And while we would all agree You should try an Auster... when they landed one on an aircraft carrier in the '50's (I think) it's rumoured that the pilot had to ask the ship to stop steaming into wind
The UK equivalent (redex) was reformulated to make it environmentally safe (and useless) - I check and see if tcp is effacacious as it was - if so, it should help. M
I looked into this a few years ago, before going the taildragger route: with an effective spring rate of something like 4 tons/inch, it just isn't feasable. Miles
Problem is (a) fuselage canoe has some built in twist, (b) + marks on stab butts are wrong -lhs is too low - but if you've set the bearings/bulkheads, too late... solution is a proper jig to hold it
Nope... er yes - still had to straighten the tail to get the stab tube to level, and then set the fin closout to vertical, held in place with skin pins. butt sides are not vertical - a little needs t
If it's held in place by bonding on the top, shouldn't be a problem.... I've found that the aeroplanes don't care - I had a luscombe that had the stab canted over by about 5 - but flew (and still fl
I agree - wouldn't be without it. My resin cupboard is a steel cabinate (6X2.5X1.5) polystyrene lined, 2 X 150 W bulbs through a temperature controller to maintain 25C. keeps the flox/micro dry, smal
In an ideal world.... I'd like to placard swiches, lights etc with letters directly on the paint, around 4mm in size. - preferably on a positioning strip (ie made up) but alternatively as a paint mas
I applied to Francis for a similar scheme for the trim tab slots - refused on the basis that they might jam in the future For the flap slots I plan to plagarize and fit "rabbit ear" extensions to the
Checking the tracking: do it from the rear of the blade about 1" in from the tip: no damage/errosion/dressing out... Shimming: plastic is not a good idea: it creeps with time,,,, use brown paper, or
Just had a call from a friend, warning me of a date activated virus (today, apparently...) - do a search of your hard drive looking for a file called sulfnbk.exe - to my horror, there is was sitting
Arrrggghh conned ? perhaps - the person who originally called me rang back -sez that it's a legitimate system file, but some may be infected and better safe than sorry. Info and Instructions below..
And with remarkably little in the way of workshop equipment, easy to fit... as well as being rebuildable if you change your mind, and need to shorten or lengthen a hose. Miles
in described That's remove them, and repace them with 3 bid. In fact, I'm using that bit of the fuselage as the exit point for the taildragger legs - sheer coincidence, but welcome none the less. Mi