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  1. dcstrng

    Elevator trim mechanism

    That was essentially the set-up in my long-gone IIS project, except that the screwjack was higher in the airframe so the links were only about 4-5" long as I recall (could be my geriatric eyes are fooling me, tho')
  2. dcstrng

    Aerovee

    Ah... good news... !!
  3. dcstrng

    Aerovee

    Given my corpulency, I was thinking S2(maybe S2S) configured as a single but no electrical other than hand-helds
  4. dcstrng

    SoneraiWorks Announcement

    Well, this is a bit of bitter/sweet news -- as one of the lurkers (now that my project is gone), I've continued to lust after the Sonerai, so in that regard I'm pleased to hear that John is re-adopting his design. I've got an unused set of Sonex-A model plans, wonder if John would allow me...
  5. dcstrng

    Printing Plans

    Yes -- I've found that the copy/scanning process can be as much as 2%-5% off, although 1%-2% (smaller) seems more usual in my experience -- usually noted when you try to make a spare copy of the rib-template for rib-building... I just go back and have `em run another at 102% (or whatever) on the...
  6. dcstrng

    Building in Fusion 360 or other cad/cam first?

    As an education tool, or simple entertainment, CAD/CAM can be very good – especially for complex aircraft/machines for which there is little secondary information… But for relatively simple structures like the Sonerai family, especially given the hundreds of photos available on this site, it is...
  7. dcstrng

    The Wag-A-Bond Flies!

    Wow -- super !!
  8. dcstrng

    Scanning Old Plans

    I use Staples, they routinely do this stuff (construction drawings in a gazillion sizes) in my area -- usually I just make extra copies of the rib template, and then a PDF so I can load in my shop-laptop... then I can enlarge the view for whatever I'm trying to mutilate at the moment... But have...
  9. dcstrng

    Any ideas on this company and their engines?

    Hmmmmm, Interesting -- wonder why they mounted up top since it is naturally a side-draft carb, but I doubt if the carburetor cares… From memory, the 40CV doesn’t like ram air unless mounted in a plenum, so maybe that was their thought…
  10. dcstrng

    Biplane Forum

    Yep, there is the occasional carping about a fee of course -- but they aren't the only ones -- I belong to several forums that either charge a fee or you must be a registered/owner/plans/kit-purchaser to subscribe... generally they seem to be the most active with tangible information -- more...
  11. dcstrng

    Propeller Under the Bed-Book Review

    Rainy weekend, so I finally opened this book -- shame on me for waiting so long. I don't have anything to add that other commentators haven't already said here and on Amazon, but if the reader genuinely lives and breathes airplanes, especially the kind that are dreamed of, sketched-up, designed...
  12. dcstrng

    Shrinking down a two seater

    Yep -- been there, did that… over the past half-decade or so I’ve had as many as three (and once, four) aero-plane projects all vying for my shop-time at the same time (and of course I accomplished very little except to buy some novel and fascinating tools, burn moderate amounts of...
  13. dcstrng

    Shrinking down a two seater

    Scrapper; For different reasons I've pondered the same thing from time to time -- more based on a W8 than a Buttercup, but at least one builder has done it successfully... I've got a Cougar fuselage in my shop that I've thought about narrowing (yeah, I know all the graduate engineers are...
  14. dcstrng

    Barnstormert Sonerai 2 LTS - Seeking Advice

    I don’t know the particulars on that airframe and was sort of interested myself although it is a long haul from Virginia so I eventually didn’t inquire -- but getting a sound, welded-up fuselage is a heck of a head start. As long as it is straight and the welding is sound, that is a nice way to...
  15. dcstrng

    Why Sonerai?

    Yep -- Oratex has always intrigued me and I made up a few test panels for a previous project – limited weather exposure, but just banging around in the shop, they seem indestructible. I think the logical option for a fabric-averse Sonerai builder would be a Sonex. The RV family is renowned...
  16. dcstrng

    Some hard working people that builds this country, True Americans.

    Yep – in recent years so many of us have become desk-jockeys (of one variation or another) that we forget some crucial professions just don’t have a <ctrl><alt><del> in their handbook. Thanks for the reminder…
  17. dcstrng

    Lost art of technical drawing / drafting

    Well, actually some have – there is no doubt that CAD and associated techno-gizmos have brought many attractive refinements to the whole process – especially at the commercial/production level. And a modern (low-cost) home CAD can probably replace the whole two rooms of dozens of draftsmen...
  18. dcstrng

    Why Sonerai?

    PS – you may be correct on the welding… maybe we need to become missionaries of welding… There is a perception (fairly widespread IMO) that the only way to go is with a gazillion-dollar production TIG machine and hundreds of hours of practice, then maybe you can rationalize procuring the basic...
  19. dcstrng

    Why Sonerai?

    Good question – count me among those who put lots of enjoyable hours into a Sonerai project, sold it for about 1/3 the cost of what I’d accumulated (another way of saying I‘d pay three times what I sold it for to get it back), and then have spent lots of hours regretting my impulsiveness. I...
  20. dcstrng

    Hannaford Model D-1 PLANS (Rose Parrakeet)

    These would apparently be D-sized if anyone has a lead on them... Thanks...
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