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    Turbulence suffers catastrophic engine failure short of OSH

    Has anyone heard about Mike Patey's Oshkosh near disaster? Turbulence had a catastrophic engine failure short of OSH. Link below.
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    Solidworks Identity Exposure Risk

    Just been informed by Norton that my identity information has been found on the dark web. I thought it prudent to warn others that use or have used Solidworks in the past that you might have been exposed. Not only is your personal information in the hands of nefarious persons for sale to others...
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    Identifying this aircraft .....?

    For several years on my travels back and forth between Fl & Md, I have passed this little jewel. It is located along route 301 in Port Royal Va. siting in front of an antiques store. The wife and I stopped on a day trip back through VA and I had a chance to inspect this "display" At one time, it...
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    Looking for someone in or close by FL. who can fabricate engine mount.

    Jabiru 2200 engine mount to fit Ridge Runner 3. After some major number crunching and head scratching, my build partner and I have decided "not" to use a Cont. 4A084-4 for our Ridge Runner 3 project. We have decided to use a Jabiru 2200 (which we have, rebuilt and ready to go). Since there are...
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    Motor mount for 4A084-4

    Getting close to being ready to hang the engine on our Ridge Runner 3. I keep looking at the engine mount my brother in-law had made for us and I am not satisfied with this thing. It is all made of 1/2 inch 4130 and is a bed mount design. The guy that fabricated this thing for us designed it to...
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    Firewallon Ridge Runner 3 or other clones

    I have been reading over other posts regarding firewalls and still have not found the answer to my situation. We are building the Ridge Runner 3 (worse documented kit I have ever seen). The manual is worthless and we are getting ready to install the firewall. However, the manual says "nothing"...
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    Any RMW Ridge Runner 3 builders/owners on this site?

    Hi, I have not posted much here but have been reading quite a lot of posts. Since the demise of Yahoo groups, it has been difficult to find other builders on the web. I hope ther are some of us RR3 builders here on Home Built Airplanes. My brother in-law and I are getting close to completion on...
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    Mini Flap Sander ...

    Just wanted to share with you all a solution I found for the rework of my Ridge Runner 3 wings. The kit was purchased from the original builder after he lost his medical. He had only just started the kit and had begun work on the wings when he was given the bad news. The work he had completed...
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    Forward Spar question

    Somewhere in the forum I read where it was important not to ding the tubular spars. After setting up the shop area and beginning to repair the work performed by the original owner of the kit on the rib attachments to the spars, I noticed a ding that appeared to have been buffed out. We did not...
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    Ridge Runner 3 kit Wing Ribs Problem

    Hi, New to the forum here. Just purchased a RMW Ridge Runner 3 kit. The kit was origonaly purchased by a gentleman who lost his medical back in april He sold it to a another gentleman who changed his mind about what he wanted to build. The kit came with the quickbuild wing option from RMW...
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