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Fuselage, 914 Root Tube – 3/19/17

May 27, 2025October 22, 2017 by bbaillod

Today we took the fuselage off the ceiling lift hooks.

We ordered the stronger 914 Root Tube which is necessary for our 117HP engine.  It arrived with a ding on the corner, hopefully that is okay.

Root tube comes in 3 parts that fit together.

Categories Fuselage
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