Hello Ron, When I was involved in auto restoration a while back we used to "magnaflux" critical parts. It was not that expensive and most decent machine shops...
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Dave Williams
dwilliams@...
Oct 1, 2001 5:31 pm
Hello Ron, Looks like you have some coverage in this months EAA Experimenter, page 22 and 23. There is a picture of John Fulton's Fly Baby and a listing of...
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DREW FIDOE
dogsbody@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:31 am
Hi everyone, as I have progressed through my 35 year old 1100+ flying hours Fly Baby project, I have learned a lot which may be of interest to current builders...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:46 am
... When I discussed the issues around the Jones crash with the NTSB investigator, he felt the results were important enough that the information should be...
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Dave Williams
dwilliams@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:22 pm
The coverage is only on the OSH annual event but they mention your website in the picture description for John's Fly Baby. Dave ... From: Ron Wanttaja...
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Ross Wolin
rowol@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:39 pm
... I guess it depends what you want to use your Fly Baby for. I had an A-75 Fly Baby with a 12 gal tank based in Western Washington. There were a lot of...
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Ross Wolin
rowol@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:40 pm
... I guess it depends what you want to use your Fly Baby for. I had an A-75 Fly Baby with a 12 gal tank based in Western Washington. There were a lot of...
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Robert Giddens
giddens@...
Oct 4, 2001 2:30 pm
Write your representatives, this may make it easier for you. Do what you can to get us in the air again. Robert. http://capwiz.com/rollcall/home/ Roll Call --...
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Bill Rotenberry
wjrotenberry@...
Oct 4, 2001 3:53 pm
Drew: Very nice write-up with lots of helpful hints for those of us in the building phase. I appreciate your taking time to share this information. You made...
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Desert Eagle
jimi@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:15 pm
OK Folks, I have most of the links up and working, the projects page has the N-11, some shots anyway, as well as the "Twin Stinson". Those interested in the...
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DREW FIDOE
dogsbody@...
Oct 5, 2001 5:21 am
Hi Bill, These these are my subjective opinions, other more experienced flyers may disagree with my points. Before my FB succumbed to its "hanger rash" I had...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:44 am
Got my shirts today with the Fly Baby image embroidered on them, and I have to say I am *quite* happy. http://home1.gte.net/ikvamar/flybaby/shirt.jpg The image...
... Sounds like a bad plug wire on your left mag.... :-) Ron Wanttaja...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 6, 2001 11:57 pm
Interesting. I'd held off reinstalling the anchors last weekend, as I didn't like the way the paint came out. In addition to some dust or something under the...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 7, 2001 4:30 am
Voting for the logo seems to have just about stopped, so let's close this poll as of Wednesday. If you haven't voted yet, please go either to the Poll page...
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Desert Eagle
jimi@...
Oct 7, 2001 1:52 pm
I Like it, Jimi Voting for the logo seems to have just about stopped, so let's close this poll as of Wednesday. If you haven't voted yet, please go either to...
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DREW FIDOE
dogsbody@...
Oct 9, 2001 12:09 am
Hello all I have a few more points from working on my Fly Baby. And now for another edition of "This Old "Plane"! I found a few resorcinol glue joint failures...
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David Petri
dpetri@...
Oct 9, 2001 11:51 pm
Hey Drew, These updates you send are great. Thanks for all the good info. Cheers, Dave ... From: DREW FIDOE To: flybabylist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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DREW FIDOE
dogsbody@...
Oct 11, 2001 12:39 am
Hi Dave, My pleasure. My opinion is why not learn from other peoples experiences? This FB list is an excellent tool for FB Builder/Owner/Restorer and...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 11, 2001 2:13 am
Well, the voting for the logo has been closed. "Circle" won. http://home1.gte.net/ikvamar/flybaby/logos/circle2.gif The vote on Yahoo was nine votes for...
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Bob Severance
severance@...
Oct 11, 2001 3:17 am
Hey, Guys. I havn't posted here in quite a while, but I just bought a FBBM on eBay for $38.00 + postage today. I notice there is another forsale there starting...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 11, 2001 5:35 am
... Well, with the stock price of $65 (including postage), you made some pretty good savings. ... Ah, updates. As far as I know, Pete doesn't publish an...
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BigJackDaddy
BigJackDaddy@...
Oct 11, 2001 10:00 pm
... [snip] Hello. I'm brand new here so please excuse the ignorance. Are you referring to something other than "the plans" from Mr. Bowers? I just ordered my...
Note: Check out the details of figure 10-7 (Detail A) and compare the hole spacing with that of fixture S-4 of page 4 at the end of the biplane plans. Also...
... No, everyone's refering to the same thing. Bowers publishes the plans in a manual format (FBBM: "Fly Baby Builder's Manual", the official title). Bob...
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DREW FIDOE
dogsbody@...
Oct 13, 2001 6:43 pm
Hi, I'm not a 1B builder, but do have a couple of copies of the bipe' supplement. I looks like there may have been a plans revision somewhere along the way...
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Desert Eagle
jimi@...
Oct 15, 2001 1:54 am
My friend Tony Spezio, designer of the "Spezio Tuholer" sent me some photos that I just put up on my web page. Some good shots of the "TuHoler" as well as some...
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Ron Wanttaja
ron@...
Oct 15, 2001 1:57 am
Pete Bowers sent me a batch of survey forms that had been filled out by Fly Baby owners about ten years ago. I really like having this kind of information...
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David Petri
dpetri@...
Oct 15, 2001 10:19 pm
Interesting idea for you builders out there... http://www.vw-engines.com/vw-engines/rg2000.htm $5800 US dollars delivered to Los Angeles for customer pick-up...
