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  1. rheuschele

    Clear Douglas Fir at Lowe's

    I have many friends that can look at any post and identify a jackass. That if anyone who would answer a question with your remarks defiantly is a jackass. I didn't ask you any question, I asked the original poster. To the people who run this forum, this is why I left the last forum, being...
  2. rheuschele

    Clear Douglas Fir at Lowe's

    How do you know it was doug fir?
  3. rheuschele

    Why do you buy plans poll .....

    I do appologize, I meant the super kr. KR-Super2
  4. rheuschele

    Champion V

    Who's build are you interested in Bill?
  5. rheuschele

    Harrison Ford hurt in plane crash

    It was my understanding that he was flying Solo
  6. rheuschele

    Aircraft construction from furniture plywood

    I'd like to see it fly
  7. rheuschele

    New Member Thank you

    Bill, what happened to your aeromax designs?
  8. rheuschele

    Spruce or Fir supplier

    You can? In the UK?
  9. rheuschele

    Carburetor for Corvair???

    Would dual carbs do anything good?
  10. rheuschele

    birch vs. okume

    It's been my observance, that most of these older designs called for materials that where available at the time they were designed. But what do I know.
  11. rheuschele

    Wooden Aircraft Building Resources?

    Here's a tip. If you buy wood from any place other that an aircraft supply, don't tell them it's for a plane. Tell them it's for a boat or they wont even talk to you.
  12. rheuschele

    Tap and Die Set

    there is a huge difference between chinese made and American made. I don't buy anything unless American or German made. Although the chinese stuff will cut, you will see a big difference in the ease and accuracy of the cut. What takes 10 minutes with chinese, will take 1 minute with American or...
  13. rheuschele

    Type 4 VW engine pros/cons?

    When I started looking into using a type IV, I added up everything I would need to make i flyable. At the end the cost was way too high and the weight itself added up to more than a converted corvair engine. Not to mention 50% of everything you would have to do was on your own and unproven. You...
  14. rheuschele

    Woodstock Imperial to Metric

    My plans came in metric, so I started page by page to convert it. 10 minutes later I went a bought a metric tape measure.
  15. rheuschele

    Easy-to-build steerable nosewheel?

    why not a heavy duty scooter fork? Smaller than bike or motorcycle, made for smaller wheels, has suspension.
  16. rheuschele

    Hello Hello

    If you are going to put all that work and time into building a cross country plane, why not a 2 seater?
  17. rheuschele

    I'm in deep deep deep ****!

    the problem with alibaba, is quantity. You may need to buy enough to build 10 planes. Also most of the companies on there have terrible reputations for returning communications.
  18. rheuschele

    Wooden Aircraft Plans

    What a great age to start this project. 1 plan come to mine, Roger Manns plans http://rogermann.org/ragwing/ $25 for most any of his plans.
  19. rheuschele

    Oh, no! Another scarfing question!

    I did it on the fuselage, in parts. But I decided not to rely on the scarf alone. Behind the scarf I added 1mm ply bandage style 6" on either side of the joint just for piece of mind. Ron
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