anybody have any recommendations for body alignment when placing the floorpan initially? in order to level the curvature of the top of the seat so it sits level at the top i need about 3/4" shimmed on the pilot side, but then the front of the seatback isnt level with the ground.
also when shimmed is moves the centerline of the seatback about an inch from the center of the ship to the passenger side,
Lyle, Did you ever come up with a solution to the body pan alignment. I fought that battle until i finally gave up and just settled for 'what is'. Wasted way to many hours on it. Leveling, shimming, bending, twisting. Some places the resin is thick, some it's thin? My project is from two different kits produced a couple years apart. Trying to use the older panels first and save my never used panels for spares down the line. But you would think they came from different factories/molds/technicians. I think first set was a pre-RotorX set of Talon panels, and the second set is a just prior to bankruptcy set of "Pheonix" panels. I just need to lower my standards.
Sam
this is kind of what i'm coming to aswell.
but no i have not mounted my seatback yet,
i just finished re-skinning my tailboom and installing that which needs to be on for all body panels to be aligned, so soon i will get to drilling my seatback. this is all fiberglass which is easy to fill, sand, and drill again if need be so there's peace of mind in that.
thanks for your feedback, its frustrating, but these body panels we're not made in a precision jig, but rather a rough molding.
believe it or not Robinson cabins are not perfect either, theyre closer, but if you try and fit a door from one to another... goooood luck.