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    Harbor Freight Predator 670 V-Twin Horsepower tests

    How about an old transformer? That should give some good steel for the coils. Heck, I have several here...heavy as the dickens, but they do have the proper magnetic properties. Derswede
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    Boeing - Design Issues...

    You do know what MBA stands for, right? Mighty Bad Attitude Or Mighty Big A$$...worked with a bunch of those back when I worked in the fuel/petroleum industry. But the bean counters were the ones who were more destructive. "If it costs more than $1, it is counterproductive and will cause...
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    Wood Monocoupe Replica?

    Well, to help fill out the visuals, here are a couple of shots....
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    Tennessee Lawmakers Propose Legislation Banning ‘Chemtrails’

    Chemtrails.....here ya go.....https://youtu.be/_dLCtgHzwWI?si=27qN5iuhPWSL9abF Derswede (still laughing.....)
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    Wood Monocoupe Replica?

    Tiger Tim, you are right. Lots of wood under the fabric on the fuselage. Stringers run all the way down both sides. Fabric does touch steel on the corners of the fuselage. My brother has some good photos of when we were restoring N15E, N2347 and N101H. Will see if I can get copies. I do...
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    I Want One

    Every Clipwing ended up on its back at least once in its life. "Twitchy" does not do it justice. The guy that bought N15E from us ended up donating it to the EAA museum, said he knew he would wreck it if he kept flying it. john McCullough who owned N36Y, was probably the most proficient pilot...
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    Any early (1932-53) Ford V-8 successes?

    We owned an AeroSport for awhile. It had the V-8 Ford in it....and a Weiand manifold on it..made enough power to get off the ground. Ended up at the old Wings and Wheels museum in South Carolina. My father built V-8 flathead hotrods.....he said the engine ran well in the airplane. Derswede
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    I Want One

    There is one for sale in NC. 0-300 engined, so not a Warner, but a 'Coupe none the less. What you REALLY want is this......
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    Airplane For Sale Trying again. CGS Hawk project for sale

    Bill, I just try to keep the sharp knives away from her when she gets mad.....! Derswede
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    Airplane For Sale Trying again. CGS Hawk project for sale

    Still have the flying one....tho it too may get sold. Too much aviation in the blood to ever totally quit. Every time I hear a radial, I have to go look. Will look up even for a Cessna....but the 195 which flew over the other day got much more than a glance. Trying to keep going, will see...
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    Airplane For Sale Trying again. CGS Hawk project for sale

    Airplane has been sold, will go to new owner this weekend. I will give him the HBA info, hopefully he will get on here as well and enjoy the wonderful atmosphere of airplane addiction, which affects all here! Derswede
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    FlyNow eCopter Takes Smaller and Simpler Approach to Air Taxi Travel

    Bass-o-matic! Flight software by microsoft....BSOD?? I don't even trust "autopilot" on a Tesla....and it sits on the ground......! Derswede
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    Perspex window attachment

    Ah, Plybond, one way to get high in the 70's and 80's. New formulation will not do that, thank goodness. Covered a Pitts wing using plybond to secure the fabric. Don't remember much else.... ;-)
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    Parts For Sale Risks Facebook Marketplace ?

    Both Facebook and Craigslist are hotbeds of scammers. Virus by the ton, I have a few things listed on FB but have started to avoid it due to the level of scammers now. It is an unfortunate truth in the world today....if you have something, someone will try to scam it from you one way or...
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    New Ownership At Hartzell Raised Prices Within One Month

    A local was working on a P47 rebuild a few years ago. Encountered him while in transit heading south, he to Florida, me to Argentina. He mentioned that two of the blades on the prop were soft, and he told me what a new or NOS blade would cost....about the same as I paid for my first house...
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    You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel

    At least I was not on that one.....my typical run to Colombia is on that flight.....! Derswede
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    kid loves planes

    Love it! Asked if he was going to do a UFO tracking one....! Derswede
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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    This weather is playing havoc with some low time pilots. Out at Lake Norman International airport, where we recently had a bird go down, lost a 172 due to a botched crosswind landing. Plane ended up in the front yard of a house bordering the airport. Pilot injured, transported to local...
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    Airplane For Sale Trying again. CGS Hawk project for sale

    Natermotor, this is an "Ultralight"> Part 103 bird. The CGS Hawk is one of the better designs which were to be Part 103 "flying machines". The FAA really does not want to be bothered with such, so the smaller single seat machines are mostly ignored and flown around the countryside a bit. The...
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    Airplane For Sale Trying again. CGS Hawk project for sale

    My situation is like landing "hot". End of the runway approaching WAY too fast. Just got my "retirement building" up, and am moving stuff into it. Amazing how much "junk" (wife's comment) one accumulates over 66 years. Downsizing is a skill I am now having to learn. Will have a big yardsale...
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