Chris Johnston wrote:
> Can you tell us some more about this material, what type of
> plastic, density, where do you get it and what cost compared to other
> plastics.
Search for delrin and it'll appear. Also called acetal. If I remember right
it's made from nylon and acrylic. I get mine from
Serge VIDAL wrote:
> I just machined my first Delrin part, and I can tell you Delrin is an
> absolute pleasure to work with, especially compared with plain Nylon!
> It does not melt easily, and can be sanded very easily, up to a
> glaze. Another nice thing is it can be found in black, which looks
D F Lively wrote:
> James, Mark & others:
>
> Yes, money talks! I was told that Cessno is going to to unveil
> their new "Sport Plane" there!! Can anyone confirm that?
I've heard that from more than one place now. Haven't seen anything
official, though.
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Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '7
D F Lively wrote:
>
> Sounds to me like some one looking for a sucker.
Especially with that engine (GO-320?). From what I learned while airplane
shopping last year that particular chunk of aluminum is priced like gold
plated platinum. We decided to stick to 150s and 172s, but wouldn't have
turn
Myron (Dan) Freeman wrote:
> Top 10 reasons why you should be flying a flight simulator program.
#1 reason you shouldn't:
Virtual $100 hamburgers aren't very filling ;)
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Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
airgu...@comcast.net wrote:
> Does anyone know where to get a headset adaptor for an ICOM IC A-20
> transceiver? I see them for sale for the newer radios but don't know
> if they fit the older units. Has anyone gone to the extent of putting
> in an intercom to help interface the handheld to the hea
Steve Bray wrote:
> I can't make that address work.
>>
>> http://home.swbell.net/lt1_z28/icom_adapter.pdf
That's odd, it's working for me. If anyone needs it and can't get it online,
email me and I'll attach it.
Basically it's a PDF Icom sent me when I asked for the pinout of their
headset adap
Donald Reid wrote:
>
> The chemical reaction is different for polyester based products. The
> catalyst (methyl ethyl ketone) causes the resin to form a series of
> long chemical chains. More catalyst makes the reaction happen faster.
MEKP, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, is the catalyst for polye
D F Lively wrote:
>
> At what level of exposure? Just take common sense precations RE:
> ventilation and skin contact. As Home builder of a KR I doubt
> strongly if you would get enough to be a problem if you are
> reasonably prudent.
>
> What about the danger to rats from places other than Cali
nght...@bellsouth.net wrote:
> To put the engineering in perspective, the foam controls two very
> specific and important structural concerns - first, the pure moment
> of inertia of the structure; the larger the moment of inertia, the
> easier it becomes to make a structure stiff for the amount of
Myron (Dan) Freeman wrote:
> Another thing I just re-called is models generally don't have
> deferential ailerons. It's 20 degrees up and down not 20-10, but
> thanks for the discussion.
Every model I've ever built with ailerons has had differential. In some
cases it's been no down travel at all,
bo...@hatconversions.com wrote:
> Steve,
> We use a router table to cut and also engrave aluminum for these
> custom Vet trucks. It will amaze you all the things you can use it
> for if you buy a sign engraving program.Bobby
That's another thing I want to do with it. Vinyl stickers, too, b
D F Lively wrote:
> Steve:
>
> If you have access to a plotter and replace a pen with a carefully
> set up cutter( some plotters have them redy made) you can cut
> stickers, paint mask and the like. That is how they make the
> painting Mask for the big boys! I went thru Douglas aircraft in long
>
Harold Woods wrote:
> Hi Netters.
> The answer to the subject of this question becomes readily available
> if the person involved will do the following experiment:
> Take a piece of the blue styrofoam that is used for home insulation.
> Cut it 1 foot wide, 1 foot long and use the type that is 1 inc
For the past year or so we've been house shopping since what we have now is
just barely adequate for housing the family. Garage is wall to wall stuff
thanks to my office being built into it, so little room for a huge table.
