Europa_093

Here is our accelerated Cockpit module. It was assembled with black grease in the Tufnal bushings. A little stiff at first, when became ready to bond in place, was just too stiff. Took us weeks and weeks to beat it apart with sledge hammer and backing so could hone fit, but the front bushing was not very easy to get out, so it got hand lapping with pig oil and McMaster lap that turns to polish then goes away. Better before bond in than after! Real job was to not make a super big mess on bonding areas with lard oil. Then the cowbells broke off and the spar bushings did not match the spar. Next to the CPM from hell is the stabilators from hell. Torque Tube from hell hidden in packaging. Undercarriage mounting frame with undercenter stops and chipping powder coat, and instrument module where the resin is not stuck to wood showed up right before Europa's doors closed. We lost an easy 2 years making "Bad Deal" things right.