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9461 Brian
brainsflight Offline Send Email
Apr 2, 2010
8:33 pm
Hi: I am completing the flying wires replacement on my FB and am also looking at replacing the shackle. What's the part number, size and a good source for a...
9462 Dogsbody
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Apr 2, 2010
9:48 pm
Hello Brian, I have Stringbag in refit as well, but managed to take up my hangermate's FlyBaby on Wednesday for a couple of flights. It was nice to get some...
9463 Brian
brainsflight Offline Send Email
Apr 3, 2010
1:20 pm
Thanks Drew! I believe mine is a 3/8" clevis pin also which looks like the largest they make. Regardless I am sure it will be tight getting the new 5/32"...
9464 Dogsbody
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Apr 3, 2010
5:18 pm
Mine are probably far older than I am so ordered up my set this morning! Drew FlyBaby CF-UFL "Stringbag" ...in winter refit and Model "A" Piet C-GHBD driver ...
9465 Brian
brainsflight Offline Send Email
Apr 8, 2010
7:46 pm
I know it might sound silly or crazy to some, but I am thinking about putting a small smoke system on my FB. The removable pod underneath is already made up...
9466 Dogsbody
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Apr 8, 2010
10:52 pm
If I recall correctly, Better-Half VW / Legal Eagle guys used a simple smoke system, otherwise Sonex has one ...
9467 David Clarke
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Apr 9, 2010
11:44 am
Boredom fighters had the plans..we built one it squirts oil into the exhaust manifold...its not so stupid an idea....in fact we built the propane machine gun...
9468 Frank Stutzman
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Apr 9, 2010
12:45 pm
... I saw something that sounds simpler than what you are describing installed (on all things) a Pietenpol. It used a pump-up garden sprayer to spritz oil...
9469 Frank Stutzman
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Apr 9, 2010
12:48 pm
... In the past I tried finding designs for a propane gun. Not much to be found on the internet, except for the stuff the dawn patrol guys did which was more...
9470 Brian
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Apr 9, 2010
1:59 pm
Thanks all! Here's the link for the Dawn Patrol smoke system: http://www.kcdawnpatrol.org/smoke.htm BK...
9471 David Clarke
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Apr 9, 2010
5:42 pm
That propane gun involved a spark plug a charging chamber and a cirucuit with a reostat for setting the timing and it was very very loud...Im not in the...
9472 Harold Burton
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Apr 9, 2010
5:48 pm
Hadn't thought of those in years, lots of years, 1954-55. I was in a mapping battalion stationed in Tokyo and once a month we had some field training. Once we...
9473 Brian
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Apr 11, 2010
7:49 pm
Is there a Fly Baby fly-in anywhere planned this year? BTW, a handful of us are flying in a gaggle formation of various aircraft from the St Louis area up to...
9474 Scott Backlund
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Apr 12, 2010
5:45 am
I am thinking about selling my beloved Fly baby, need a plane that can top 12,000 mountian peaks and have a chance to get a PA-22 with the Alaska mods on it,...
9475 David Seltzer
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Apr 12, 2010
7:27 am
Scott,  Respond with pix and price to pawncat1@.... Specs hours et cet would be nice. Dave ________________________________ From: Scott Backlund...
9476 Scott Backlund
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Apr 12, 2010
10:21 am
will try to post specs. and photo to nite N6JF has a cont. A-65 with 609 total time on engine and airframe, with logs that are signed by Pete himself and was...
9477 Ryan Mueller
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Apr 12, 2010
2:24 pm
Good morning, We have a set of 800x4 wheels and brakes for sale. They were removed from a flying J-3 for an upgrade to larger wheels and tires. The wheels are...
9478 Scott Backlund
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Apr 13, 2010
1:37 am
dave you can call me at 308-750-2692 ... From: David Seltzer <pawncat1@...> Subject: Re: [flybabylist] N6JF for sale To: flybabylist@yahoogroups.com ...
9479 edleineweber809 Offline Send Email Apr 13, 2010
12:21 pm
I have listed three of my four Fly Babies for sale on Barnstormers. Two are flying and in current annual; one is close to being ready to fly again. All are...
9480 Jim Hann
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Apr 13, 2010
6:57 pm
Ah Ed, if I didn't have a furlough notice in my hand... BTW, I only saw two birds on Barnstormers under your name, the blue/white one and the gorgeous orange...
9481 Ed Leineweber
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Apr 14, 2010
12:00 am
Jim, Check Barnstormers again. Another treasure is on the block! This one is cheap, too. $6,500 and I'll deliver for expenses! Sounds like you'll have...
9482 corrie
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Apr 14, 2010
1:25 pm
oh, man, you're killing me! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
9483 Jim Hann
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Apr 16, 2010
5:46 am
Hey folks, I just wondered if there is any Fly Baby gathering spot, time, tree, etc. during AirVenture. I just saw their post about Type Clubs: ...
9484 David Clarke
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Apr 16, 2010
8:03 am
Hey Jim....any damn fool can sit in alaska in six inches of snow...but even the ducks have sense to fly south in winter...Dave Clarke from Sitka.. ... From:...
9485 Brian
brainsflight Offline Send Email
Apr 16, 2010
2:47 pm
Not OSH, but we will have at least 2 FBs at Brodhead (90 miles south) the week before OSH. Plan to tent camp on the south side (they close the south...
9486 Jim Hann
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Apr 16, 2010
3:44 pm
Dave, it was six more inches of FRESH snow :-D I'm sitting reserve, based in Anchorage and live in St. Louis. I was at Alyeska where it rained/sleeted/snowed...
9487 Larry Lyons
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Apr 16, 2010
7:05 pm
Reminds me of an old country and western song about "When its spring in Alaska its 40 below". Funny thing is I just heard it earlier this week. Larry ... ...
9488 David Clarke
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Apr 16, 2010
7:09 pm
Actually Arlington is a good place that is almost a Fly Baby fly in..I never make it because of the fishing season in Alaska, but I do go to a Fly In in...
9489 justflyawaynow Offline Send Email Apr 17, 2010
1:40 am
Rich, send me an email if you would... justflyawaynow at g mail dot com We have similar problems and I would like to chat with you a bit. I am trying to find...
9490 David Clarke
dclarke50 Offline Send Email
Apr 17, 2010
8:30 am
Can i break in here... I am 220 lbs and 6'2" the fly baby cockpit is plenty big for me you have to slide down in..and your butt gets sore after 2 hours or so...
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