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Subject: Re: LNC2 Cockpit dimensions
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Some time ago, I mentioned that my header tank with hinge pins as well  
as the canopy had been fitted to the fuselage and the transition from  
them with micro and super fill to the fuselage was perfected. Both  
header tank and canopy sat on the shelf for several years. :-(

Move forward to this century... Repositioning the header tank on the  
fuselage resulted in the hinge pins being quite difficult to insert.  
Something had changed and I thought it was the header tank but it was  
not!

What had happened in the meantime? The fuselage was raised off its  
gear for many months while engine installation was completed. The end  
result is that 350+lbs hanging on the nose is enough to cause the  
longerons to flex INWARD. Positioning the header tank and inserting  
one pin results in an obvious mismatch of top and bottom surfaces on  
the other side. The AH-HA lightbulb failed to illuminate until  
yesterday when I removed the instrument panel and its frame for final  
paint. The .25" bolts at either side of the frame were also difficult  
to remove. Either the panel frame had stretched or the fuselage width  
had shrunk.

So at this point there is nothing to be done but wait to see how  
things line up when full weight is back on the gear.

Has anyone else noticed this problem?

Angier Ames
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