Ask them to swap out your 6 Fus-10's for 6 Fus-70's... if they'll do it...so
you'll have 8 x Fus-70s @ .025 thickness. Some go the over kill to the Elite
.032 lower wraps...but it's just that overkill.
3 lengths of ST-28 (.032 stab spars) to use for the door sill in place of
ST-31's .020
Second pair of Fus-26's so you can sandwich and make the area below the door
sill a built up .040 or .040 raw material to transfer the existing .020
Fus-20's to it.
Spare .032 material to do the same with the outer Fus-25 panels.
Rear float attach points are the same for either gear set up. The forward
float attach fittings are only necessary for airplanes with the leaf gear
option and a PITA for change overs!
Yes you want the original necked fillers...not the flush ones...IMHO. Has
kept me out of the lake and off the hangar cement floor on numerous
occassions.
The Dorsal/Ventral fins are personal on the Rebel as far as I'm concerned.
No apparent quirks with any of the three I've flown on floats without either
fin installed. Howard had me add a ventral fin (pics will be on our CD) to
his...he said it made it stop skidding corners...I bet he just starting
using his pedals more while he watched the ball to confirm his new option
worked!
I prefer my own doubler plates to reinforce and sandwich the lexan in the
rear windows/skylights. You will need a fair chunk of .025 or .032 to do all
of them though. I think it adds some replacement strength to the alum you
cut out for the window opening doing it this way. I've seen the Fus-24 torn
diagonal thru the rear windows as it is.... even done this way....it would
tear easier with the floating window style doublers.
$40 tie down rings....forget that....hit the Spaneur website for other
options. I prefer a D ring with female thead to simply replace a nut on one
of the FIVE bolts to keep the shear strength of the attach fitting to the
wing.
Another option to the MAM dual brake pedal option..which I don't know the
price of.....contact an aircraft recycler and see what a set of Cessna or
Piper pedals will cost you. The Piper ones fit well in a Rebel.
Fife tips order now so you have them by the time you get to the wings
fitting.
I also believe that Angus is no longer selling his leading edge kit.
Angus...what you say ?
Cheers,
Wayne O'Shea
----- Original Message -----
From: <
schaumr@dcsol.com>
To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] What to order with MAM rebel kit...
Hi All,
I'm putting together a short-list of items that I want to get from MAM
when I
order the Murphy kit.
Since I was going to use the Fife wingtips and the Mackenzie STOL kit, the
only other items I think I need are the float attach hard points (for
bungee
gear in my case) and the dual brake pedal option.
An archive search has shown that the regular gas filler caps have saved a
few of you from falling in the drink while refuelling, so, I'll probably
go with
those. Additional searches also suggest there are no appreciable
advantages
to either the dorsal or ventral fin attachments.
I'll get the firewall forward stuff later, since I still haven't chosen an
engine
yet.
The only items I'm still not sure about are the window/skylight doublers.
They seem easy enough to make....any advantage to buying? What about
the $40 tie down rings?
Appreciate your input,
Rob
Ann Arbor, MI
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