Hi everyone! Been kinda quiet around here lately, hope it's due to building or flying! Just dropping in to say "hi" and let you all know that all is going very well with our construction. We aren't b
I believe Jerry is correct regarding the 3 blader being better at low speeds. I went through this in college for my Aero. Eng. degree. It's all in the math, and the difference is fairly significant,
This always has me wondering. Why don't our automobiles have gascolators and more trouble with water in the fuel? I surely don't drain the tank of my Saturn before every commute to work, and change t
Good point, as from the Cessna and Piper ones I've seen, I could see where if the seal got a little dry or cracked, the water would just run into the tanks by the bucketful. I've seen better gas caps
We are planning an Aeroflash installation our XS, and should be ordering the strobes shortly. Steve Genotte has installed the Aeroflash units, and speaks highly of them (they've yet to fly, tho.) Cos
For a scale I've been using an Ohaus Scout, 400g capacity unit with .1g resolution. I would not get anything less than that. If you get 1g or 2g resolution, for the smaller batches of epoxy, the pote
I just tried again and finally got to the pics. We just went through this step yesterday. I just filled in the "trough" with some dry micro before laying up the uni plies. At most, the micro is about
Hear, hear!! Ditto for Coors Light, Miller Lite, etc. etc. ad nauseum. Lite beer is a cruel joke. Fortunately, living in Wisconsin has its benefits other than lots of snow and good cheese. Good BEER!
Hi, Andrew. The secret to knife trimming is don't. I tried it initially, and found it way more hassle than it's worth. You do have to let the glass cure almost all the way, until it's very stiff, lik
I'll agree with the relative mess from the Permagrit. The big problem with knife trimming, IMHO, is timing it right so you are either a) home, or b) awake when the "time is right". I've done some swe
Hi gang! Yesterday the thermometer hit 49 degrees here in Wisconsin (F, that is), and it was a *fine* day. Fine enough to get me to the local airport and sign up for flight lessons. Yes, I know, we a
Thanks for the tip. We bought a 2000' roll of cling film, 20" wide, from a commercial foodservice (Sysco) supply house. It was about US$25, IIRC. Best darn cling wrap I've ever seen, as it sticks to
Sorry about that, Paul. I forgot to "fix" my e-mail address after posting to Usenet newsgroups. The correct address is n9zes@execpc.com If I don't add in the .nojunk, my mailbox fills up with spam af
Welcome to the family, Steve. You already know what a great help this group is, so no need to go over that. Nice to see another monowheel builder. We are going the same route as you plan to, less the
Hopefully I'm not rehashing old news here: We are close to the final assembly of our wings, and there is a lot of parts that are bare aluminum (the OR hardware, etc.). We've been doing the Alodine tr
Hi, Martin. With using 100LL in the Rotax, have you had any lead related problems? It seems to me that a kitplane that is designed to use auto fuel should have fuel system components to deal with the
Great. I'll look into this. Here in the Milwaukee area, we have no shortage of metal finishers and painters due to all the fabrication type work that goes on here. Just need to find somebody that's f
Hi, Laurens. Well, I don't know about the Windy City, but there are at least 3 builders up here in the Milwaukee area. Paul McAllister is in Brookfield, we are in West Bend, and there is another buil