This morning we made an offer on a place with, among other things, a 3 c
Beverly & Colin Rainey wrote:
>
> Personally, everything I read leads me to draw the conclusion that the
> engine of the future in GA aviation will be run on JET A, kerosene.
> They already have several diesels that run successfully on it, and it
> is just a matter of time before they eclipse the g
Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> When you airport ATIS list hawks and Coyotes on their broadcast, you
> might be a REDNECK. Coyotes move out of the way most of the time,
> try stopping a tumbleweed!!
Hogs, here. Last time the unicom operator mentioned them I hit the PTT and
said, "someone fire up the pit,
Mark Jones wrote:
> FYI:
>
> Starting tomorrow (April 20), the FAA has eliminated the "Taxi Into
> Position and Hold" instruction from Air Traffic Control. Aircraft
> will no longer be directed onto the approach end of the departing
> runway and be held there until cleared for takeoff. Aircraft wil
Bob Glidden wrote:
>
> Man has the price of spruce went up that much
According to the homebuilders I've been hanging out with, the availability
has gone down and the demand has gone up, with the natural consequences.
This explains why I'm going to be using douglas fir in place of spruce for
D F Lively wrote:
>
> Where can 1/4 sawn Douglas Or Hem-fir be had?
There are quite a few lumber yards around me that can get special stuff if
asked in the right size of bills.
--
Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
Mark Jones wrote:
> I have a question for you paint experts. I have a run on my vertical
> stabilizer. At first I did not worry about it but it is beginning to
> bother me that it is there since it is the only one on my plane. What
> is the proper procedure to remove a run?
I mask around the run w
Ron Smith wrote:
>
> Much has been written regarding the use of Kevlar and its'
> difficulty to work with. However Kevlar's strength is not much lower
> than CF
> while it has excellent properties such as vibration reduction,
> superior
> strength, lower weight (than traditional e-glass) and excell
Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> I was enjoying the scenery and noticed that things were moving a
> little slower than in my Stang. Wait a minute, they are moving a lot
> slower. A few minutes more and it seems like I have not gone
> anywhere. I looked at the strut along a parallel road to make sure
> tha
Dan Heath wrote:
> Can anyone advise as to what this post has to do with "water in the
> fuel"?
Apparently it's proof that none of us had any water in the fuel at the time.
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Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
Larry H. wrote:
>
> I remember some of the older planes, might have been 60s model Cessna
> 150s that had gascolators you could drain with a handle in the
> cockpit. It was a mechanism that was spring loaded and then had a
> flex line going into the cabin. I don't remember for sure but I think
> th
Quique Alvarez wrote:
> I *HATE* the inch, feet...
>
> I am study the plans of the kr2-s.
>
> When do the Americans change their metric system
God willing, never. It would take me 20 years to change the way I think of
measurements.
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Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205
Joachim Saupe wrote:
> Unfortunately, that attitude prevails here in the USA since most
> people don't understand the simplicity of the metric system, where
> the meter is the "yardstick", where a cube of 10cm x 10cm x 10cm has
> a volume of 1 liter and when you fill this cube with water, it weighs
Joachim Saupe wrote:
> Frank,
> you are right! I just wanted to impress on Eduardo that a 1600cc
> Volkswagen engine is definitely NOT suited for his elevation.
> When I put pen to paper, his elevation is actually 9500 feet. Looking
> at the map, within 50-100 miles he has peaks of 2+ feet. I d
Frank Ross wrote:
>
> I think the Texas girl would be rolling on the floor by now.
A cold front moved in today, so "I have 4 wheel drive, leather seats, and
butt warmers" translates into my Texas girl being in the truck before I'm
out the front door ;)
--
Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C1
Bret Cummings wrote:
> I'm getting ready to order an assortment of clamps for my plans that
> should be arriving soon; I've tried those nice ratcheting clamps, you
> know the kind with the handle you squeeze and they tighten... They
> seem really cool and easy to use, but I noticed that they click
E.T.Gmerek wrote:
>
> Anyway, What kind of weight, HP and torque power band do these Geo
> motors have?
