Bob,
Great to see that you're "almost" done. Maybe we'll see you at the
Rough River gathering, this year...
Jeff - Baby Blue
Robert Borger wrote:
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> Jos,
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> And a Happy New Year to you too!
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> Good to hear from you.
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> Yes, we are quite happy with the progress to date. There is an issue
> with the rudder pedal attachment on the pilot side. That's going to
> take a week or so to fix. Then I am redirecting the tail wheel drive
> cables. My idea of running them out the sternpost isn't working well at
> all. I'm in the process of running them in a straight line out the
> sides of the tail to the tail wheel.
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> The fuel problem was encountered the first time we actually tried to
> fill the tank from the fuel pump. I was carefully running fuel into the
> filler hole and things seemed to be going quiet well. Suddenly, there
> was a huge fuel gyser that must have dumped a quart (250 ml, probably
> all the fuel that was in the filler neck) of fuel into the door and down
> into the well behind the passenger. Fuel all over. Found out that the
> vent is the limiting factor on how rapidly you can put fuel into the
> tank. Fueling is a slow process
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> Those door-close slings are necessary to ensure the rear bolt-shoot is
> engaged. Really can't close the door without using them. So the end up
> inside when you close and properly latch the door. We'll have to see
> how they work over time.
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> Thanks, still a couple more weeks till first flight.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob Borger
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> On Jan 2, 2009, at 23:57, josok wrote:
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>> Happy New Year to everybody here!
>> Great to see your bird moving under it's own steam, looking
>> beautifully Bob.
>> You must be even more happy then i am, seeing this :-)
>> What was the fuel problem mentioned?
>> I think the door-close slings will end up outside the cockpit real
>> soon now, and give you a fright.
>> Good luck with the first flight,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jos Okhuijsen
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