Good luck you wont be sorry- My wife turned our sitting room into a aircraft factory- The O235 is a good motor for a F/Baby Cheers Doug South Africa ... From:...
Doug I see you have a 0235 flybaby What are your thoughts on the tandem flybaby & powered by this motor? Cheers Craig NZ ... From: flybabylist@yahoogroups.com...
There are no Tandem F/B s in S/Africa- I don't think its a good idea- the plane is fantastic and messing with the design will only result in a compromise-...
... So long as she doesn't use <a href="http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/index.html">this book </a>as inspiration, you'll be okay. :-) Corrie ...
I am a bit unfair on piets we live at 5500 feet ABSL and on a hot day in Africa our effective QNH can go as high as 9000 feet take off altitude- Our piets had...
Advice requested regarding step-by-step procedure for removing the main wheels on my Flybaby so as to simply swap positions for tire wear (similiar to rotating...
I would think that you would have to remove the tires from the rims and turn them around and remount them. At least that's what I remember the mechanic at my...
... Depends. If the rubber on both tires is wearing out exactly in the same places on the tire then simply swapping one wheel and tire assembly to the...
... No, you've got the right of it, Denis. Most lightplanes don't plant their wheels firmly square on the ground; there is a little camber involved that leads...
Hi again, I got my plans today, They are everything I hoped they would be. They even include the bi plane wing supplement. I've spent several hours going over...
As for a bearing greaser Delisle has a good one--available at sears or northern hydraulics for about $22- Fill it with grease place a bearing inside put on the...
I wave a lot. It comes, I think, from flying an open-cockpit airplane. Wave from a closed-cockpit plane, and with the glare, shadows, etc, no one is likely to...
I have a set of un-used fly baby plans they are about 5 years old but complete that I will sell, also have an Narco Escort 110 radio with tray that both the...
When Dad was flying F-101 Voodoo's with the 444th and 59th FIS' out of Charleston AFB, South Carolina and Klamath Falls, Oregon he'd scream overhead our front...
"old fat geezer on a Harley" Hey, I resemble that remark!!!! ... From: flybabylist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flybabylist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
... Just as a caution to US residents, the Narco Escort 110 does not meet the current FCC frequency tolerance standards and can't legally transmit in the US. ...
Hi Charlie, Welcome to the group and welcome to the FB builders world. As you have probably seen, this site is a great resource. Good luck building and stay...
Hi Greg, Thanks for the reply and the welcome. I'm not sure what I'm going to start on first yet other than building a table. I've been measuring my garage and...
... Not exactly, I think. What you describe is closer to a laminated spar. A box spar is literally a box in cross-section...there's just open space inside. ...
I started with the wings for the "space" reason. My shop is about 10x24. My wings are now hanging from rafters awaiting the fuse. I'm currently working on the...
This place is great, you ask a question and answers appear like magic. The table plans on the Mojave web page are great, I will definately be building some...
Hi Charlie, Our tables at work have casters on them so we are able to move the table from plane to plane. Problem that we had to deal with anytime drilliing...
Hey Guy's, If anyone is interested I uploaded some new pictures to my folder in the photo section of my rudder rebuild and the reconstructed tail of my Fly...
Dennis, nice pictures. Of course we all want to see some FB pictures. BTW, I notice your FB does not have the 2" Plywood strip on former 6, the one that when...
All, If you have the removable aft Turtledeck option built in your FB, could you please remove it and weight them for me, please? I am planning on mine and I...
Actually that two inch strip is there, it's just covered by the removable turtledeck. It doesn't looked scalloped in the pic but it is. The turtledeck is...
Charlie, I would recommend starting on the Landing Gear Vees. They are the easies and simplest of Fly Baby's components. However, do the tables first, then the...
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