>
> How about history, there seems to be a lot of crank issues with some
> of the other engines lately.
After the 3rd engine in my wife's Geo Storm burned up, in the car it was
designed to powe
Kevin Farley wrote:
>
> What I had in mind (and this is of coarse open to change), is
> something like 250megs each, 1000mb transfer/mo, 1 domain name each,
> unlimited subdomains, unlimited ftp accounts, unlimited emails for
> each domain/subdomain, control panel, cgi, perl/PHP, unlimited MySQL
>
Kevin Farley wrote:
>
> Having said all that, Steve asked about asp and aspx services. I'm
> sorry to say that I can't offer those as they are limited to Microsoft
> servers. I did resell on these for a while, but they were discount
> plans and usually were down without real tech support for some
da...@alltel.net wrote:
> We had issues with the part coming out looking good and then a month
> later, it would begin to develop cracks. Todd of Todd's Canopies
> told me that it needed to be re-heated to "cure it" or do they call
> that "post cure", something like that. So on the 7th and last
w.higdon9...@comcast.net wrote:
> Dan,
> I was told it's more of a stress relief step.
That's basically what tempering does. Relieves internal stress and makes it
less brittle. I've thermoformed a little plastic in my life, usually Kydex,
and I've decided I'd rather leave it to someone else and
Phil Matheson wrote:
>
> What did you dream up to attach them to the wing???
> A friend of mine fitted small brackets to the under side of the
> covers and held them down with bungee cords.
I'm going to bond most of the covers to either the fuselage or wing side of
the gap (haven't decided which
Dan Michaels wrote:
> I have researched this, and the 6 cylinder subaru is an horozontally
> opposed engine same as a Lycoming. It was designed by subaru for an
> aircraft. The aircraft did not take off financially so they addapted
> the engine for a car. Eggenfellner then converted it to an aircra
w.higdon9...@comcast.net wrote:
> Mark,
> If your feet aren't in place to stop the pedal it could go so that
> one hits the firewall and one the floor. And Luscombs have heel
> brakes. Bill Higdon
But what about the rudder trying to center itself? With a broken cable I
could see it deflecting a l
w.higdon9...@comcast.net wrote:
> Steve,
> If you've ever flown a Luscombe you'd know the answer. They have a
> very light rudder. Bill
I have, but probably not what you're talking about. The one I got to fly had
the rudder system closed through the nose gear, I believe.
--
Steve
33...@swbell.ne
>
> BTW the foam pieces are put in one at a time. They are just there to
> hold up the carbon and keep the shape. They offer little structural
> strength.
You'd be suprised how much strength that foam is giving you. It's a shear
member between the layers of carbon, same concept as building a spar
w.higdon9...@comcast.net wrote:
> A Luscombe with a Nose gear?
Yup, 2005 11E. I was waiting for someone to catch that ;)
http://www.luscombeaircraft.com/
I think the one on the first page is the one I flew.
--
Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, an
Barry Kruyssen wrote:
> My wife would come flying more often if it was more comfortable.
>
> The stock KR2 is too narrow.
>
> (This sounds like a reason to build a KR2S but widened :-)
Actually it sounds like a good reason to build it a few inches narrower ;)
My wife isn't much fun to fly with. S
w.higdon9...@comcast.net wrote:
> My 2 cents worth is that you need either a closed loop or some thing
> to prevent the rudder pedal from going all the to the floor, or
> firewall. This is recommended in one of Tony B's books.
>
> And the reason is shown by a friends accident back in the mid 60's h
larry flesner wrote:
>
> I haven't pressed it since. I'm thinking of converting it to a smoke
> system for fly-bys. A small Facut pump, a small can of smoke
> oil, and inject it into the exhaust. Whata ya think
Don't forget the preheater coil wrapped around the exhaust pipe before the
oil
Scott William wrote:
> Sheee..here in
> Florida, our 'skeeters have to have Mode C and
> clearance.
