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    Video series on TIG welding thin wall aircraft tubing

    I have oxy welded SS, was told to use a slightly carbonizing flame. Seemed to work ok for me. Do any of you have a home recipe for a flux to oxy weld alum.
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    (Hollywood Physics) Does Jet Fuel Explode?

    Years ago I used 5 gallons of jet b to start my garbage pit on fire, I still rember the big woof and the blue flame rolling towards me.
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    Lofting a fuselage

    a fellow by the name of Kevin Morin on the welding web forum has a thread on boat building that has good info on lofting. search for Welded aluminum skiff build
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    cert or build first?

    Just get your license first, especially if your on a budget. Iv tried it owning a plane, the plane ate up both time and money
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    Metal wing skins over wood ribs and spars?

    That is a great museum. If I rember right the pulled the searover ot of a garbage dump.
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    What is the best aviation story you have read.

    Bush pilot with a brief case
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    stromburg carb float level setting

    There is quite a differance in the fuel level 13/32 for avgas at .710 and add 1/16 for fuel .745
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    stromburg carb float level setting

    a sromburg carb has a float setting of 13/32 for av fuel (I can't rember the specific gavity right now) as the spec grav goes up the float setting goes down So I am planning to run pemuim unleaded it has no alcohol and it has a spec gavity of 771.1 should I adjust to this spec? or ? Any help...
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    rod for Gas welding

    An update The nearest welding supply is 60 miles from me so I did some practice welds with what I had, coat hanger and Er70s2. I took my samples in to the guy who does the annual on my J3 and he liked the coat hanger weld the best,LOL. The welding supply shops did not have any RG45 but I was...
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    rod for Gas welding

    Thanks for the quick responses. I think this strut material is 1020 steel will the rg45 work for that as well
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    rod for Gas welding

    So I need to do a repair on my wing strut and was wondering what rod to use for welding on it I cannot remember whitch grade of steel it is but it is not 4130 Thanks
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    Just thought this was to cool not to be here

    A radial vw hope this works https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SyRJeZ6s8uM
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    gas powered planes?

    Do a google search for fiberglass tanks for LPG and 1 for LNG they have been around sine the 80s
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    Why not plywood ribs

    Not I have not been able to have a look at Dana's post yet. It will have to wait till tomorow but I will get to it Scott
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    Why not plywood ribs

    Thank you guys, you covered lots of the other questions I had (using cap strips with the plywood). I am not sure if I will ever get around to building a plane but it kills time at work to plan and dream about it. The reason I asked is I think I could darn near get all the material out of the...
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    Why not plywood ribs

    Ok, this has been bugging me for a while. Why go through all the time gluing gusetts on rib, would it not be easier to make a jig and use a router to make them out of say 1/4 plywood Scott
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