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    Airplane Wanted Loehle 5151

    Saw one on FB if you're interested. It's in Minnesota. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1273002410057817/ Rob
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    Sky Pirates How high can you fly

    That's pretty funny! Rob
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    Controller makes Incompetent pilot LAND for being hazardous!

    I couldn't listen to the whole exchange. That controller seemed just as messed up as the pilot. Order someone to land? Not sure, but I don't think controllers have that authority. How about asking her if she's having trouble and what she would like to do? Rob
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    50 HP 5 CYLINDER RADIAL WITH PREDATOR HEAD/CYLINDERS

    Hey! That Australian guy ripped my idea! ;--)
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    Merlin Engine Restoration Photo Album.

    Right. Use all that CAD and 3D printing know-how to do some investment casting and make at least some usable parts. It would be fun! Rob
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    MASH Bomber

    What's it made out of? I hope it's not plastic. I liked it at first. Then I watched the promotional video. Now I don't want one. Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    You're probably right. I didn't look that closely. Just assumed it was his build for some reason. Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    He addresses the wrong wing tips in the comments. He didn't build the plane apparently. And he doesn't seem to care about the wrong tips. Interesting because his other 109 replica, which he did build (hanging in the background) though sub-scale, is very good. Rob
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    FAA actively recruiting workers who suffer "severe intellectual" disabilities and psychiatric problems

    My guess is this thread won't be around long... Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Here are a couple videos for MJ90 fans. Don't know where he got an EngineAir motor. I thought they were long extinct. Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Hi James. All I have is a Russian drawing of a gear leg for an E3. There are also sketches of the actuator but none of them are detailed. I can send you this if it would help. PM your email and I'll send you the whole document. Many of the Russian scans I have are superior to the German...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Hi Henning. I was hoping you would find this thread and set me straight on stuff that I don't really know a lot about. You don't have any drawings lying around, do you? ;--) The pics I mentioned I think were roll-over accidents during takeoff or landing. The canopy is still there and the...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Wow. Thank you. Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    No need to build the fuse the way Messerschmitt did. Overlapping the eight sections and using separate formers (like every other plane in the universe) would probably be "good enough" for a replica. Been done a bunch of times on subscale replicas. Or you could go the extra mile and form...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    The latter ones were heavy steel weldments with thick plexiglass (about a half inch). The head armor was bolted to the flip-over part too. Some were used in pressurized versions--even heavier. One thing that occurred to me is that maybe all that structure was partly there for roll-over...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Here's the eyeballed canopy so far. The aft canopy is very close since dimensions are from factory drawings. The center is sort of close. The dimensions came from somebody at Chino who measured an actual part and posted the results. The forward canopy is pretty close in height. The length...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Ok. Maybe I'm not getting it. So 109-100-4905 is the component on which the assembly 109.116-049 is based? How did you find that? I simply looked a the parts list for the 109G and guessed. Confused... Rob
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    That's ok. I only need the drawing to locate the bolt holes that attach the forward canopy and the instrument panel to the fuse. The part that I make that will stand in for the actual part will be sized according to the needs of the replica, which will be a much lighter and slower airplane...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Ok. So if I'm understanding rightly, what I want is the component drawing for the part marked 1 in the posted pic--the Rumpfstirnwand? Number 109.116-004 from the parts list. Is that right? Maybe I'll try contacting the Canadian guy who built the fuse for Kermit Weeks. I think he built...
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    Bf 109 Blueprints/Drawings Needed

    Thanks but I have some Bentley drawings and, as beautiful as they are, I'd like something with more detail. The idea is a full-size metal replica/tribute similar to though lighter and simpler than an actual 109. Rob
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