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If you're asking about cleaning once the plane is completed and painted, then for the airframe exterior itself, most people use Simple Green Aircraft Formula. It's very important you only use the Aircraft Formula and not the normal soap one as that could deteriorate the metal. For the window, you wa...

craigv wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 8:01 pm 10% ethanol. That’s all that’s available here in California.

Here's a list of some Ethanol free stations for California - https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=CA

It would be worth a shot to get some to verify whether the ethanol is the problem.

The kit includes more than enough rivets for building.

But you can order more directly from TAF if you need them.

The standard wires for the lights that get run in the wings and tail are included in the kit, beyond that, the rest is up to the builder to decide and buy.

No, the main canopy is match drilled, but it is not riveted in place yet as some builders like to take it off while working inside the Fuselage. The part in front of the canopy has to be installed by the builder as well, again, because otherwise it would be hard to install some of the things like Ru...

I have a W&B from N135WT (the plane that they use in Torrance for demo flights) from 2020 and the empty weight of the plane (which has the parachute) is 537.50kg or 1184.98lbs. So yes, fully assembled plane with paint and parachute are pretty close to the 500kg empty weight. I do also have a W&a...

In case you couldn't attend the Webinar live, the recording is now available at https://www.eaa.org/Videos/Webinars/Air ... 4617985001

Welcome to the group.

Even with the slow build, the boxes alone will still likely fill at least half the container if you get all of them in one go.

Looking forward to it

Welcome to the group.

I look forward to seeing the progress on your build when you get started