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    Wing tips.

    What are the best wing tips for use on a sonerai ii. I have the stock wing tips but have seen alot of sonerai i with a rv4 style wing tip. What is the best type of filler to use on the wing to cover all the wing rivits. How does the wings flexing affect the filler.
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    surface rust on an airframe.

    I have two sonerai airframes. one with surface rust all over it and one that has been etch primed. What I am looking at is the welds on the etch primed frame do not look as good as the other airframe. I want to use the fuse with the surface rust but dont know how deep it goes. If I sand...
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    fuselage fiberglass skins

    Does anyone recommend against building fiberglass skins for the fuselage. Does anybody offer skins for sale. What about aluminum skins on the fuse. Thanks for all the info so far.
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    fuse welding

    What is the best way to wweld the fuselage? I am an expert at mig welding and a modest tig welder. I was told it would be best to gas weld it. What are all your thoughts? Thanks
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    wing mounting location.

    I just purchased a sonerai ii. It is ready to be covered and need the tail rebuilt. The question I have is does anybody have the plans for the square tail that I can buy? Also does the plane fly better with a low wing or mid wing? I like the look of the mid wing but want the best...
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    subaru ea81

    I am looking at putting a ea-81 in my sonerai ii direct drive. Does anybody have any recomendations against this. Thanks for your help
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    Inspection of VariEze

    I need some help but dont know if I am in the right area. I recently picked up a varieze from a freind of mine out at my local airport. It was kindof given to me so I cant complain. The tail number was N73FD. I looked it up and it was registered in 1980 and deregistered in 1997. Reason was...
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    5.0 liter mustang

    I am building a sal p-51 and am looking at installing a l-s1. as anyone heard of people using the 5.0 mustang motor in an air plane and where would i find a psru. Thanks for the help
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    Sal p-51 mustang

    Hello everyone. My name is Josh. I bought my plans for my sal back in 2008 I am ready to start on my plane and am going to start with the tail. I was looking at the plans and it says to use fir or mahogany 1/4 inch for the ribs in the tail. Huge price difference from aircraft spruce, my...
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