Extra 260 repairs

[Kevin Rochon]

Well did the wood repair just need to recover and fix the cracked cowl and transfer my pilot and dash to the new canopy/hatch (before and aft. pict)

[pierre sarault]

Hi Kevin,
I hadn't seen your post, now I see the lightweight airframe(s) require a lot of TLC and the repairs must be very demanding if you don't want to add weight at the wrong place!

Hope it all goes well!

[Kevin Rochon]

Yes it is light so you might see I added two plate of thin aircraft grade ply at the top the rest is regular ply which is just for the shape. I did add ply splice(you can't see) behind the middle part. Did some covering today.

[Kevin Rochon]

Well I put up the silver stripe on he canopy hope it's going to stick, the original had paint. Took a lot of sanding to get it to fit right. Now got to transfer my dash and pilot.

[Kevin Rochon]

Still was looking for a replacement antenna for my Futaba receiver. Since July 6th no answer from Futaba. GH just told me to get it from Futaba so sent another email to Futaba.

But decided to look for that web site that I saw it in stock the other day. It was Ron's heliproz South, so I sent an email tonight and Ron answer me not long after so I decided to order. So it was 8.04 ea and around 20$ shipping(they invoice actual shipping). I ordered 2 just in case.

Also I painted the inside of the Canopy floor and top of dash.

I'm a little disappointed in the lack of service from Futaba:(

[Kevin Rochon]

Well got another email from GH stating that for the antenna I have to deal directly with Futaba. My email at Support@futaba never got answered but just got one from Hobbyservice@futaba giving me that part # and shipping 9.99$ but that I can special order from my local HS humm?

But the part # isn't the same as the one I ordered from Heliproz South, so had to ask them it look the same and the same length, we'll see.

[Kevin Rochon]

My antenna that I ordered is the right part, the # Futaba gave me first was the old #.:rolleyes:

Completed the new Canopy and fiberglass the interior of the cracked Cowling with .5 oz and epoxy(30min) mixed with a bit of alcohol.

[Kevin Rochon]

Did some work yesterday and tonight. Made a new bracket for the muffler support, it's a little thicker material then the one from Bisson but maybe it will not cracked as easily. I fixed the wings there was very minor monokote damage and the little bump on the leading edge that I saw after the crash sort of fixed itself. I guess the balsa just went back in place with the humidity we had. I also painted the cracks on the cowl as good as I could.

Now just have to reinstall the electronics and receiver(when I get my new antenna)

[Kevin Rochon]

Well got my antenna yesterday so I put it back in the receiver and tonight I reinstalled the electronics. Just have to put back the cowl and prop and it's ready to fly again.:)

[mdauth]

I think you shouldn't put the same pilot in there:D:D Looking good Kevin.

[Kevin Rochon]

you maybe right but it's too late. Finally ready to fly.

[pierre sarault]

Kevin,

Excellent!
And by the way, the muffler strap is a good idea.

Looks sharp!
Congratulations,
Pierre

[Burning Head]

Nice work Kevin:cool:

[mdauth]

Nice work Kevin, now that you now the height of the trees stay away from them. :D:D

[Kevin Rochon]

Thanks guys,

I just ordered a new spinner yesterday(some more polishing for Michel;)) from Thunderbolt. I also ordered some fiberglass cloth and panel line tape for the other project you know the Harvard.

[Kevin Rochon]

Just got my order today and I was very impressed with my new spinner. It's from Xoar it's 3.5" and it's 25$. It's already polished(Michel's grinning) and it's got a lighten back plate and it's cheaper than Dave Brown(42$) and TruTurn(52$) which are not polished. Also got my panel line tape and fiberglass cloth 10 yards for 32$ compare to Hangar 9 at 9$ a yard.

[Kevin Rochon]

Spinner cutout(unfortunately did a little scratch) and installed, it's flying again tomorrow.

[flybyfaith]

Hi Kevin. How did you cut the aluminum spinner.

[Kevin Rochon]

Combination of Wheel cut off, Dremel with a grinder stone and a hand file. I first did a cardboard template then went from there.

[Kevin Rochon]

For those who didn't notice the classified I'm looking for a good home for the Extra.:(

[briankizner]

I noticed and commented on the classified ad. Looks a great opportunity for someone. The lucky buyer will find himself with a great looking aircraft that will probably be the best flyer he has ever owned. If I could get it to where I live, I would have bought it by now.