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  1. Flyguyeddy

    Longeron holes

    On the 2ls i have, someone drilled a bunch of holes in the upper longerons in the cabin area. I suspect it was because this aircraft was a single seat airplane and they did that to install the canopy. How should i fix these? Some of them are in the middle of tube clusters and im not sure...
  2. Flyguyeddy

    Returning a once continental powered s2ls to vw power

    N91rt was modified from standard by cutting forward of station 29-1/2 off about 8" forward, and modified to take a continental engine mount. I am looking to return it to standard vw mount firewall. What method is appropriate for splicing the square longerons back to the right length? Heres...
  3. Flyguyeddy

    Splicing square tube longeron?

    I have a sonerai that someone previously had lopped off the firewall and installed an a65 onto the now shortened fuselage. I am looking to reinstate the full length of the front cockpit area and wish to splice the upper and lower longerons. I have a 43.13 book but i dont believe it covers...
  4. Flyguyeddy

    This is a supervee hub, isnt it?

    This was posted to a facebook group im part of. The odd thing about it is it has a stator mounted behind the prop hub, and i have never seen such a thing before on these. Is this commonplace?
  5. Flyguyeddy

    Front seat modification to 2LTS

    Here is the scenario, N91RT 2LS with the front chopped off for use with an a65. I intend to return it to vw power so i will be extending the firewall back to stock, and converting to tri-gear. Here is my question: can the regular 2L 3” front seat setback also be applied to the stretch airplane?
  6. Flyguyeddy

    3/4 main gear?

    I removed the main gear from N91RT and cleaned it up with some scotch brite. I measured it and discovered that its actually 3/4 thick. I found a number on it, GAC1602-24. Is this appropriate for a sonerai? This aircraft HAD an a65 on it, taildragger. It will eventually be a 2LTS with a vw...
  7. Flyguyeddy

    obien kr axles

    i have a 2s that im looking to use some of the tracy obrien c90 brakes on, but the gear have already been drilled, and i am almost positive that the bolt pattern will not fit the c90 unit. i noticed that they also sell some of these for kr's. is it possible to use these on the gear leg for the...
  8. Flyguyeddy

    Magneto drive on monnett conversion kit

    I have two of the older (70-s to 80’s) monnett aerovee kits and im looking for magneto drives. I am using the 4220 magneto on these kits and the mag drive needs to be longer than what it is for the 4316. I have modified my mounts as shown Here for those mags. I can make an extended mag drive...
  9. Flyguyeddy

    magnet ring riveting

    in the oct-nov-dec 89 issue of the newsletter there is a section about loose magnets in the magnet ring. i do not know for sure if they are referencing the monnett units or the hapi/gpas/whatever stuff. i saw a mantion of using two pop rivets to hold the magnet ring into the steel flywheel...
  10. Flyguyeddy

    N91RT

    I recently traded an a65 engine core for this aircraft. It appears to have been a normal s2ls before someone chopped the front of the plane off to install a continental a65. I intend to return it to vw power and restore the front cockpit area back to stock. does anyone have any info on the...
  11. Flyguyeddy

    Monnett electro-x mount bushings?

    Are the rubber bushings lycoming or continental parts? Seems like the diehl cases use lycoming. If so, does this meani could just buy the poly bushings from revmaster?
  12. Flyguyeddy

    Tank drawings

    Does anyone have tank pattern drawings they would like to sell? Im looking for stretch main tank and aux tank. Doing some horse trading to get N91RT and convert it back to VW power, and i need at least the main tank. Apparently the normal s2 tank doesnt fit the stretch? At least thats...
  13. Flyguyeddy

    grain direction on tail ribs?

    is the grain direction on the tail ribs critical? wicks and it seems acs doesnt have the appropriate width of material for cross-grain ribs. where is everyone getting their 4130 sheet from?
  14. Flyguyeddy

    Nose strut steel part

    Where is everyone getting the 3/16” thick piece that holds the front wheel? Ive not been able to locate it anywhere that isnt retarded expensive?
  15. Flyguyeddy

    Press fit hub damage

    I was wanting to reuse this hub but im beginning to think better of it. Looks like someone used a pipe wrench or something on the backside of it. Probably a crack propagation site? If so itll adorn the wall of my garage and ill either buy a new one or do flywheel drive...
  16. Flyguyeddy

    Scrap tube usage on new fuselage

    I am considering cutting up the fuselage i have here and making a whole new one from the parts. I have a whole s2 fuselage worth of scrap tubing. Now some of the parts like the rear diagonals will be plenty long for cutting down for other places, but what about instead splicing them to make...
  17. Flyguyeddy

    Horizontal Stab spar rust

    I finally got a chance to wire wheel some of the fuselage on my plane only to find this. Anyone got an opinion wether this is serviceable or not? I am not sure about the inside of the tube. Will have to get a bright flashlight after it
  18. Flyguyeddy

    Strap hinges

    When i purchased my project it came with a set of unfinished wings, a fuselage, and tail surfaces. Those tail surfaces have wittman/bearhawk/pitts style hinges (strap hinges). Im told that early plans had these on them. Does anyone have the plans sheets that call these out, so i can see if they...
  19. Flyguyeddy

    1835 speculation

    Ok lets pretend for a minute that im considering building an 1835. If i were to build such a thing, it would be a press fit job and id probably use a skat crankshaft. I dont have a factory crankshaft and i like the large radius fillets on the scat cranks. The 044 heads available are...
  20. Flyguyeddy

    Aluminum alloy for mains

    I can only seem to find 6061-t6511 in the size needed to make the landing gear. Would that be ok to use?
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