In Texas we send the F16s after the damned things ;)
--
Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be
Colin Rainey wrote:
> Jeff
> After having run the wiring and having to have Brian Kraut bail me
> out with the radio, I would run a good quality Icom or similar
> handheld, with headset adapter, and external antenna unless you are
> going to have a professional wire the tray style radio up.
That's
Rich Meyer wrote:
> Any advice about whether to keep the LORAN now hanging under the
> panel where my knees need to go? I think we'll be re-doing the panel
> this winter. We have no VOR in the panel, since we'll clip a
> handheld GPS to the panel, will we ever use the LORAN?
Does the LORAN work?
Scott William wrote:
> Goofy question from the newbie: Building calls for a
> workbench that is 16' x 4'. In opinions of all the
> builders here, what is the SHORTEST bench one can get
> by with? If I can lop 2' off this bench and bring it
> to 14', it will benefit my space situation a great
> d
Steven Phillabaum wrote:
>
> Yes that would work, but most of us used the table to draw out the
> fuselage layout. If you put anything on the MDF you might not be able
> to read your work.
Ahh, didn't think about that. I'll be getting a full size plan plotted as
soon as I'm done with the CAD stuf
Cris. wrote:
> Good luck, so did I, before buying second (or third?) hand :-)
> C.
I sent a check and got plans about 6 weeks later.
--
Steve
33...@swbell.net
N3343V- '75 C150M
N205FT- KR1 #6170
He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
Dave Jeltema wrote:
> my project is still for sale its the one i bought from Ron F. Im
> leaving for the military soon, and it need to go! I will include both
> ea81 engines with it as well of tons of other stuff almost everthing
> to finish it. 2k i lowered my price 500
Where is it and how far al
VIRGIL N SALISBURY wrote:
>Also carry the Wide part of the fus to the firewall, lots of
> engine room, Virg
Yup, that's the plan, too. No point in pulling the sides together at the
firewall if the engine is wider than me. I'm going to measure the engine
next time I'm at the airport (prob
Ron Smith wrote:
>
> Hi Steve, I have some experience in doing what you plan to do. Adding that
> foam for what? Drag reduction? The cowling will end up lower than
> the fuselage plane right? More weight not needed. IMHO. If you did
> decide to do it, you need to have one layer of cloth laminate
wilder_jeff Wilder wrote:
> Geesh guys, I dont know if I am going to be able to make it up with
> the price of fuel here in my home town almost 3.00 a gallon.
Almost $3? Wow, I gotta move to your part of the world. I'm paying $3.14
with an account discount at home and between $3.10 and $3.60 on
JAMES FERRIS wrote:
> Both of those problems can be solved with a slight increase in wing
> area and aspect ratio.
That's my plan to get a KR1 to haul 250 pounds of me around. Another 18" on
each tip, 12.5" behind the firewall, and 24.5" behind the wing, and 2 sq.
ft. winglets.
--
Steve
33...@s
Mark Langford wrote:
>
> I hope you're planning on a really light engine if you're going to
> add 12.5" behind the firewall (if you mean between main spar and
> firewall), or some other configuration that doesn't resemble a KR,
> because you'll have to add a bunch of lead in the tail to make it
> f
Mark Langford wrote:
>
> Unless you move aft quite a bit, this is going to put you at least
> 5.5" higher up than you would be otherwise, since the aft spar is the
> rear limit for the bottom of the seat back. Most KR pilots basically
> end up sitting on the floor to allow their heads to clear the
VIRGIL N SALISBURY wrote:
>Steve, do the sides vertical and no Bananna Boat, Virg
Yup, that's in the plans, too. I'm going to set the fuselage width to suit
me (need to measure that) and leave the sides vertical. Just means a little
more room for my butt at the bottom of the fuselage. I'
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