kbalch
Well Known Member
I thought that I was having a pretty good weekend. Having gotten my left wing mounted to the fuselage on Friday, I finished off the root fairings yesterday and was planning to complete the landing light lens today.
I got as far as drilling it to the wing after the final trimming of the plexiglass only to discover, on unclecoing, that four of the holes had radiating cracks. Now, this is not the first time I've worked with plexiglass (understatement), the temp was near 100F, and I was using a plexiglass drill bit. Still, the miserable thing cracked in four places. WTF?!?
There's no solution other than to order another couple of lenses (I'm not going to roll the dice on just one), but I thought I'd vent the frustration here. Thanks for listening.
Also, what are you guys doing to adhere the nutplate strips to the lenses? My double-sided tape, as suggested by the manual, won't even begin to stick to the plexiglass.
I'd been planning to knock out the wingtip over the next day or two, but won't be able to screw it on for good until the new lens is done. Crapola.
Still, it's just about bourbon time, so there's that.
I got as far as drilling it to the wing after the final trimming of the plexiglass only to discover, on unclecoing, that four of the holes had radiating cracks. Now, this is not the first time I've worked with plexiglass (understatement), the temp was near 100F, and I was using a plexiglass drill bit. Still, the miserable thing cracked in four places. WTF?!?
There's no solution other than to order another couple of lenses (I'm not going to roll the dice on just one), but I thought I'd vent the frustration here. Thanks for listening.
Also, what are you guys doing to adhere the nutplate strips to the lenses? My double-sided tape, as suggested by the manual, won't even begin to stick to the plexiglass.
I'd been planning to knock out the wingtip over the next day or two, but won't be able to screw it on for good until the new lens is done. Crapola.
Still, it's just about bourbon time, so there's that.