Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 13:14:24
bonding eg. the W18 flap anchorage brackets?<< Probably best to abrade, but well below the eventual surface only. You should be anodising and sealing, hot water or dichromate. The sealing tends to r
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:02:46
the slot" method, involving ratchets, plungers etc. but at the end of the day why not adopt the "lever in gate" principle used for the undercarriage. << I still think Jon Tye's cam is the neatest an
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 14:09:24
this seems simple, light, cheap (!), and effective no matter if the brake pads wear a bit.<< If you mean, slip it over the lever to pull the brake on, it won't work. You need quite a pull to stop th
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 19:51:22
Reply to John Moran: You are right, there is a conflict in that the seat belt bolt is behind the pulley, which is a niusance. IMHO it might be better if the plate was larger, then the spacers wouldn'
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 19:51:09
Tony, you might find the following helpful. This is the instructions I give for the sternpost, (finspar) installation. regards, t'other Graham Sternpost Preformed to make the job easiier. Just did on
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:15:37
teflon lined bowden cable (using motorcycle rear brake cable stock) as far aft as the rear cabin bulkhead.<< Sounds like a good plan. If you plan to rotate the brake calliper 120 degrees so that it
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 09:24:43
What exactly did you treat your metal parts with, and of the builders under your wing, what have they done? Most of us sent our parts to an aviation approved anodiser. However Charlie Laverty (60) di
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 16:05:09
prior to bonding into the door frames.<< I'd just use detergent and warm water. You could use meths or even petrol but either might contain grease and would tend to disolve the masking tape adhesive
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:51:23
a little wider. It was found that a tight fit for the switch can distort the case enough to cause it to stick.<< I had a sticking trim switch, the cause was a slight overlap of the stick on label wh
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:51:29
those who want to put in more instrumentation.<< A packed Europa panel already weighs 40 lbs or more. Too heavy already. What's needed is a light glass panel. I suppose it may well turn out that leg
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:15:50
Lightest one I've seen is the old Bendix J8. It has a black face ( not the trendy brown ground blue sky of the modern stuff) but it works. Failing that back to the glass panel ideas. Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 18:59:43
3/4 inch--for primary power, while at the same time using it as a conduit for running other smaller wires to the back of the airplane.<< I did this on my Long EZ. The 3/4 pipe carried the -ve to the
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 18:59:54
before I get over excited and buy one. Cheers //// Eddie Hatcher //// Kit 279 /////<< Before putting some money down I'd be very keen to know about the 6 cylinder Jabiru, which might be much more id
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 18:59:48
Quite right too. Stay that way. Burt Rutan described the best check I know. 6 plies of BID, laid up on a waxed (and buffed off) flat surface. Squeegee out as much resin as poss without allowing air
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:23:07
a sheet of thin polythene, and when it came out towards the lighter end of the range given in the book I was happier that I was achieving an acceptable weight.<< One thing I forgot to mention. When
Author: Graham Singleton <100421.2123@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 19:32:01
taken to a suitable re-fuelling ground?<< Can't we just connect a braided earth lead to the tank filler and drop it down the inlet pipe for a couple of feet? Then simply connect the bowser earthing