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    Long flight SE to NW Planning

    It might be easier to give suggestions if you put a basic proposed route on a site like https://skyvector.com/ and posted the link to it. Less...
    Post by: 12notes, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:35 PM in forum: General Experimental Aviation Questions
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    Battery packs - fire danger?

    Leaf batteries are LiPo (specifically, common LiPos are lithium cobalt), same as a Tesla.
    Post by: 12notes, Nov 8, 2019 in forum: Electric Propulsion
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    For Sale Viking Dragonfly MKII "Quick Build" - $1,500!!!

    If it were closer, I'd have grabbed it a long time ago. The 4,200 mile round trip is a bit too much for me.
    Post by: 12notes, Nov 7, 2019 in forum: For Sale & Wanted
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    Mazda Rotary Engine

    Since we have an entire forum about using the Mazda rotary engine in airplanes, shouldn't this post be there instead of in "Firewall...
    Post by: 12notes, Nov 4, 2019 in forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel system
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    Cylinder and engine paint questions.

    Thanks everyone. I'll paint everything with rattle cans of VHT black engine enamel, once I get the rest of the paint off. I've already used 3...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 31, 2019 in forum: Half VW
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    12th annual Slobovia Outernational Pumpkin Drop

    Alternative pumpkin drop this Saturday in Danville, KY.
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 31, 2019 in forum: Upcoming Events and Trip Reports
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    Riveting errata

    I've spent many hours searching for the correct size rivets for the Hummelbird sheet metal thicknesses, the ones listed in the parts list have far...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 31, 2019 in forum: Workshop Tips and Secrets / Tools
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    Cylinder and engine paint questions.

    I'm stripping the 2-3 layers of paint (orange, silver, and red) off the Global 1/2 VW I'm close to assembling for the Hummelbird I'm building, and...
    Thread by: 12notes, Oct 29, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Half VW
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Not according to the final report: https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2002/20021023-1_C208_N76U.pdf
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 29, 2019 in forum: Rules and Regulations / Flight Safety / Better Pil
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    VW Travel Tool Kit

    What plane is it?
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 24, 2019 in forum: Volkswagen
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    Digital information and aviation...

    Unlikely on any reasonable time scale. We still don't know how the brain really works, and it would be an even more difficult problem to figure...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 24, 2019 in forum: Hangar Flying
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    Tube-O-Matic

    I'm not sure how stout the bearing blocks are, so I would think mounting the pulley side of the belt drive in a bearing block would be better, or...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 21, 2019 in forum: Workshop Tips and Secrets / Tools
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    Brutality Today

    Unless the US population increased by 29.7 billion while I wasn't looking, that's .05%. Taking a casual look around at my local pilots (myself...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 21, 2019 in forum: Hangar Flying
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    Boeing - Design Issues...

    Boeing was kind of forced to make the 737 MAX by American Airlines. Boeing had not decided whether to modify the 737 or start with a clean sheet...
    Post by: 12notes, Oct 20, 2019 in forum: Rules and Regulations / Flight Safety / Better Pil
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