Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.1) with ESMTP id 1010183 for rob@logan.com; Sat, 05 Jan 2002 10:38:36 -0500 Received: from imo-m08.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.163]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:30:28 -0500 Received: from RWolf99@aol.com by imo-m08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.9.) id k.129.a486303 (3845) for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:31:29 -0500 (EST) From: RWolf99@aol.com Message-ID: <129.a486303.2965e161@aol.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:31:29 EST Subject: Re: Tail now or Later? To: lancair.list@olsusa.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> In a message dated 1/2/2002 10:38:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, Dan Schafer writes: << Did mine with the tail on and, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't. >> This is EXACTLY the kind of feedback that makes this list so valuable! I have a hard enough time learning from my own mistakes, so I really appreciate the opportunity to learn from everyone else's . Opinion has been unanimous in both the public and private responses to my query. So I'll flip the airplane without the tail, fill and prime the bottom, flip it back upright, install the tail, then fill/prime the fuselage-to-tail fillet with the aircraft upright. Thanks, everyone! - Rob Wolf >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>