Andrew, I think Paul is right. There is a direct parallel in the mechanism he refers to in the Concorde accident in Paris - there debris hit the very full tank causing a segment of the wall to be blo
Willie, Was John's demonstration with the prop stopped, or engine idling? It's my understanding that a stationary prop (particularly one which is not feathered) significantly increases the rate of de
Surely his extra tanks would have been in the baggage bays, not wing-mounted. I know the idea has been mooted with the XS wings in the past, but I'm not aware of anyone who has done it. Regards, Jere
Graham, Reading between the lines (and therefore subject to the proviso that my reading may be wrong), I interpret the directive as being about the ability of the layup in the hole to bond to the bus
Yes, Graham, that's my understanding: it was a pip-pin. Kind regards, Jeremy Pip pin I think, can you confirm Jeremy? No one has yet worked out how that happened. Graham -- Graham Singleton Tel: +441
Doing Jury Service this week... on Monday the judge asked what an Excel spreadsheet was :-) Shades of that fantastic Not The Nine O'Clock News Sketch with the digital watch, video recorder, and delux
Glenn, The pip-pin holes are in the torque-tube, which has the round-holed TP6 around it. It is the TP6 that retains the pip-pin. Regards, Jeremy What I can't understand is after ovalizing the pip pi
Karl, Sorry to differ, but I believe that's not so. Pre-skinned tailplanes ARE affected - the only ones that are possibly not affected are the pre-moulded ones, and to the best of my knowledge there
Because then, Tim, you=92ll never remove TP4 for maintenance again... At least, you won=92t without the need to replace it in its entirety, with all the difficulty of re-drilling accurately for the T
Tim, Well... my top isn=92t on and I=92ve had mine out a few times for various issues, inc. Mod 70. I=92d rather not make it fixed permanently in there. Also, won=92t welding there risk distortion in
Graham, Hopefully Jos' much-deserved inaugural award of the Cliff and Betty Shaw Memorial Cup by the Club will have changed that in at least the eyes of those who read Europa Flyer! That Jos and Clif
I have heard it said that the Bose ANR headsets (Aviation X) aren't brilliant with a Rotax - due to the frequencies being so much higher than with a Lycosaurus. Can anyone out their comment? Regards,
Errr, Carl, I think Glenn was taking the piss out of the 'Finklea' plonker Now, if I remember correctly, Glenn is American and Carl is British. Ya gotta love the irony in a Brit missing irony that ha
Congratulations to you both, Alan! I understand that Kate is qualified to find her way around in the dark: is she going to train you up, too, now? Kind regards, Jeremy Hi Everyone I finally decided t
First of all, my condolences on the loss of your brother. It must be hard to understand that loss. Secondly, your emails... Please understand that you have wandered into a group of folks who build an
Arrrgghhh - for "helpful" please read "unhelpful" :-( Regards, Jeremy First of all, my condolences on the loss of your brother. It must be hard to understand that loss. Secondly, your emails... Pleas
Thanks, Svein, and a really good point on the metal scratching the windows - that was also a concern. Kind regards, Jeremy Jeremy, To your question: I have used this headset for about two years, but
Kingsley, Not a mod - a requirement in the build manual! :-) I went a step further on mine and implemented a single piece of ply with an elongated hole - that way it sets the skin separation and hold
"Trouble with some of the lesser beers is you can't tell whether someone already drank it" Permission requested to re-use that line, sir! It's wonderful :-) Kind regards, Jeremy Jeremy I stand (pardo
Ferg, Long stick, blob of Redux, apply down hole to plug and allow to cure. When cured, wheedle out plug in the knowledge it is well and truly stuck to the stick! HTH! Kind regards, Jeremy Say, I tho