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KI got the exhaust system laid out and have the primary tubes tacked together. I used the original flanges, the flexible couplers, the...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread Flight Test Areas for us Urban Dwellers?.Thanks, that is sort of what I thought. Gnoss has hairy winds. I've been there when the wind socks at each end of the runway were...
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Kkarmarepair posted the thread Flight Test Areas for us Urban Dwellers? in General Experimental Aviation Questions.Does anyone have any idea what sort of flight tests areas have been assigned for the San Francisco Bay Area? Specifically, KOAK or...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread modern equivalent to doped canvas?.lots of pictures of skin boats in their web site.
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KThe "Only Fair" aileron response is not because the ailerons are tapered. It is because the inboard end of the aileron matches the...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread carb adjustments for Mosler CB-40 on a Mini Max.Propane or butane will also work for finding intake leaks. And a recent post in FlyCorvair was about troubleshooting an engine down on...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread P-51C at ~70% scale as ultralight?.Your reward will be TERRIBLE aileron response. You want you ailerons big at the wingtips, to maximize their moment arm on the roll...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread Any good sites or tools to find hangar or shaded storage?.Their is such a thing as purpose designed "shade cloth". UV resistant, which weedmat is not so much, and it's much better structurally...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread Bending Yield Fty Recycle Yard Aluminum.In the traditional Brinell test, the ball size, and the indentation pressure are standardized, for several reasons: comparability...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread Rotor hub for pulley end.I bought one from Steve Bennett when he was still alive and running Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company. Later it seemed like they...
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Kkarmarepair posted the thread Used Kohlers, POTENTIALLY suitable for SMALL, LIGHT aircraft use, are dirt cheap in Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel system.I bought one, a CH25, for about 1/4 of new. Particularly if you're going to be breathing on them anyway (internal and external mods)...
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KI'm only kidding. Could you plant some Aloominum trees so we can have cheap 6061?
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Kkarmarepair reacted to Dana's post in the thread What Did You Do To Save General Aviation Today? with
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Nothing I did personally, but... I flew over to Goodspeed Airport (42B, in CT) yesterday. I was based there for a couple of years about... -
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On the way to work this morning, I made a three-way deal that resulted in: One of our chapter members (73 year old Vietnam veteran)...
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Kkarmarepair replied to the thread Using Epoxy To Seal Wooden Wings and Fuselage.WEST was designed for use with wood, and is more flexible than epoxy specialized for lamination. I would NOT use any of the other...