geraldmorrissey
Senior Member
Last Activity: Today, 11:25 AM
Joined: 09-24-2013
Location: Edgewood, WA
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My early instructor was Flavio Madriaga, the Fla in Flabob. He instructed 5-6 hours a day 6 days a week for 40 years in everything from J-3 to Twin Beechs... -
I located the material grain to be be 90 degrees at the maximum thickness of the airfoil for the center rib of the Patrol. Seemed like a good compromise....Leave a comment:
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I buy from Airparts Inc in Kansas City. They sell sheet metal by the foot. And they will ship coiled. I wouldn't spend much time trying to figure out...Leave a comment:
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Try to order material with a plastic coating. It makes life much easier. I order the material coiled, but its a pain to uncoil, cut what you need and...Leave a comment:
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Hi Tim, Gerry here, born and raised in Plympton MA. Now in Seattle, welcome aboard.
Gerry
Patrol #30 tandemLeave a comment:
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Cutting Lightening Holes
I had to fly cut the holes in my rear spar webs today. This is how I do it. I've done so many now that a hole takes me a out 5 minutes to set up and cut.... -
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Anyone know if Bob text messages? I keep getting a server failure message.
Gerry
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After seeing Bills pictures, I would have to say his idea is better then mine. Anything you can do to reduce the wing span and surface area is good. His...Leave a comment:
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I'm not much of a fan of wood in an all metal airplane. I would establish a plane where the light would mount to. This plane could be made of anything,...Leave a comment:
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One ID item I forgot was that I also added which side of the spar the spacer bar or attach angle attaches to. So for spacer bars "#1LRA UPR NF"....Leave a comment:
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On the fwd spar, I had a professional machined all the spacer bars at the same time to the same length. On the rear spar I made the spacer bars individually...Leave a comment:
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Finally
Installed the final rib attach angle on the left rear spar this morning. The spar fab portion of this project is complete. Time to break it down and paint... -
My 10 year 18 volt Dewalt drill went south last week so this thread came up just at the right time for me. Went out today and bought a Ryobi one+ 18 volt...Leave a comment:
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Digital Caliper
I needed a way to accurately measure the spacer bars for the forward wing spar on the Patrol. I had a 6" dial caliper, but it was too short to do... -
Years ago I heard Lou Stolp say "the problem with amateurs welding airframes is that they start with the fuselage, the heart of the airplane. By...Leave a comment:
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