[Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread Tom Wilksch
Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread Bob Ward
Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread Ian Mc Phee
u. > What I have described applieS to a glass fibre gliderS. IF YOU NEED HANDLES > FOR OLDER STEEL TUBE FUSELAGES, THEN PLEASE GET BACK TO ME OFF LINE. > > regards > Bob Ward > > -Original Message- From: Tom Wilksch > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 5:54 PM > To: Discu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread Anthony Smith
Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Tom, Airbrake handles are no problem, as blue bicycle grip s will do the job. Available from any bicycle retailer. Trim knobs? A little more difficult, unless you can describe the shape of the original. Typically, these control knobs

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread tom . wilksch
l Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Sun, 4 Jun 2017 20:32:46 +0930 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles I have used some from https://www.minibearings.com.a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread tom . wilksch
decided to come up with something myself Cheers Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Sun, 4 Jun 2017 20:52:38 +1000 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Air bra

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-04 Thread DMcD
HA, Knobs etc and standard parts: http://www.ddbarry.com.au Mainly German. I note that you're making a PC control but I find it odd that one can spend the thick end of $250,000 on some new gliders and the physical connection between you and this beautiful thing is the handle off a wheelbarrow.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
Good engineering is when you don't re-invent the wheel every time. You'd like the $250,000 glider to cost $300,000 or more? I knew a bloke in California once who owned a business making switches for the aerospace industry. He had a large range of standard products but when his salesmen showed t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread DMcD
>>You'd like the $250,000 glider to cost $300,000 or more? Most cars costing more than say $30,000 have a steering wheel that is not just a cheap plastic moulding. It does not cost $50,000 extra to do that. A wheelbarrow handle is designed to be held like 'this'… and an aircraft control column is

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread Texler, Michael
Tom Wilksch Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017 3:55 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
Most aircraft designs are built in total numbers smaller than what a car manufacturer would put through the production line to debug the line. It is just good engineering to use what is available that will do the job. I'm guessing you've never actually done any engineering or manufactured any

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread DMcD
>>It is just good engineering to use what is available that will do the job. >>I'm guessing you've never actually done any engineering or manufactured >>anything. You guess wrong. That's exactly what I do. I guess you don't work in any engineering where someone looks at your product and says do

Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles

2017-06-05 Thread Mark Newton
On 06/06/2017, DMcD and Mike Borgelt wrote: Besides, you are a cowardly anonymous troll. And you? Please don't. Just... don't. - mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring