Dave, If it's still important, I made a brake in the flap/aileron skins about 1/4" from the edge. The rivet line was just slightly aft of the bend. For what...
Thanks Bill, Do you mean on the rivet line is on the short side of the brake or on the other side of the brake. I'm using 1/8" flush pops and want to hide them...
Some of you may not have heard, mayor Richard "Saddam-Hitler" Daley, dictator of Chicago, plowed up Meigs Field in the middle of the night last. Apparently,...
The rivet line is just short of the brake. The brake is mainly to get the skin to lay down along the edge of the spar tube. The rivet line goes in where the...
The sheeple are afraid of their own shadows now. Or so say the media, anyway. The politicians are free to do anything they want in the name of safety. Welcome...
go to www.aopa.org for an explanation of how scumbag was able to close Meigs. 600 homocides a year in Bagdad west and Saddam Jr. is scared-no terrified by all...
Hey guys This is the story of three airports.... Your local mayor from hell is not the only one out to try to close an airfeild! In British Columbia just south...
In the US there are two critical issues: has the airport recieved federal funding and is the airport a former military airport. If either of the above applies...
Apparently, the airfield received no Federal money. I have the complete ANN report about the event if you guys want me to post it. I got it from Luc who is...
I was looking at some of the ribs in my stack and noticed that the grain of some of the gussets does not line up with the grain drawn in the plans..is this...
Craig: Orientation of the grain is not critical. If you've done a good job with your ribs, use 'em. Rick N241SW ... ADVERTISEMENT...
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Apr 2, 2003 8:20 pm
You may not believe this but the gussets in certified wood ribbed Aeroncas are heavy paper which is used in electrical motors. It is called "fish" paper. The...
Hey, sounds good! Not exactly the reply that I was expecting. Just wanted to make sure before I sealed them in. I took one of my "extra" ribs that I deemed...
I agree, but you should remember that there is NO strength in end grain glue joints. The only reason to put glue on end grain is to keep the moisture out. The...
I agree, but you should remember that there is NO strength in end grain glue joints. The only reason to put glue on end grain is to keep the moisture out. The...
Thanks Dave.by the way, do you remember the airline pilot you gave a ride to in your Hatz back in '99, (just after the demise of that J-5A)? I live in Memphis...
Actually, for all practical purposes, he does have absolute power. The city of Chicago basically runns the whole state of Illinois. Yes, there was supposed to...
Next time in WI will probably be for Oshkosh. I used to stay in Wausau with some co-workers during the convention, but that crew base has been closed…maybe...
The former governor of IL and I believe the gov before him were supporters of Meigs. The current gov is an idiot who is in Saddam,Jr's back pocket and needless...
Do you think the people living in poverty would be any better off if somebody gave them more money? The real problem is one of our sub-cultures. The one that...