Hi All, I am thinking of buying one of these 'how to' guides on aircraft wood building practices. Are they any good? Relevant to FRED? Anyone got one... ...
Good evening Tony, A friend of mine built a wooden "ultra light" about 10 years ago. Prior to this his only wood building experience was a couple of R/C models...
Hi Bob, thanks for the feedback. I think will go ahead on it. To be honest I am a bit rusty on my woodwork skills. I did help a friend complete a minicab (2...
Hello all, Can someone who has plans give me a list of the wood sizes used in the ribs. I would like to get into rib building over the winter and it would be...
Hello Tony, I'll have a look in my plan set this evening when I get home. You're just looking for the sizes of the rib stock only. Correct? Â Regards, Bob ...
Greetings Tony, I think this will work for getting your spruce order together. When you get your plans you will see that Eric has done a nice job on the...
Hi Bob, thats great thanks for doing that for me. I can go through the wood i have and see what extra i need to do these. Are you building as well? What sort...
Considering the very modest price Eric asks, why not just order your own set from him? ... -- Sent from my mobile device Matthew William Long Rabat, Morocco ...
Hi all, just wondered if anyone knows whether any FREDs have been built with any of the spruce alternatives? In NZ spruce is all imported, several jodels and...
It would be nice if you have some local pine that is lighter and almost as strong... There are two or more of us on the list that favor doing a version of the...
Hi, I saw some yellow cedar in a marine timber yard in Devon (UK) recently. It looked superb stuff but I'm not sure that the LAA allows it here. Fortunately it...
Hi All, I have received my Plans Set (No 527) from Eric yesterday. The book about FRED and also various extra photocopies of FRED articles has been very...
Glad to here it, Tony. No, I am not aware of anyone having done CAD versions of any of the FRED drawings. I don't imagine that Eric would mind if they are...
Julius Junge built one of the first FREDS in the US out of quarter sawn Ponderosa pine available locally for $2 a board foot. You had to buy the entire 20+...
Tony, I would be interested in a copy of the CAD drawings for the metal parts. To me the most daunting part of the build is the metalwork. Would also be...
Hi matthew, thanks for your responses. i have indented replies. cheers, Tony. ... Ok, i wasnt very clear here, sorry. I meant that i was going to create DXF...
... Hi Mike, no worries mate, i will keep the group in the loop! I do this sort of CAD -> Laser/Plasma/Profile cutting every day for a job, so it is no biggy...
... Hi Mike, I would be very interested to know how much of an improvement in aileron control and effort to move the stick this made compared with the standard...
Hi, I know you are keeping your metal cutting options open and sound like you know what you are doing, but just in case anyone else was thinking of going the...
you'll enjoy the woodwork part when you get into it. It isn't fine woodwork, more like high quality carpentry! you just need to be discerning about what...
Hi Colin, ... Thanks for the steer on the best method to use. I was going to consult a bit as to what best practice for aircraft components was before racing...
Hi, I don't have Fred drawings so am not sure what Eric specified. 25T is 56000 psi which is really mild steel S510 or similar. 45T is 100800 psi which is...
Eric specified Mild Steel for constructing FRED because it was easily available in the UK at that time. Amateur built aircraft were rare by USA standards and...
Hi Rob, that's interesting, just to be sure though are we talking T45 tube or flat. My experience with the LAA suggests that a blanket substitution is not so...
Somewhere I've got a nifty little letter from LAA HQ saying I can substitute 4130 for any T45 tubing in the undercarriage rebuild. I later got a letter from...
Hi, it would be worth getting it organised so that it is available as a standard mod under the new system, otherwise anyone wanting to do that would need to...
