Must do new Airframes fuselage items
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RaisedByWolves
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Tx
I don't think they make them without the seat belts to the floor, and X brace, but for sure would do them. beef up the tail, inverted dog leg and extended baggage and tail clean out.
180lb baggage would be nice. Upper baggage, maybe? I'd probably do it again. Put nutplates everywhere. Float fittings and cargo pod tabs if you ever thing there is a slight possibility you may put either on.
I realllllllly reallllly like the big performance airmotive baggage door.
Painted mine Juneau white and Tennessee red
180lb baggage would be nice. Upper baggage, maybe? I'd probably do it again. Put nutplates everywhere. Float fittings and cargo pod tabs if you ever thing there is a slight possibility you may put either on.
I realllllllly reallllly like the big performance airmotive baggage door.
Painted mine Juneau white and Tennessee red
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
You going Airframes or Univair?
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Curious why you prefer Airframe over Univair?
As far as mods I would ask your mission for the airplane and other airframe mods already installed. I weight out the mission and usefulness over the weight.
Example, do you have a belly pod? weld on tabs.
Tail clean out. Prolongs the life of the fuselage by allowing easy access to clean out that area and the bonus of ease of maintenance.
As far as mods I would ask your mission for the airplane and other airframe mods already installed. I weight out the mission and usefulness over the weight.
Example, do you have a belly pod? weld on tabs.
Tail clean out. Prolongs the life of the fuselage by allowing easy access to clean out that area and the bonus of ease of maintenance.
I would agree with the above advice from all. Weld nuts on seat belts, 2,000 lb gross weight tube. I would not do metal tube stringers. Some people are doing a two bay upper baggage door now, but it does add some weight. I would do L21 glass but that is just what I like, people in hot part of the world may not like it.
DENNY
DENNY
I found Univair harder to discern what the available options were. That cud of have just been my inexperience in surfing their website. But in the end it looked like the fuses were about the same price with the same options but Airframes threw in a set of 31s, which I immediately had a buyer for, making it the cheaper of the two by a lot. I also bot the "fowlers" from them but I have dealt with Univair on some other parts recently and they are great to deal with for sure.
Hardtailjohn
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Marion, MT
What you gonna do with the old frame?
John
John
Steve Pierce
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Graham, TX
BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
Alignment...you boresiting with a laser from one fitting to the other?
Gary
Gary
mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
going to have to spin that laser 4 times at 90 degree increments to get a valid answer..... and show all 4 pictures...
but in super cub terms, that means.. put the front bolt in first....
they're not many virgin piper original fuselages out there.. and even when they left piper they were +- 1/8" or 1/4"
our jig made off an unassembled ever spare fuselage was 1/8" off on rear spar attach hight....
and univair rear spar is over 1/8" inch off, vertical attach wise, last time I looked in 2006, and also on a spar marked from 1987? 1977?? compared to an original piper spar......
BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
Grind a bullet head on a cutoff AN6 and pilot the gear bolt in. But mine were both rebuilds with wear not new. Never did check the various landing gears with a straight bar to see if they were true.
Gary
Gary
Hardtailjohn
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Marion, MT
I'll be delivering a Bearhawk down to that area about then....might have to swing by.
John
John
Hardtailjohn
Registered User
Marion, MT
Ahh....well that makes a difference! 
John
John
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
It shows the exact same thing, the bore gauge is true.
This was done recently, not sure when the fuselage was built but the serial number plate is either lazered or water jetted. Take the fuselage drawing and start measuring, lots of variances. I was shocked.
Have had a Univair fuselage in my jig which is set to the most wing incidence per Piper's spec and it was just a tad high. I have a Piper spare fuselage I have that has never been used, has the part number in crayon and still has that brown paper wrapped around parts of it, it's gear fittings are dead nuts on. Want to have fun run a bore gauge through the gear attach fittings on the gear itself and then once mounted shoot through from one axle to another. We wondered why some airplanes wore tires so badly.
BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
Steve were they mostly toe'd in or out? Big adjustment pipe over or in axle a fix?
