[LEE]

Originally Posted by Billpilotca

Lee - thanks a bunch. What is the lining of the tunnel, cannot quite make it out from the photos ? Seems to me I remember you saying you were going to use 1/16 in balsa but Jim warned you about cracking. So I see there is some other lining --- is that Kevlar ?

The tunnel is just 1/16 balsa glued to the framing of the fuse and covered in Kevlar ultra cote for bling. There is a 1/16 ply plate where the stainless straps went through. No cracks anywhere.

[LEE]

Originally Posted by bradleyban

Lee those dents are easily removable. What you need to do is be able to plug both ends of the pipe. At one end you need to be able to add compressed air. Get a little bit of air pressure in the pipe and heat the dented area with a torch. You slowly see the dents popping out.

Yes I've heard of doing that. May do that or maybe just clean them out and sell them. I'm not using them with the 200.

[bradleyban]

Originally Posted by LEE

Yes I've heard of doing that. May do that or maybe just clean them out and sell them. I'm not using them with the 200.

Ahh 10-4!! I thought you were still gonna use them. Keep on keppin` on mister!!

[LEE]

Well progress is slow but the firewall is in and next up is the tank retrofit for a 1.89L Ocean Spray fuel tank. Got some goodies from Thunderbolt that fit just perfectly!

[LEE]

I'll pretty up things once everything is fit properly. I had to widen the tank mount which necessitated removing the velcro plates that were there (reuseable...oh yeah!) and adding an additional plate up front. The velcro mounts are on 1/32 ply and will be glued back in once the mounts are shaped properly. The tank is a nice fit!

[gbjets]

Originally Posted by LEE

I'll pretty up things once everything is fit properly. I had to widen the tank mount which necessitated removing the velcro plates that were there (reuseable...oh yeah!) and adding an additional plate up front. The velcro mounts are on 1/32 ply and will be glued back in once the mounts are shaped properly. The tank is a nice fit!

Looks nice Lee. How do you secure the tank to the velcro, do you glue the other part of the velcro to the tank.

[LEE]

The saddles have the hook side and the tank has the loop pieces on the sides and bottom at the saddles and I have a wide Velcro strap that loops over the two cf rods on either side of the saddle and over the tank. It's a tight fit and will never move.

[LEE]

Gaston, see post #463 for more detail on the tank mount.

[gbjets]

Originally Posted by LEE

Gaston, see post #463 for more detail on the tank mount.

Thanks Lee, I'll do it that way, looks great

[LEE]

Well like most things, this retrofit isn't that easy After making the rear hatch I pondered how to mount the batteries and after several iterations came up with a simple and light solution. The batteries go in vertically and it holds both my LiIon and Lipoly versions very well!