John -- I had the same experience with a HVLP conversion gun and Smooth Prime. A conventional gun performed much better for me. The amount you're thinning it is excessive, and can cause mud cracking
Hi, all -- I am about to make the wing root fairings, and I'm wondering if the following is maybe a goofy idea. What if release tape were applied to the wing, and the fairing glassed onto the fuselag
be Thanx -- I hadn't thought of that. Since the bottom of the spar is tapere d, the actual effect could be even worse, as the spar rides a bit low on my Tufnol guide block until the wing is pushed fu
seal Tony -- Excellent observation. Something to fool with in flight testing, maybe. Here, you need forty hours of it, in the local area, and for me that's miles and miles of Amish farms to either s
Can Most aircraft mechanics/IA's I have talked to say you scrap the tube (presuming you're replacing the tire due to wear). They say aircraft tires/tubes are not made from modern rubber formulations
rigging. The main problem I feel is that neither the pitot/static lines nor RG-58 cable can stand bend radii which won't complicate installing upholstery. What I plan to do is make a 90-degree elbow(
Congratulations, Tom! In the USA, it's tough to win anything when you're up against guys with $300,000 to put into hired-gun construction of Lancair IV's (and never a cheque, just a certificate some
Henk & Bart -- Thanks for the cooling tips. But re the above-quoted, do you (and any other experts out there) think it would be a good idea to substitute the aluminum duct and baffle seal arrangemen
Sears Hardware Stores sell numbered drill bits. But if you're only talking installing the pop rivets, I found that a small rat tail file (hobby stores have) swiped a few times in a hole drilled with
The blades supplied to me for the 914 are 3.0" at the tip. It is a 64" prop (tri-gear), but that probably makes little difference. Regards, Fred Fillinger, A063
Get yourself some 60-minute epoxy and you won't feel rushed in the setup. If you have a gap where your placing the glue, adding some flox to it will prevent its running to where it shouldn't. result
Jan -- Interesting analysis you posted -- your Europa decision is a good one, for the reasons you stated. Comparing mfr's specs yields only approximate results. For U.S. designs, there's no regulatio
I'll take a crack at these Q's -- Yes (and all other aluminum to be later painted). It may be nominally beneficial. Its primary purpose is corrosion inhibiting. Oh, indeed. Its most remarkable proper
I'm not sure we need much info more here, but FWIW, both Narco and King supply RG-400 for their xponders, and they say it's good up to 9 foot length. Beyond that, they specify something else entirely
Steve -- FAR 91.205 says only "magnetic direction indicator," and were the plane to be certified under Part 23, FAR 23.1303 and 23.1327 don't appear to bar it (as long as it has 10-degree resolution
You can share the glideslope with the NAV, using a "Triplexer" type splitter (plus another NAV). Works fine, as reception distance is small. You can't share COM's, though. It sounds like you're going
Turn coordinators are the simplest of gyros, since the gyro mechanism spins in one plane, operating a very simple visual cue mechanism. So, they're pretty rugged, but the motors do fail, or get noisy
I recently did the upper attach brackets which affix the pitch pushrod containment bulkhead to the upper fuselage. The manual (original Mk 1 manual at least) says to glass them in place and then some
Heavy-duty sewing thread worked easy for me (selected fishing line would too). Run 4 lengths inside the CS03 and CS07 bushes, securing with tape on the outside. Same principle as what you did. That's
up Always wondered if grease had an effect (Tufnol is cotton fabric and phenolic resin, no?). Anyway, no ill effect after a year. I probably was not energetic in squeezing out the grease I applied,