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mine has foam seal with silicone spread on to the three exposed sides of it .I did it that way on the doors also and it seemed to work well
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I used foam door seal with the sticky back. I insulated the cockpit side of the firewall so I had something for the foam to stick to. I have seen guys seal it off with muffler wrap riveted to the steel firewall as well.
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The directions for the Magnum say to use silicone to seal the firewall to the fiberglass...
What have you guys used?
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I fixed the stuck pucks! I plugged the line end of the brake caliper then connected a grease gun to the bleed nipple. A few pumps later and the pucks started moving! Easy! I hope this helps the next guy, I was really worried I was going to have to ruin the pucks to get them out!
Thanks,
Ron
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Leni, Please give us a damage report when you get to talk to the pilot.
EDMO
Ed, It sounds like a little fabric work and a couple ribs and he will be good to go.
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Randy, I'm pretty sure "wash prime" is what was used on the plane we looked. Stewart Systems also has a pretty good method for etching then painting aluminum. They have videos that you can watch on u-tube.
Jackak
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We have one of the sites here at work out by STP. It gets nasty out there with winter storms.. for the last 3 or 4 days its been in the 40s and sunny and the roads are getting muddy.. Yesterday we awoke to 10 and snowing.. today its still spitting a little snow. Folks dont know and cant understand cold till they have worked in these conditions up here.
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Akflyer, You are qualified for a lot of things, but not for a lumberjack
Never stand in the path when the guy with the saw has his back turned to you... but thanks for saving the tigermoth! hahahahahahaha I can still see that plain as day in my head.
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What he was using sounds more like what you described Leni; it was a self etching coating for aluminum and left it with a nice gold finish.
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You guys are making me doubt what I heard now but I am pretty sure that was it. Maybe Jack can confirm if I heard it correctly. The reason given was the molding process. The have to insert a bladder into the mold to form the inner surface of the tire and they cannot get it back out of the 6" rim. The ABW use an old technology and hand layup process and I am not sure if he said they use a bladder that stays in the tire, but they seal it up like an innertube so it is different than a normal tire. The GoodYear 26" blimp tires use another "old" technology with a very thin and flexible inner bladder that they can just barely get out of the 6" rim. He said that when GoodYear wears it out, that will be the last of them.
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I've got a real nice Alaska Alpha Wolf headdress - guess I should sell it, because I never wear it.
EdMO
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He probably does - I have another "gun for fun" - but don't we all? I think it cost me about $250K every time I shot it.......Finally got smart and started shooting blanks!
EDMO
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Sorry, I had the idea that Desser and Carlisle were the same, or in the same market - Thought desser only was sales of others tires.
Thanks for the info.
I agree that it sounds stupit to make tires for 8 inch wheels, for aircraft, when 99% of small planes use 6 inch wheels.
EdMO
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Akflyer, You are qualified for a lot of things, but not for a lumberjack
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Use to work on the Dew Line in Barrow Alaska.
Winter 60 below blowing 100 mph off the ocean.
That was a little chilly.
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Ihave been wondering that myself. I asked guys that years ago. I told them to walk around Airventure and tell me how many 8" wheels you see. They looked at me like I was a dumbass.
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That makes a couple of sources, now. I stand corrected if it is so...
McBean would have no reason to "convince" them to do an 8" wheel. He doesn't even sell 8" wheels. Not on the new planes or even as a replacement part. Even Kitfox is a very limited market for an 8" tire. The 10" I can see, but 8"??
I don't get it.
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Larry, I agree with you it would be profit suicide, but Randy spoke with the dresser guys at the trade show and they also told him that the 27" would be for 8" wheels.. and 31" for 10" wheels.. Hopefully the dresser guys are screwed up and giving out bad info. I guess its possible that Jmac talked them into making the 27" for the 8" douglas but damn is that a limited market. You can get replacement douglas wheels, but you have to drill 3 more holes in them and have the lugs welded in for the brake rotors.
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Ed, look at their website. They make aircraft tires, only. You may be thinking of Carlisle Tire. They make tires for everything, plus a ton of other stuff.
I don't understand the idea of an 8" tire marketed for airplanes. I question his data. The McBean post. Here is the original press release again. Link
The only 8" wheel on any airplane (that I know of) is the Kitfox-Douglas setup. I know some of you guys like them, but I don't. The brake setup sucks ass, the tire selection is minimal (Nancos or knobby atv), if you bend or break one - good luck finding a replacement, they aren't available to purchase as a new item, and on and on.
If I were tooling up a manufacturing operation to make AIRCRAFT tires, I surely wouldn't make them in 8" wheel size. That's profit suicide.
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He may have somewhat copied a design - but the proof is in the flying - I would like to see him fly the pattern and land, before getting his hopes up. Any word on "Kenya Aircraft"? Anyone invested in the stock?
EDMO
Norman building an ultralight
in Hangar Talk
ChrisBolkan
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I think the guys southern accent and the story angle from the press has everyone thinking he is a backyard hack.
What I see looks like a well engineered ultralight vehicle. I think he said it weighs just over 100Lb. If that is true he has accomplished amazing feat. From what I saw on the video the workmanship is exceptional.
I've only looked at the links posted here so that is all I am basing my opinion on.
The giant water crossing dream seems a bit far fetched, but who knows?
Time will tell if it actually flies or if it turns out to be a joke.