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    tube/welding

    yah, i new that mig produced a brittle weld with 4130, however, i was curious if rewelding (finishing after tacking) would reverse this. according to some of my reading, mig was actually used on some production aircraft! I'm not smart enough reinvent the wheel, so if someone has not already done...
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    tube/welding

    anybody know if tack welding the frame with a mig, and the finish welding with gas will work? thanks, lou
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    Reliable??? I've heard they are.

    1/2 vw We have our meeting this wed, i'll check on the details of that cam gear problem. in the mean time, have you checked out the legal eagle? i have one under construction. legal ultralight (most ul's wind up going overweight). it uses a 1/2 vw, case not cut. lou
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    Brain Storm Session

    experts my thinking process when i suggested experts to moderate was perhaps a bit mistated by me. what i was thinking was (moderator was probably a poor choice of words) someone with experience/education that could maybe keep some of us from hurting ourselves, and perhaps further our knowledge...
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    Brain Storm Session

    site first, i must say you must have waaay too much time on your hands, a site like this takes bunches of work. however, i for one am grateful. this has a lot of potential for all of us. e-mail.....well if you're not punished enough and must have another challenge i suppose it would be ok, but...
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    Graphlite™ pultruded carbon fiber rod...

    load testing something else that i'm wondering about, senna. your graphics indicate a stepped loading from the root. assuming, and it may not be the case, a "hershey bar" wing shouldn't the weight be evenly dispersed across the wing? lou
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    Graphlite™ pultruded carbon fiber rod...

    point loading if i may add my uneducated 2 cents worth on this, it seems to me that if you were testing a completed wing, the load would be carried from the skin thru the ribs to the spars, in effect "point loading" at the spar. that is the same condition, you would be creating with the...
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    ford v6's

    ford v6 or discussed here, i'm still learning hownthis works lou
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    Reliable??? I've heard they are.

    1/2 vw jake, i have no direct experience, but did a lot of research for a legal eagle ultralight. what i discovered is it ain't worth cutting the case in half! basically remove the back two cylinders, cut the cam in half and have the crank redone. also, a friend of mine experienced trouble...
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    ford v6's

    looking for any input on converting ford v6's. thanks, lou [email protected]
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