wrote: > I'm assisting someone that wants to buy a 360 project in my area. The unc= ertainty centers around the tail. I haven't looked at it yet, but I'm told t= he (small tail) elevators and rudder are missing. These parts are apparentl= y unavailable from Lancair, so the theory is to buy a new (large) tail secti= on, which apparently is available, and graft it to the fuselage. The buyer,= who has built only metal airplanes, is nervous about the magnitude of the p= roject and how the structural integrity is affected. I told him that while i= t is a significant project there is no reason to believe it couldn't be done= and done well. Am I out to lunch on this? I think the price is right, or o= therwise it would probably not be worth the effort.. >=20 > Gary Casey >=20 > ES 157 --Apple-Mail-5-748803360 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Gary, I believe the vertical is the sam= e on the small tail 360 as the MKiI. The rudder is the same too. If th= ere is a way to salvage it when removing it you could re-use that part. = ;

Installing the larger horizontal should be no problem after that= and the structural integrity can be restored. Care needs to be taken when r= emoving what is there now.

Bryan

On May 15, 2011,= at 5:04 AM, Gary Casey <casey.ga= ry@yahoo.com> wrote:

I'm assisting someone that wants to buy a 360 project = ;in my area. The uncertainty centers around the tail. I haven't l= ooked at it yet, but I'm told the (small tail) elevators and rudder are miss= ing. These parts are apparently unavailable from Lancair, so the theor= y is to buy a new (large) tail section, which apparently is available, a= nd graft it to the fuselage. The buyer, who has built only metal airpl= anes, is nervous about the magnitude of the project and how the structural i= ntegrity is affected. I told him that while it is a significant projec= t there is no reason to believe it couldn't be done and done well. Am I= out to lunch on this? I think the price is right, or otherwise it wou= ld probably not be worth the effort..

Gary Casey

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