LEXL-A67

[CHARLES DEBOER]

Hegar Spun aluminum wheels and mountain bike brakes.  Friend gave them to me for free.  Also had an un-used mountain bike.  Had to use them.

[CHARLES DEBOER]

Mimi Max Wing Tank Installation.  I doubled the the ribs on both sides of the wing root bay ,lowered the diagonal drag brace to the bottom of the wing root bay, installed two extra drag braces and insulated with felt all contact points around the tank.  Probably over kill, I add a tray for the tank to sit on.

[CHARLES DEBOER]

I used the Stuart System for covering wings and tail feathers.  I like the system and had excellent results as a first time builder.  Also painted with latex house paint.

[914pete]

I used the Stuart System for covering wings and tail feathers.  I like the system and had excellent results as a first time builder.  Also painted with latex house paint.

Really nice looking plane Charles.  What wheel/brake setup are you using?

[CHARLES DEBOER]

Really nice looking plane Charles.  What wheel/brake setup are you using?


Look below.  There are some pictures and brief description.

[CHARLES DEBOER]

Started engine install.

[Will Weidner]

Charles, your plane is looking really good. I'd like to see a photo of what the mag looks like next to the rudder pedals.  I'm thinking of using a mag also.  Can you take a picture when you get the engine installed?

[joecnc2006]

How did you install the mag when using a cut crank? do you have any pictures.

[CHARLES DEBOER]

XL A67 is starting to look like an airplane.

[Poorman2]

It looks great Charles. I wish I had mine that far along. It want be long now and you should have it in the air. Thanks for sharing.

[leshoman]

Looking good Charles

[ParQld]

Very nice workmanship Charles well done

Paul

[dz1sfb]

Yes, very nice Charles!

Ken

[joecnc2006]

Charles,

Can you show some details of the push rod system you used for the Elevator, I wanted to make it but Sam's Information is not longer available and that was one of the few MODS he did that I wanted to incorporate into my build. Its a shame its not available anymore it was certainly a wealth of information and helpful to many.

[CHARLES DEBOER]

Charles,

Can you show some details of the push rod system you used for the Elevator, I wanted to make it but Sam's Information is not longer available and that was one of the few MODS he did that I wanted to incorporate into my build. Its a shame its not available anymore it was certainly a wealth of information and helpful to many.

That mod may require you to make the seat straps just a little bit shorter on the length due to interference with the elevator tube.  I had to put in the double strap stiffeners (like Sam's) at the base of the seat to take out slack in the bottom of the seat.   (See last Photo on page three of this post)  It would have been easer to shorten the straps in the seat but I had already made the seat.  It also involves modifying the stick tork-tube.  I'll have to take some better pictures.  The location of the connection to the bell crank was changed from this picture by dropping the tork tube connection down about an inch to create a two to one ratio from stick input to elevator  movement. This also gave me a little more clearance under the seat.
The nylon guide (first picture) was cut out of an old cutting board my wife through out.  Inserted into a 3/4" tube, epoxied and set screwed after I had welded on a couple of 3/16" rods for attachment to the fuse mid point of the push rod.
  One small change creates ten others and those changes create ten more.......