Gary
Gary
SuperCub51B
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Somers, Connecticut
Any idea what you might be asking for the fuse?
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Left gear attach fittings off by .1/4" and right by .375". Alignment of the left axle was good, the right axle was 3/4" towed out.
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steve, how did you mount the light on the other side? i was thinking a sleeve could be turned with the laser light mounted in it and then put inside the axle on the other side and a plastic plug put in the side your showing and see if it hits the center of the plug. and then do it both ways. the ears could easily be off a touch. the fuselage fittings matter but down there on the axles is where it counts.
aktango58
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18AA
Most modifications or additions are preference. Every thing you add is weight... and a pound here and there on the skeleton will be multiplied by 4 when done I bet. Big baggage means more material to make floor and sides, and bolts and nuts to hold, and maybe paint... on it goes.
Do the Carbon Concepts CF baggage to make your life easy on yourself if you want lots of room.
Rear seatbelt attach should be extended to above the seat frame, make it easy to reach and attach the belts. Front seats to the frame beside the seat attach.
I like the Powder coat dark for cabin areas.
Weld on Float fittings and tabs are nice if you ever think you might want floats, as are tabs for the pod.
I like big glass
Good shoulder harness attach points
Not sure what to say about Steve's alignment issues, seems everyone that builds frames cycles in and out of measurements.
Do the Carbon Concepts CF baggage to make your life easy on yourself if you want lots of room.
Rear seatbelt attach should be extended to above the seat frame, make it easy to reach and attach the belts. Front seats to the frame beside the seat attach.
I like the Powder coat dark for cabin areas.
Weld on Float fittings and tabs are nice if you ever think you might want floats, as are tabs for the pod.
I like big glass
Good shoulder harness attach points
Not sure what to say about Steve's alignment issues, seems everyone that builds frames cycles in and out of measurements.
RaisedByWolves
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Tx
Pay attention to what you put in, and a few tricks here and there and you will have a light weight cub. Lots of CF too.
1125 on 35’s.
1085 on 31’s.
Upper baggage, lower extended big baggage door 180lb baggage float fittings pod tabs tail clean out, full electrics, lights, radio and transponder 160hp with sutton and front mounted cooler.
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Are the CF parts now STC’d or did you get individual Field Approvals.Pay attention to what you put in, and a few tricks here and there and you will have a light weight cub. Lots of CF too.
1125 on 35’s.
1085 on 31’s.
Upper baggage, lower extended big baggage door 180lb baggage float fittings pod tabs tail clean out, full electrics, lights, radio and transponder 160hp with sutton and front mounted cooler.
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RaisedByWolves
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Tx
Randy has a letter from the FSDO stating it’s minor. I have it on my computer. Think Steve P has it too
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skywagon8a
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SE Mass MA6
Do you know if Randy did any fire proof testing of the resins which he uses? That would be an approval issue. We had to add a third chemical to the resins which we used on the Twin Bee cowls in order to make them fireproof.
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Here is what Randy at Carbon Concepts sent me on the fuel tank covers and the floorboards.
Tank lid construction
Tank lid construction
- Mold is sprayed with AirDry at .5 per sqft.
- 1 layer of carbon fiber 5.8 OZ is layed over mold.
- 2 layers of 5HS 11 OZ carbon fiber is layed on all edges.
- The four pieces of .25” core is placed on mol.d
- 15” x 9” 5.8 Carbon fiber reinforcement is placed on mold.
- Second layer of 5.8 Carbon fiber is placed over entire part
- Vacuum process is performed with Hetron FR 992 Vinalester resin on layup until cured.
- Part is demolded and trimmed.
- Mold is sprayed with AirDry at .5 per sqft.
- 1 layer of carbon fiber 5.8 OZ is layed over mold.
- 1 layer of 5.8 oz E-glass is layed over mold
- ¼” 4# PVC foam is layed over mold.
- Second layer of 5.8 Carbon fiber is placed over entire part
- Vacuum process is performed with Hetron FR 992 Vinalester resin on layup until cured.
- Part is demolded and trimmed.
