Olibuilt
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Montreal, Canada
Decided to give a try at fabricating those gap seals for the tail section. I always tough they were selling them way too much $$...
So it started out with pipe insulation foam tubing
So I fabricated a little hot wire setup, with some fishing leader material (realized afterward I could have used some safety wire, or vice versa for fishing?...)
The hot setup was made to cut the foam.
Setup was plugged with a 12v charger at 2 amps.
After a little spay on adhesive to glue them together, it almost looked like a non-perfect gap seal to me. The bottom glued itself together when installed
Once installed, it was grey, feather light, filled some gaps, took about 3 hours in research, development, and fabrication... And they cost less than nothing.
No glue on the airplane. They looks very well there when elevator is moving. We will see after a couple flight....
Hope this helps..... help you saving $ for gas...
So it started out with pipe insulation foam tubing
So I fabricated a little hot wire setup, with some fishing leader material (realized afterward I could have used some safety wire, or vice versa for fishing?...)
The hot setup was made to cut the foam.
Setup was plugged with a 12v charger at 2 amps.
After a little spay on adhesive to glue them together, it almost looked like a non-perfect gap seal to me. The bottom glued itself together when installed
Once installed, it was grey, feather light, filled some gaps, took about 3 hours in research, development, and fabrication... And they cost less than nothing.
No glue on the airplane. They looks very well there when elevator is moving. We will see after a couple flight....
Hope this helps..... help you saving $ for gas...