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tbonsell(at)luxuria.com
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Can I bend a cabin frame? |
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Hi Guys
Having a bit of a problem here. I'm at the stage of joining the front and
rear fuse with the cabin frame on my 701. I've got the engine mount in place
too. Everything seems to be working out well, except for the fact that one
of the front legs of the factory frame is out of alignment, confirmed by
taking diagonal measurements of both sides when apart. It's actually pulling
the fuse in at the front on the one side, throwing off the extensions at the
firewall and making the front fuse side bend out of alignment. I've checked
and rechecked with digital level, water level and laser levels, so I know
I'm not in error. And to get it in it's proper place I'll have to force it
slightly, which I know puts stress on the weld, which is bad.
So I'm wondering if I can bend it out somehow. Can I do a gradual heating
with a propane torch? At the weld, or away from it? Am I crazy to even try?
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Tony Bonsell (tbonsell(at)luxuria.com) CI-FKF
Luxuria + Apparatus Design Communications
535 Cragg Road, RR #3
Uxbridge, Ontario L9P 1R3
Voice: 905.852.3848
http://www.luxuria.com
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dougsnash(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: Can I bend a cabin frame? |
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Tony, I am scratch building my CH-701. I had my cabin
frame dialed in perfect until I finish welded the
joints. The torch heat threw the uprights out quite a
bit. I found it was fairly simple to tweak it back
into shape. A bit of heat from a propane torch should
be enough for you since the material is so thin. You
should be able to get a nice red glow. I would be
careful to not colapse anything or create any stress
risers.
You might want to touch base with Mark or David at
Can-Zac just to be sure but I think you will find it
pretty easy to fix.
Doug MacDonald
CH-701 Scratch Builder
Fuse on the gear
Starting the wings tonight.
NW Ontario, Canada
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Hi Guys
Having a bit of a problem here. I'm at the stage of
joining the front and
rear fuse with the cabin frame on my 701. I've got
the engine mount in place
too. Everything seems to be working out well, except
for the fact that one
of the front legs of the factory frame is out of
alignment,
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