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The other change necessary to the airplane to accept doors is to extend the length of the vertical stabilizer.

In this picture you can see the extra fin area added from the top of the vs to the propeller area.

If you view the larger picture you will see the outline of the original vs running from the top to the elevator control arm.


All controls on the Excalibur are utilize control tubes, just like a Mooney. The only cable used is for the rudder. The fuselage has been completely recovered with new fabric and paint. A fellow pilot build a Pober Junior Ace from plans, and during the building he experimented with different combinations of primers and paints. The last test was to put the finished fabric on a test frame and leave it out in the desert under the hot sun and rain for a few years. He mix was perfect because the fabric held up under these harse conditions. He was kind enough to share this with me and this is the same coating on this airplane.
The kit comes with a windshhield that does not cover your whole body. I extended the new Lexan windshield out further so the 70 MPH air current is not pounding on your shoulders.
	Here you can see where the airplane was stretched. The lexan cover allows you to see above you in flight. Also you can see an aluminum angle running along under the bottom of the wing. This angle bracket allows you to install doors.
The other change necessary to the airplane to accept doors is to extend the length of the vertical stabilizer. In this picture you can see the extra fin area added from the top of the vs to the propeller area. If you view the larger picture you will see the outline of the original vs running from the top to the elevator control arm.
	The airplane has been modified to factory specs (almost) to eliminate the typical full span aileron. A full span aileron will produce too much adverse yaw in a turn and causes the pilot to put in a lot of rudder correction for a coordinated turn. The fix was to split the full size aileron into an aileron and flap. Then operate the ailerons through the wing like God intended. This makes this Excalibur fly like a full size airplane. Flaps are currently fixed, but it would be easy to build a flap control system..
The aileron controls in the wings are all bell cranks with proper bearings. The factory mod did not call for bearings just bolts and plates. The bearings make the aileron controls feel real smooth.
	This is the factories bell crank.. no bearings..
Hooker Harnesses for both pilot and passenger.
	In the tail of the aircraft is the ballast box. The aircraft is balanced to carry a 180 pound pilot without ballast. The heavier the pilot the more weight you need to add in the tail to balance the aircraft. However a 280 pound pilot only needs 12 pounds of ballast in the tail. When the aircraft is balanced properly it will fly hands off.