Cheers,
A word of warning :
I am taking my time, I admit, and left the fuselage cradled for over a year.
I had made a collapsible cradle and the forms were cut from 1/2inch plywood.
When it came time to lift the fuse out, I found indentations wherever the
fuselage sat - and have had to fill same in prep for painting.
Don't leave the fuse in for long before checking for dents.
Ferg
A064
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hagar" <hagargs@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Cradle for Fuselage
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| Dave:
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| Pick three positions on your fuselage bottom where you want your boat
| supported at. If building monowheel be sure to clear the wheel wheel
| opening and leave it hanging out front. Make three layups on the fuselage
| bottom. Form one edge of the fiberglass up 90 degrees to make a "fin" to
| give it some rigidity when you pull it off of the fuselage. When off of
| the fuselage trace the profile on 3 pieces of plywood to make saddles.
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| with a saber saw. Use your fiberglass layups to bond to the edge of the
| plywood to make pads for the fuselage. Weld up a frame out of 1" square
| tube to clamp the saddles to. Adjust the saddles as needed to level the
| boat. I actually screwed the fuselage to the saddle pads to pull the
| fuselage straight. My cradle now has a second user down in Tucson.
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| Steve Hagar
| A143
| Mesa AZ
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| > [Original Message]
| > From: David Simenauer <dsimenauer@cox.net>
| > To: Europa Forum <europa-list@matronics.com>
| > Date: 11/13/2004 12:45:25 PM
| > Subject: Europa-List: Cradle for Fuselage
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<dsimenauer@cox.net>
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| > I was wondering what suggestions and recommendations are out there for
| building a cradle for the fuselage. Other than a trial and error method I
| can't think of a way to copy the curvature of the bottom of the fuselage.
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| > Thanks
| > Dave Simenauer
| > A101
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