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  1. Dominic Eller

    Forming flange on stainless steel

    Hi, does anyone have experience hand forming curved flanges on thin stainless steel? Tips and tricks are welcome. I’m attempting my firewall. It’s .9mm stainless so quite thin but could be thinner except I can’t obtain thinner here. I’ve only an MDF (custom wood) form to bend it around but...
  2. Dominic Eller

    Real world experience with the Verner 7U

    Hi all, I’m very keen to hear anyone’s real world experience running the Verner 7U. -What aircraft have you installed one on. -What props have you used, especially 2 vs 3 blade performance. -What thrust and climb performance have you achieved. -How have you managed the oil tank location. -I’m...
  3. Dominic Eller

    Bleeding CZ/Zenair amphibious float gear

    Hi, could anyone help with a procedure to bleed the gear retract system for the older style CZ / Zenair 1200 floats gear hydraulics? Cheers
  4. Dominic Eller

    Seat mod help please

    Hi all, I would like to put a new curved and lowered seat pan in place of the 1/4” ply flat plate. I’m thinking either Ali or fiberglass and Kevlar. Ideally I would like to save weight not add it of course. As per the pics I will need to chop out the middle of the seat, leaving a small lip where...
  5. Dominic Eller

    Jungster 1 & 2 aircraft

    This thread is intended for all and any info relating to the RK Jungster 1 & 2 wooden aircraft. Hopefully we can replace all the wealth of pictures and info that was lost on the Yahoo site closure. I’ll kick the ball off with a few pics of a Jungster 1 re build I’m 4 years into.
  6. Dominic Eller

    Longeron repair help please

    Hi all, I am rebuilding a lovely but old (1967) Jjungster 1 biplane. I have the nwe wings pretty much ready for covering and am getting into the fuse now properly. On first inspection the fuse looked in pretty good shape, but as often happens on closer inspection the problems start showing. I...
  7. Dominic Eller

    Help with removing snap ring please

    Could someone shed some light on how to remove a tiny snap ring from a Cleveland CM10-5 brake cylinder. The pic shows the little bugger, it’s only about 4mm in diameter so a bit tricky to get hold of. Cheers for reading this 👍 Dom
  8. Dominic Eller

    Rotax 618 pumper carbs

    Hi, a buddy has a Rans S10 that he has put a Rotax 618 into. He is having a hard time working out which manifold to buy so he can fit the Mikuni super BN series 38mm carbs BN38-34-8113. Is anyone able to help out with some links to sites with the correct manifold so ti all just bolts on with no...
  9. Dominic Eller

    Lightest weight O320

    Hi all, What is the lighest realistic total weight of an O320 160hp. This is for Jungnster 1 which is a small all wood aerobatic bi plane so nothing needs to be certified. I am looking at; EFII system with light weight fly wheel System32 - FlyEFII Skytech XLT starter 6.5 lb Lycoming XLT...
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