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Airplane For Sale Cygnet aircraft kit $2,000 on Facebook
Great price! Good deal for somebody, unfortunately not me. I'd definitely buy this but I have too much to do getting ready for a x-country move that neither begins nor ends anywhere near the PNW.- 10kDA
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- Forum: Classifieds - For Sale & Wanted
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fuselage welding
Oxyacetylene, because that's what I learned, that's the gear I have, and the results are as good as any other method. According to many old-time sources 4130 was formulated to obtain favorable results with oxyfuel welding methods. That was before TIG/"heliarc" was around, but it works just as... -
Parts Wanted WTB Knight Twister Imperial Plans
Per thread title, looking for Payne Knight Twister Imperial plans. This model KT is the one Vernon Payne developed for the Biplane Racing class, 17ft 6in upper span, 15ft 6in lower span Thanks!- 10kDA
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- Forum: Classifieds - For Sale & Wanted
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Airplane plans inventory
WTB Knight Twister Imperial plans. Anybody willing to sell a set? Thanks- 10kDA
- Post #183
- Forum: Hangar Flying - Off Topic
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Any way to make those so called aerobatic planes any safer ?
Or, you time it so you're practicing during the part of the day when reliable thermals are propagating. Disclaimers - A. I know this works in AZ & CO, don't know about FL; and B. Check function of relief tube & collection system during preflight. Otherwise you should land when your tank is full.- 10kDA
- Post #100
- Forum: Hangar Flying - Off Topic
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Stall Spin Resistance, a call to action...
Take some responsibility for your part in the sequence of events. A/C designers cannot possibly make a design fool-proof, covering every possible foolish behavior - from misusing the controls due to intention or ignorance to not learning and/or practicing skills and principles that keep aviators...- 10kDA
- Post #216
- Forum: Aircraft Design / Aerodynamics / New Technology
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Some extra parts for sale
PM sent, or I guess it's called a "conversation".- 10kDA
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- Forum: Classifieds - For Sale & Wanted
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Some extra parts for sale
What make are the heel brakes? What are you looking to get for them?- 10kDA
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- Forum: Classifieds - For Sale & Wanted
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4130
1. Wicks bought Dillsburg's stock.when they closed. 2. Verify whatever 4130 you buy is not Chinese. Preferably sourced from the US or Germany. Chinese "4130" does not oxyfuel weld like real 4130 at all. The story goes that Wicks bought Dillsburg's stock because they were getting so many... -
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Welding newbie here! What list of stuff would I need?
Join a local EAA chapter. They are located in SoCal and/or Indiana. Befriend members who have built projects with a welded steel tube fuselage. Ask their opinions and get a first-hand look at what they have accomplished. As mentioned - They will probably have tube scraps to allow you to practice... -
Getting my S-IIL flying again.
Nice! What is the open-ended tube running alongside the mixture cable? -
Okeefe Brakes Locked up
DOT 4 is thinner than DOT 3. Some piston seals do not like DOT 4, and sometimes DOT 4 in a system that typically used DOT 3 will exhibit weeping. DOT 5 will in all probability cause pistons to drag and maybe lock due to DOT 5's incompatibility with the materials used for seals meant for DOT 3 &... -
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Okeefe Brakes Locked up
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Updraft cooling???
Steve Wittman's V-Witt has updraft cooling. The exhausts exit out the sides of the cheeks and the cheeks extend almost all the way back to the trailing edge of the wing, where the hot air exits. The carb is on top of the engine too, so vapor lock was probably not a problem. Re: gascolators -... -
Tube Notchers
Years ago an article in Sport Aviation, probably by Toni Bingelis, described mounting a bench grinder with a radiused wheel, as described by n109jb above, mounted on a fairly heavy but small footprint bench or table with casters so it could be rolled around the jig table. That's what I did. Cut... -
Does anyone think it would be possible to construct the fuselage out of aluminum? I just like working with aluminum rather than welding and fabric.
If folding wings are an important part of your selection process, I would have suggested the Sonex Onex but it's pretty ugly as well, in that Sonex kind of way.