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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    Took the big step over the weekend to glue the webbing; came out all good ;)
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    Flight Plan Requirements

    In the Netherlands: no flight plan for regular VFR flights from uncontrolled airports; however, flight plans are required for flights to/from controlled airports or when crossing FIR bounderies... that being set: submitting a flight plan is easy and the support from ATC's is awesome!
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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    Starting with the rear of the first ribs:
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    Blanik L-13 tow release

    Have you found this already?: https://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/GroundLaunch/2.html
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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    Thank you all here at HBA for introducing me to a staple gun; this makes it all so much easier!
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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    after first set of ribs are done (well almost...) second rib is started:
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    small steps, but second rib is started on the board:
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    Started my second rib today, as the first is getting painted...
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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    Finally some progress to post: first rib front is being built (1 earlier version was for learning, second attempt was scrapped due to bad copy of the plan)
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    Had to re-do my rib due to inconsistency in copied drawing; happy to have it noticed quickly ;)
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    What did you do on your airplane project today?

    Yes!! got all my wood back to the house the last 2 weeks; sorted through it and created an overview, and last night made my first cuts for cap-strips ;)
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    Preserving parts during build

    Hi dcstrng, That is exactly my biggest worry... I'll better do a quick check of covering materials to make sure I rule out any incompatible combinations... thanks!
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    Preserving parts during build

    Hi all, Another newbie question here: I've taken over a project where the tail parts have been built. I would like to make sure these parts are protected as well as possible before covering; what is the best way to do this? The final decision on covering material e.g. Oracover or others has not...
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    gluing wood with epoxy: tempering required?

    Thank you all for the quick replies; I'll be checking the parts for to see of they are strong enough and what the thickness of the epoxy has been (I remember traces of thickener, but I will verify...)
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    gluing wood with epoxy: tempering required?

    Hi all, I hope you can give me some feedback here; I've just taken over a project where both rudder/elevator and (partly) spars have been glued with L285 Epoxy. The datasheet is here: http://www.ezentrumbilder.de/rg/pdf/td_en_LR285_eng_180310.pdf As you can see the following is written...
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    EEL ULF-2 - Hugo Meiland - The Netherlands

    Hi all, After dreaming for almost a decade and making my first small steps about a year ago by ordering a drawing; 2018 will be the year when the real project will start for me. Just before Christmas I've been able to take over a started project of the ULF-2 from a very nice gentleman in...
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