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Old 11-23-2020, 07:33 AM
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Thanks Jeff, that makes more sense since the cylinders have cooling fin detail printing on them suggesting they are air cooled.

Up through the cockpit to round out the weekend.

The foot pedals are not easy to install. The cross bar and center pivot were glued to the floor/side wall, the center part of the instrument panel was gently bent out, and the floor/side wall was inserted before sliding the 1 mm floor support pieces in place.

Then the pedals were installed. I lost one to the inner workings of the front fuselage and had to make a replacement. Tweezers were useless in getting the pedals in place. I had to use a stick with a tacky ball on the end to grab the pedals, dip the area to be glued in gel CA glue and carefully fish them in place. Once the canopy is attached it will likely never be seen again.. .

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