>Jim, thanks for your response to my letter. I'm wondering what you (or anyone else) did for your leading edge fillet. >Dan Rondeau Sheboygan, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I did my wing to fuselage fillets the same way that Jim Faughn did his and it works great. A section of caulk tube or a piece of PVC pipe the size of the fillet you want would also work. As for the lead edge fillet, just block your foam around the lead edge and continue the same process. The trick in making a good fillet is to have two hard surfaces to work to, i.e. glassed wing to fuselage, gear leg to wing and so on. Alway build the fillet after the two joining surfaces are finished. That way you have two surfaces to feather to. If you try to build the wing to fuselage fillet before the wing is glassed you will mess up the wing foam, trust me. Just determine the size of fillet you want, pick a cylinder that size , wrap it with sand paper, and sand away. Your results may vary. I taxied my KR around the ramp and taxiway again today. Yee haa! I sure wish I could find a pnuematic 6" tailwheel to replace that hard rubber wheel I have now but so far no luck. A clerk at the local Rural King store suggested I try a retailer that sells / rapairs wheel chairs. He thought the small front tires on many wheelchairs are pnuematic. I'll have to check it out. When they find out what I want it for they may insist I need to buy the entire chair !! Larry Flesner
