X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:14:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.143.99] (HELO imo-m11.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.2) with ESMTP id 2877411 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:37:30 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.143.99; envelope-from=RWolf99@aol.com Received: from RWolf99@aol.com by imo-m11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.d22.2435217b (37142) for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail-nd16 (webmail-nd16.sim.aol.com [207.200.67.101]) by cia-ma03.mx.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA034-9116481786d863; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:40 -0400 X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: Baffling questions X-Original-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:40 -0400 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 72.19.171.41 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: rwolf99@aol.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CA784FDD484E37_39C_4733_webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 36240-STANDARD Received: from 72.19.171.41 by webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com (207.200.67.101) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:40 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <8CA784FDD222857-39C-23A9@webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8CA784FDD484E37_39C_4733_webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Duane -- Gee, I don't recall receiving any two parts in my Lancair kit which fit together perfectly, except for the machined parts.? I always thought that was part of the "recreation and education" benefit of building from a kit!? Even more hours of enjoyment than I intended! Seriously, though, your baffling kit looks similar to mine (for my 360) in terms of fit and finish.? A certain amount of "fitting" seems to be required as part of the process.? Fortunately, it all seems pretty good when you're done.? And as far as cable holes go, there's so much variation in firewall forward configurations that it's hard to make a "one size fits all" baffling kit. Take a look at the back of any Lancair 320/360.? The rudder cables come out at different heights.? Yup, that's built into the molds.? Some guys tweak their kits to make the cables match up, but others (like me) just live with it.? The worst pieces for me were my wingtips.? They seemed like absolute crap, and required a *lot* of "fitting".? But now that they are done, they look really nice, and seem strong enough to lift up the airplane all by themselves. - Rob Wolf ----------MB_8CA784FDD484E37_39C_4733_webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Duane --

Gee, I don't recall receiving any two parts in my Lancair kit which fit together perfectly, except for the machined parts.  I always thought that was part of the "recreation and education" benefit of building from a kit!  Even more hours of enjoyment than I intended!

Seriously, though, your baffling kit looks similar to mine (for my 360) in terms of fit and finish.  A certain amount of "fitting" seems to be required as part of the process.  Fortunately, it all seems pretty good when you're done.  And as far as cable holes go, there's so much variation in firewall forward configurations that it's hard to make a "one size fits all" baffling kit.

Take a look at the back of any Lancair 320/360.  The rudder cables come out at different heights.  Yup, that's built into the molds.  Some guys tweak their kits to make the cables match up, but others (like me) just live with it. 

The worst pieces for me were my wingtips.  They seemed like absolute crap, and required a *lot* of "fitting".  But now that they are done, they look really nice, and seem strong enough to lift up the airplane all by themselves.

- Rob Wolf ----------MB_8CA784FDD484E37_39C_4733_webmail-nd16.sysops.aol.com--