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There have been several times I look at the build manual, scratch my head, and say, "this is not what I have" My canopy is now an additional one... Here is the 'preliminary' manual for the gas strut application. Please note the lack of a measurement for the placement of the lower gas strut...

Parking Brake valve: The 1/8 NPT 90 degree fitting will not fit into the valve because it is 1/8 BSP. Here is what TAF says The thread on the fittings is 1/8” NPT and inside the valve is 1/8” BSP – the 2 threads are almost the same but don’t quite fit. What we do is get a 1/8” BSP die nut and clean ...

Love my Milwaukee, as others have noted the 3.2 mm can be an issue, I just pull them out of the nose (it's now a full fledged habit that I don't even notice anymore) The tool is easy to take apart. I also have the long nose adapter (Home Depot) I have found it useful for some places that are hard to...

Does anyone have any installation instructions associated with the new seats?

#slingsupport

I flew an aircraft with a "bicycle" type squeeze brake on the stick. Once you get used to something its no big deal.

I chose the hand brake.

I was just getting started this week on that section (QB) and I am trying to figure out the 4 steel rivets listed on the consumables. The build manual pages for that section are not the "pretty color" version... looks like these

That's funny. They have a link to my EAA build log but I don't appear on the map.

I have a Sling 4 NKET. Is there a Sling 4TSi NKET?

Thanks

permagray wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:37 am I think they will. But, what if they don't? Since most of the rivets are already in, how would one adjust things?

This builder has a detailed way of alignment. I am fast approaching this task as well.

https://sling4familyproject.wordpress.c ... nd-flap-2/

Per Mike at TAF, these seats DO require the HW-253 counter sunk rivets on the sides of the seat base so break out your 120 degree no-mar counter sink tool. He explained it is for room in mounting the seats in the aircraft.