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Exian

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Hello!

My father got his hand on an abandonned Rutan Solitaire project and intends to finish it.
He just assembled the two half fuselage shells a few days ago.
He plans to fit an electric propulsion in place of the two stroke engine on a pylon similar to the solution used on the GP14 and GP15 gliders.

But there is some problems : there are a few missing parts in the kit, mainly metal parts.
Everything can be probably remade from the indications in the plans or by reproducing the parts he has (many parts come in pairs, but he has only one), but making everything from scratch today with all the raw materials/machining/welding required will not be easy or cheap!

A few kits where produced and only a dozen were completed or used for something else (Silouette) that didn't require all the original parts.
I also believe that the company selling the metal part kit has disapeared and would probably had leftovers.
It was a long time ago that these kits were sold but there still could be some parts out there somewhere...

Any ideas where thoses parts could have gone?
Anyone with a kit in his hangar that will not be completed?

Thanks for your help.

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