spinningwrench
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Last Activity: Yesterday, 09:58 PM
Joined: 03-05-2018
Location: Verona, Wi.
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I will use a combination of lacing cord and Adel clamps where necessary. I really like using clear heat shrink tubing to protect the fuel line. It shrinks... -
I’m leaning towards the Stewart process as well. Covered two airplanes with Poly-Fiber and felt I was living in a chemistry lab.Leave a comment:
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Some nice thinking there, elegant throttle. My dual arm quadrant (throttle and carb heat) is going to fit nicely also running between the skin and fuselage,...Leave a comment:
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Well not an isolated incident, I think carbon fiber is a great material for structural work but would be reluctant to use it for interior panel work.Last edited by spinningwrench; 03-20-2019, 10:45 AM.Leave a comment:
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Read a report by a Carbon Cub driver who cracked up his airplane and to this day has carbon fibers buried in him that they can’t remove that drive him...Leave a comment:
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Carbon fiber turns into thousands of little razor blades when it shatters. I would not consider using it for a cockpit interior.Leave a comment:
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That worked well, quite a bit longer. Actually electric flaps would probably work well here and actually simplify matters.Leave a comment:
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I talked to Dennis Reynolds last night and he wished they had put the throttle quadrant further to the outside so the cables run to the left of the 7/8”...Leave a comment:
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That is a very neat approach. Am I correct in that you ran all the control cables "inside" the fuselage. i.e. they go to the right of the...Leave a comment:
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I’ll be doing the pushrod thing as well although I have just finished verifying that the front seat works out and doesn’t interfere with the flap...Leave a comment:
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Patrol Throttle Quadrant
After struggling with how to get a two armed throttle quadrant into my Patrol project I decided to design one that would solve my packaging issues. The...Last edited by spinningwrench; 03-17-2019, 12:16 AM. -
My Citabria has the transponder on the bottom of the boot cowl. American Champion puts the COM antenna on the top of the fuselage half way between the...Leave a comment:
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Not sure what numbers you are looking at. The Scout has tremendous utility and payload and is an extremely popular back country machine. Probably the... -
Some additional thoughts. Hard coating can only be used on the 6061 alloy not 2024. There will be some dimensional changes with the hard coating process....Last edited by spinningwrench; 03-13-2019, 09:22 PM.Leave a comment:
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American Champions continue to be the best value for production tail draggers. I see a fully decked out Cirrus is now $950K.Leave a comment:
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Unibits should work pretty well and they don't tend to wander off center as you might suspect. If you want to spend a bit more you could get some chassis...Leave a comment:
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Mark, I used to do a lot of anodizing both hard surfacing and cosmetic, not so much anymore, However Pioneer Metal Finishing which has branches throughout...Leave a comment:
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Vacuum Pressing Systems is a major supplier of vacuum pressing equipment for the wood industry, highly recommend them. -
I’m putting in the Grove. I often need my parking brake
on my Citabria when fueling in a windy location or when the ramp is sloped. Can’t...Leave a comment:
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I actually didn’t have any interference problem in my Patrol going to 6 mm Baltic BirchLast edited by spinningwrench; 03-08-2019, 11:14 PM.
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