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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05b00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Steve Kiblinger, .. Builder of a Milholland Better Half 2 cylinder VW and Legal Eagle Ultralight Airplane</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steve Kiblinger, .. 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I couldn't hardly believe it - they are available from Mrs. Carlson. Her address is P.O. box 88 East Palestine OH. phone 330 426 3934. I have some for the Double Eagle also - they are easy to put on and look good too."  Leonard</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><I>To: EaglersNests@cs.com</I></div> <bR> <div> Hi Guys;</div> <div> Sorry, I thought you were talking about the round struts ?? The streamlined struts are easy to install - just fit the struts on the plane with only one bolt in the streamlined part. Then move the billet alum. piece till it lines up and drill the other hole while it is on the plane. In fact, do the front struts this way too as to make up for any slight misalignment. Leonard</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>ED Note: Believe me, this is a whole lot simpler than the tube struts... If you have the round material consider making a bunch of 1/2 VW heads with it which require the 1 - 1/4" 6061 -T6 tube!...</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>We are using the plans version of the struts and would use the streamline struts if building again - those steel tube ends are tedious to make and fit...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To set the 3" dihedral on each side of the airplane we used an inexpensive laser level from Harbor Freight mounted on a camera tripod...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The nylon rope support through the rafters was easy to adjust...</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2525dc60.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Later we learned a better way to jig the wing roots up...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25a5dc60.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We put an Alum shoulder bushing in the aileron bellcranks and would use bellcrank bearings here in the future... The control rod is surplus from the aerospace industry during the cold war... The rod itself is titanium and the machining on the ends is extraordinary... Thanks Roman, for planning ahead!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2585dc60.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mike Pastor</B><B> made the nylon aileron cable guides...</B><B> <A NAME="cable_guides"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25f5df70.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="503" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This cable guide can be pop riveted on or clamped as seen in the next photo...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2c35dc60.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>