Hi Rick, I used a palm sized plumbers tubing cutter from Home Depot to cut to length. I only went through one cutter wheel when I inadvertently twisted it. A...
Hi Ben, Without question the super lightweight hoses from Meco, even if you only get enough to run the last 10 feet or so to your torch, are great. Be sure to...
Rick, You will no doubt try all the suggestions and pick one. I think the bench grinder method is the most popular. You will want to mark centerlines on the...
thanks for suggestions gentlemen, i think you all just saved me from needlessly spending money on gadgets that look good, but dont work for the job--Rick ... ...
The grinding stones can be shaped to make the notches with a diamond shaper or other tool, (can't remember what it is called), I even have an unused one that I...
<snip> You CAN weld .028 with a farmer's torch-body (and the correct tip), it's just a pain in the ass to keep your flame adjusted... I've got the smaller...
Guess is good. Ben... <snip> I couldn't find one to measure, assume you don't want me to guess. I know there's at least two of them out behind the shop that...
Wait just a minute there fella. I resent that... While you all are pretty good role models, anyone who really knows me knows just how cheap I can be. %) ...
... that when rotating it around the tubes, I occasionally bump the knobs, causing the flame to change. ... Dear Charles (and the Group), There is also an...
... Maybe inch and a quarter by three-sixteenths. But they were made by more than one outfit and the one for a bus was thicker than the one for the bug....
You know what would be neat is if you knew someone that had a Meco or other good torch and they would let you borrow it or rent it from them... I am not sure,...
Robert, That is a fantastic and encouraging reply. Many thanks! Best regards, Magnus ... From: robertshoover [mailto:veeduber@...] Sent: den 4 december...
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Dec 4, 2004 9:43 am
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'Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp, Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ. The aircraft were fastened to tiedowns with care, In...
Thanks, that's really great! Do you know who the author is? I'd love to be able to either read at our club's Christmas party or have it put in the club paper....
In doing a google search I found several references that 'it was originally posted by Paul Harvey News in Chicago about 1988. This poem was originally found...
Birllaint.... Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht...
I have the wing video from back when I was thinking of building a L.E. Now I want to build a D.E. Is there a diffrent video for the D.E. or are they about the...
Hi Bill, As I understand it, the wing video shows the D.E. wing. Or am I wrong? Best regards, Magnus ... From: maxflirr [mailto:maxflirr@...] Sent: den 7...
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LEU 55L report on this subject: I attempted to hang the wings on the fuselage last weekend. A big milestone. Well when I overlooked something and mis-thought...
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Great pictures, Frank. You must be single with a center piece in the living room like that! Do I detect a bit of offset in the trailing edge of one wing panel...
Hi Bob, Actually, I am widowed as of this time last year. No...the leading & trailing edges are even due to the 1/4" braces under the appropriate wing brackets...
Frank, Airplane building is good therapy isn't it? Your plane is lookin great and with a little heat and a tight fitting alinment rod you won't have any...
Hi Bill; The video for the wing are the same for both planes be sure to go by the plans for details Leonard ... From: maxflirr [mailto:maxflirr@...] ...
Hi Magnus; The wings video shows how to build a tipicial wing and as it turned out it wasnt either wing it wasjust how to build a wing like the eagles wing go...
Yesterday, I rode in a production vehicle powered by a factory-original 2 cylinder Volkswagen. OK, mostly Volkswagen. This was in Tabatinga, an 18 hour boat...
Did a Google on Gurgel and came up with: http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Misc/Gurgel.html But they state they use the 4cyl VW engine... Bob ... From:...
Howdy,... Let me start off first be satting that I know nothing about ultralight aircraft. I have looked at them before, but never paid much attention to...