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  1. High Country added a post in a topic Empty weights   

    We kept ours very minimal, 582 pull start, no interior, dual wing tanks, HH rib spacing/spars, very basic and came in at 526lbs. My goal was to keep it under 550 so I'm happy with it. performs nicely 
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    There is a micro-polish kit you can buy to take scratches out of Plexiglas, but is probably cheaper and easier to just replace the thin stuff we use.
    For those overpriced factory "certified" parts, the kit may be cheaper.
    EDMO
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  3. EDMO added a topic in Technical tasks   

    CONNECTING BOWDEN CABLE HOUSINGS?
    I think most everyone knows what a Bowden cable housing is -
    My question: If you want the housing, not the wire, as two pieces joined together, how do you join them?
    I am thinking about making my trim cable in two pieces for easier assembly of the elevator to the fuselage.
    EDMO
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  4. High Country added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    I also had the original 20+ yr old piece of lexan and tried everything I could come up with because I was to stubborn to just buy a new sheet. In the end it was not worth it and I wound up with several scratches on my windshield and I'm already planning to change it. Should have just got a new sheet FWIW just my .02
     
    good luck  
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  5. RDavidson added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    Thanks guys!
    Thanks for all the info Doug!
    I will try it all on the flat pieces that can be replaced. The turttledeck is shaped, bent 90 degrees on the edges, so maybe I will figure out the best way before I get to it.

    Thanks,
    Ron
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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    I was thinking about the cost of the .108 or .118 Lexan we got for the Cub at about $90 locally.
    EDMO
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    I had mine finished and painted - waited to move before doing paperwork and flights - dropped it off of the trailer in the Yukon - stripped it down, repaired and modified, and still trying to get it finished.
    If I had never flown before, I would have given up by now. Too stubborn to quit!
    EDMO
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  8. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    Well even the best pilot has a bad day sometimes... How does that saying go about those who have ground looped and those that will (every taildragger pilot) None of us is perfect, and one day it's liable to be our turn... I've had several turns already! LOL Jim Chuk
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  9. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    Last sheet of lexan I got was from Seeley Plastics. They have a office/warehouse in Duluth Mn. It was .060 x 4' x 8' and it was $50. I picked it up so there was no shipping charge. Check the plastic suppliers online before you pay Aircraft Spruce's price. Spruce wants twice what I paid, and shipping would probably have been $30 or more. Jim Chuk
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  10. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    For the record, Dave's reaction is "Not my problem.  I ain't gonna fix the damn thing."
     
    So I am sick for him.
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  11. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    It just makes me sick.  I watched Dave build this plane.  He lost a ton of money from what he had in it, not to mention the thousands of hours of his time.
     
    He sold the plane to a wonderfully talented pilot, a young man who lives in Hawaii, but the plane was to be kept in Oregon at the hangar complex of the owner of Oregon Aero, a friend of his, also an accomplished pilot.  I just wonder who was at the controls to do such a stupid stunt.
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  12. EDMO added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    I hear you Larry,
    My buddy's Luscombe was champion at Osh - now with repaired LG, mixed paint, etc, it is nowhere near what it used to be - but will fly again - all it takes is $$$ and time, but he is a perfectionist - I tell him that I wont build a show plane - every nice collector vehicle I have owned, someone crashed into it and ruined it!
    EDMO
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  13. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    Ed, look at the photos at the start of this thread.  This WAS an Airventure 2011 Award Winning, better than new restoration, that is now for all intents destroyed.
     
    Yes a bent spar and folded gear.  That also means the fuselage is twisted, the engine (was zero time) is junk until full tear down, prop is junk, all of the near perfect fabric work will need to be torn off, new interior gutted, and on and on.
     
     
     
    It is just sickeningly sad.  Stupidity killed Scruffy (the Nickname Dave gave her from her humble beginnings).
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  14. EDMO added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    a 4x8 Lexan is between $80 and $100 - probably more aggravation than that in trying to clean old stuff, and you can still end up with scraps.
    EDMO
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic Piper Clipper   

    NTSB only said that LG and one spar were damaged - I thought a plane still lived as long as the Data Plate was still there?
    EDMO
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  16. EDMO added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    Hopefully, "critical condition" was a mistake.
    EDMO
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic Empty weights   

    Where is the engine and prop? I'm sure its in the 420 lbs.
    Is that a set of seat covers in photo? I was going to sell you some.
    Looks like you have reinforced the longerons for that cool Big LG.
    EDMO
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  18. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    I had it pegged as a PT-19 from the photos, but basically the same design...
     
    Last I saw they were listing his condition "critical". 
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  19. dholly added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    Heard it on the news before you posted.
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  20. EDMO added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    Did you have to look that up?
    ED
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  21. dholly added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    1942 Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    This was not in his Beaver - But a WW2 open tandem cockpit trainer I cant identify - PT something?
    Looks in a lot better shape than one Pursang that we know about!
    Any progress on the rebuild this winter, Lostman?
    EDMO
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  23. dholly added a post in a topic HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED   

    Lost engine after take off, attempted to return and almost made it. Hell of an effort to find what looked like the tiniest piece of open real estate in a v-e-r-y densely populated area. Bravo to lostman and Harrison, tearing up the course!
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  24. EDMO added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts   

    HARRISON FORD CRASH LANDED
    Report from son saying Harrison is OK, but battered - Landed on Golf course about 10 seconds from home airport in CAL. Looks like LG wiped out, radial engine mount broke, wings level - fuselage not bad either.
    EDMO
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  25. Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal   

    I tried heat, Goo Gone and mineral spirits.  None made it easy.  In the end, my stubborn determination got it off, but I probably would have been better served buying a new piece.
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