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    splices and butt joints

    a bit late to this thread Hi boys, long time no post. I had these exact same questions earlier this year. I needed to cut the whole back end off my Ultra Piet because the glue joints back there were all bad or at best suspect. I talked with the chief of the woodworking tent down at sun n...
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    Disaster averted

    Oh how I can sympathize! I had the same problem with my Acrolite. If you read the stations measusurements off the top of the drawing, they were correct, but they didn't add up the same on the bottom. It wasn't until after I had completely welded up my fuselage and was working on the cockpit...
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    What medium do you like?

    I wanted versatility that's part of the reason I picked the Acrolite. It has riveted tube and gusset aluminum tail feathers, wood or aluminum wings, wood turtledeck and cockpit interior, steel tube fuselage, welded aluminum tank, composite wingtips, fairings and cowling, build-our-own VW...
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    What ELSE do you do?

    Now that is a hard one Lessee, my current project list is: The Nimbus 2000 (my Acrolite) - all them **** ribs and finsh the engine building. The Caveat Empress (my RagWing Piet) - need to order some spruce. My partner's darkroom - need to finsh the base for the developing station and...
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    I'm tired of waiting!

    Alright Dude! For a total project cost under $12k, you probably cannot afford a kit. I have over $4000 in workspace mods, jigs and tools alone. So welcome to the plans built world. As grandaddy used to say, "Dinna worry tho laddie, a braw brain and a bit'o patience will take ya father than...
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    Vans RV-9 vs Zenith Zodiac XL

    Yeah Have you looked at the BearHawk? You are going to need the lifting capacity of a 4 seater since you and your gear alone equate to the FAA's 340 pounds for 2 standard people, never mind the cubic footage all that gear will take up. As someone menioned in another thread, nearly all the...
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    affordaplane

    The drum is both lighter and simpler. Most everyone uses Azuza wheels. Thier Azuzalite line of wheels and brakes are the lightest I know of are very popular with the Ultralite crowd. Jess, to faciliatate your engineering efforts you need to go to Aircraft Spruce and Wicks and get them to send...
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    affordaplane

    Jess You say individual in your post, so I'm assuming that there is just the one hand brake on the stick provided? Hydraulic brakes will be somewhat heavier than the mechanical systems. If you are planning to fly under Part 103, you need to be very circumspect when it comes to the weight...
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    Light Sport Plane Options

    Just for the sake of information A Light Sport aircraft is anything lighter than 1232 pounds, carries no more than 2 people, goes no faster than 132 mph and stalls at less than 44 mph. Pretty much any plane that fits these parameters can be operated as a Sport Pilot. A Citabria is too heavy...
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    Greetings, new guy, with a question

    pocket Reference Yep. That is probably it.
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    Greetings, new guy, with a question

    OK, I see what you mean now. The roof load is how much weight a roof can support expressed in pounds per square foot. The “dead load” is the strength of the roof for supporting its own weight. “Live load” describes how much strength the roof has for supporting weight that is put on the roof...
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    Greetings, new guy, with a question

    lemme get this straight You are building a 2 story 24' x 32' barn. Then you want to add a 38' door on it? I know you said you are going to tack on to the side of the building, but how are you... I gotta see the plan for this thing.
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    Only 60 hours...

    Short answer Go get a tailwheel endorsement. I've heard it only takes about 10 hours for old, long time tricycle drivers. You, with young reaction speed and real currency should be able to do it in less. Besides, it's FUN flying. Once you have the tailwheel endorsement, then you aren't...
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    New ideas and circumstances

    Congratulations Sounds like you should just combine all 3 projects and build the jet version of the CompAir. Of course, you'll have to wait until after Oshkosh before it is introduced.
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    trikes

    Nope Neither is inherently more dangerous than the other. The vast majority of aircraft crashes are due to poor decision making. Skipping the checklist for example and taking off from a cliff without your harness clipped in. Trying to fly an unfamiliar craft without instruction. Accidents that...
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    HBA Bookstore??

    Do I think it would detract from the site? No, the forums are what I come here for, and the presence of some or even many commercial links is no biggy. Particularly if you make it clear to everyone that buying stuff through your links keeps the forums online. That said, stay away from popups...
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    HBA Bookstore??

    Jman I also hang out on a Baseball forum, we have been using a "link to" to Amazon to help pay for the site for several years. I don't know how much it makes for us, I can ask if you like, but I pretty much all of us go to Amazon through the link, and Mick hasn't dunned us for upkeep money in...
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    Roll Call

    Here sir! Rosie the rivet... er, welder checking in on a cloudy stormy holiday Sunday in North Cackalacky. I'm supposed to be painting the house, but I can't do that with all the rain. Gee, I think I'm going to have to work on my airplane instead.
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    grass runway length

    Yep, that'd be a dream plane alright Your basic problem is that you want two completely different airplanes. one that can fly slow enough to go up and down in an elevator shaft, and the other a high and fast cabin cuiser. These design goals are almost mutually exclusive. However, if you have...
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    Hey johnny

    I remember we were discussing the generator or something on your Corvair conversion... it stuck up too much to suit you, but I can't remember which forum it was in... anyway, have you seen this? http://www.vw-engines.com/corvair/index.htm Whatcha think?
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