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    Parts For Sale Low budget start on a two place parasol $500

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/308509142043374/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A096eb8a1-1475-4cf7-81aa-641a019120a6
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    Just how fast was the SR-71?

    More than 1 prices from $400.00 & up https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Sled+Driver+Brian+Shul+&_sacat=267&_sop=15
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    Rethinking Propellers?

    How about looking at the marine Sharrow propeller for a radical loop blade design that in a two blade (loop) aircraft version might offer improved performance. https://sharrowmarine.com/
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    Ebay Today

    Lycoming 0290-G Don't know if this is a reasonable buy however with the price of copper you could get a good portion of the cost by selling the generator portion for scrap Log in or sign up to view
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    The PBY is coming back!

    Back in 1956 there was a more socially acceptable going on using chartered PBY Catalinas. A well off Mexican and Stanford University grad was flying multi thousand loads from the US of day old chicks for his family's egg laying operation and other loads of chicks for the feeding of meat...
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    Fan cooled VW

    Not quire true for in post 12 Pops writes "I can climb as long as I want on a 100 degree day without the engine overheating. . . . . . on this slow 80 mph cruise airplane."
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    Oceangate Sub Construction Details and Implosion

    Here is a link to a submarine with a sphere for the pressure hull certified to 45,000 feet depth. Trouble is it only seats 2 friendly people. https://caladanoceanic.com/home/technology/sub/
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    Oceangate Sub Construction Details and Implosion

    To see how it can be done correctly google or youtube "Victor Vescovo"
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    New CNC heads

    However the $2500 price includes about $430 USD in value added taxes which do not apply for shipments to United States
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    You know you are old when;

    Started flying lessons out of Phoenix Sky Harbor as part of a high school science course flying in Aeronca 7ac's for $4.40 per hour wet. Flight instructors were school teachers . Plane maintenance done as part of the tech school training program. Hand start and no radio.
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    Parts For Sale Jabiru 160 kit complete with engine and instruments

    Decided it is just another Facebook scam. Wrong answers to questions and slow response times for a $25,000 price tag.
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    Any successful developments of roll welding aluminum?

    Check out friction stir welding
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    Parts For Sale Jabiru 160 kit complete with engine and instruments

    I have communicated with the lister and he appears to be legit but Facebook is the number 1 lister of scams https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/634976104674153/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner
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    Q-200 Kit transport from VA to CA

    Go to Craigslist towns in the area where the kit is located and post a request in the gigs section as well as the services and on the heavy equipment sections. That has worked for me in getting a tractor and a bunch of attachments from Northern Calif
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    GAS TANK

    Go with a removable HDPE marine 5 gal tank it has handles and good fuel supply and return connections if it holds slightly more than 5 gallons a little work with a heat gun can reduce it to the 5 gal max for 103
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    Robin Ultralight

    A quote from the Robin January 2011 blog post: I have a design manual set by Dr Jan Roskom of the university of Kansas. The sections on preliminary design are the bible for the industry. He has accumulated an immense amount of information, or rather his Grad students have LOL!!!. In the...
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    The Heat is on. How does this effect glue joints on my bird setting in my hangar?

    Folks, if temperatures over 100 really caused structure problems out here in Phoenix Az we would never fly at all June through August. The highs for the rest of this week are all above 105 with the lows in the high 80s. Density altitude problems are far more likely to cause harm. Some years...
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    How To Drill 1/8" Thick Titanium Plate???

    Try using antifreeze for a cutting fluid, do not know about titanium but it works wonders on stainless.
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    Cost Of Full Size Replica

    This site is more than a replica, it is a total build of several copies of the British Mosquito I have no idea what they plan on for engines! Mosquito Aircraft Restoration, Auckland New Zealand
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    Plywood

    Re: Plywood source A good place to look for smaller pieces of aircraft plywood is your local hobby shop, especially one that caters to the larger models. Maybe the Radio Control type shops. For another project I just bought a piece 1 X 2 foot of 3/16 birch for $8.95 sheet ($14.50 at...
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