REFLECTOR: Need some advice/measurements

[Clayton Chase]

I'd like to mount the engine in the basement although I'm not so sure how
much I want to run it in there even if I have a heat-capable exhaust pipe
running outside.   The nearest hangar I can afford that I could do any work
on the plane is about 50 minutes away, so I want to do everything I can at
home before I move the project.

I called the factory and they say that it's exactly 12' wide and that the
main spar height plus perhaps 1/4" will be the vertical dimension I need to
worry about and it's less than 14", so with that and some minor
trigonometry I determined that I will be just fine.   I'd be able to get it
through my 7' high ceiling and 11' 1" width passage even if the spar was
12' 6" long.


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

>  How complete are you going to go in the basement?  Are you going to
> mount the engine in the basement?
>
> Ask the factory if there is a layup plan that will allow you to glass in
> the spar after the firewall and fuselage has been built.  You'd be building
> strakes and baffles and spar after moving out of the basement.
>
> On 11/14/2012 12:33 PM, Clayton Chase wrote:
>
> Hi, all.   The plans for my basement modification took a sad turn today,
> the width of my opening to get the plane past one post has to be shrunk
> from 12' to 11' 1".   The height there is 7'.    Am I going to run into
> problems?
>
> Can someone tell me to the nearest 1/2" how wide the fueselage and strakes
> are at the widest point?    How high are the ends of the strakes?   I'm
> assuming they are about 14" high but don't know exactly.
>
> Using several estimated heights of the strakes:
> For 10" high I can handle a length of 12' 8.2"
> For 14" high, I can only get a length of 12' 6.2"
> For 18" high I can only a length of 12' 4.5" through
>
> This is cutting it a LOT closer than I like.
>
>
>
>
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