Hi Ferg Yup, please send and let me know how and where to send a check. Please note a change in my email address. Thank you, Tom Friedland beecho@beecho.org Hi, I sent out a message advising that I h
"Would it not be much easyer to just forget about this egg thing - and other elaborate locking system - and just glue on strips of carbon fibre to the underside of the lower door sill to stiffen this
John Use schedule 40. It is a lot lighter. Your stiffness will come from the bid over the pipe. Schedule 40 is heavier and still flexible. Tom John, Use Schedule 40 it's stronger. Schedule 200 is the
Yes, I used blue foam hot glued to the side wall, shaped it with a sander and covered with tape. Then bid, removed all and the foam from the tube and glassed to the wall. Mine is rather flat rather t
Tony The god of composite construction, Burt Rutan, says in his book that he sprays the structures black and lays them out on the tarmac in Mojave (Like in Mojave Desert!). Sounds good enough for me.
Hi bob and Laurie Please count on Tom this year. Traveling from the clear skies of California. Cathy is doubtful but I will be at Arlington in the afternoon. See you there. Tom Friedland Hello All, A
My Europa XS/Mono with a Jabiru 3300 with the fuselage level has 42.25 inches from the ground to the center of the prop flange. A 64" diameter prop then has 10.25 " of clearance with the tire inflate
Hi Fred I have been planning on making wing root fairings for quite some time. An excellent $25 book by Kent Paser shows the fairings he put on his Mustang II and they are not only simple but look li
Some time ago someone posted a better way to install the sternpost and fin ribs than that method in the manual. I copied it but now cannot find it. The time is come! The walrus said, to install the p
No Winmail.dat on mine... rather than the large TCU block connector through the fire wall. What is a 'suitable method' of sealing - anyone got a pic or two. I suspect seeing this sort of thing would
Hi Graham A079 XS Mono N96V from sunny California is interested in your nav light covers. I am still fiddling around with leds and would like to shelter them. Please send any photos. Thanks, Tom Frie
Yup! Tom knows his address! I thought it was on my email to you. It is beecho@beecho.org Thanks Tom Anyone! Tom asked me a question but I can't get a reply to him. Does anyone have an email address p
Hi Tony Mono XS builder in California. I have installed a TruTrack on the copilot stick and I can tell you that it is easy, concealed and there is no detectable friction when it is installed. I don't
Duncan: "so long as there is no sanding done between each layer." I have sanded between layers many times. Doesn't seem to cause any problems. Tom Friedland -- Original Message -- control Most of the
THE AL GORE virus - Causes your computer to just keep counting. THE RONALD REAGAN virus - Saves your data, but forgets where it is stored. THE CLINTON virus - Gives you a 7-inch hard drive with NO me
Hi folks, I am installing the windows and I noticed on Tony K's log that he recommends Spraylat to coat the polycarbonate so it doesn't get scratched. Aircraft spruce carries and describes how to spr
Yeah, it is in the section on plastics in the front of the catalog... Tom I cant seem to find spraylat in my Spruce catalog. You guys know where to find it? Installing the windshield today. Kevin Air
I too have made a cowl flap although it is for a Jabiru 3300 and Jab cowl. The Bowden cable from the panel moves a lever/wheel that pushes the flap down and a spring (from a rat trap) causes it to ri
I am unable to send by cowl photos to gnholland@onetel. Or jimca@ozmail.com.au. Maybe Dave Anderson or Paul McAllister could send them as I think they received them. Tom Friedland
Hi Elbie Flying is getting closer! I have not repositioned my vane farther out yet and as I am now contemplating flying off a trailer, I am wondering if anyone has devised a way to remove the vane to