thanks.<BR><BR>Ron Van
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