Activity Stream

Posts Activity Stream

  1. Tree top pilot

    Posted · Edited by Tree top pilot

    Rush said "It's hard to beat Santa....".

    Now we are one very good bit closer to becoming a third world country....if things don't change. I guess I had better buy my prop before the company goes out of business. I pray things will change for the better too. My wife reminded me of the trials David went though before he was king. This is not over. I feel like something has to break. There are simply too many riders and not enough pulling the wagon now. I feel that if China tried to cash in they would be shooting themselves in the foot .....afterall the dollar stores and wallyworld would close the doors if not for that junk from over seas. I hear Australia is doing quit well.......their selling all their resources to China.

    I say impeach him and his cabinet for leaving American soldiers fighting to save lives and got no response for any plea. That's just one big thing that chaps my tailwheel. Now that the EPA new regs have been set to apply in 2013 a lot of small shops and business' will have to close or face the fines....not sure how that will play out....not enough details. Think coal fired power plants being shut down....

  2. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    I'm still in a state of shock.

    Never thought I would have to live in a bankrupt, communist country, but looks like that is where we are now!

    Figured out what www stands for: Welfare, women and wimps!

    ED in MO

    P.S. YES, Christine - WE all know that any Alaskan Woman is tougher than a Washington D.C. Wimp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    I used the Stewart System on N844RS, very user friendly. I also stapled my ribs with divergent SS staples. Goto to their site and download the CD,

    it's a great help. Russ.

    You could get a FREE 6-cd set by calling and telling them that you want to use their products. I have it, and it taught me more about covering and finishing than they did in AMT college.

    ED in MO

  4. EDMO

    Posted

    After Leni said that he tried tests on several different glues, and Gorilla glue was the best, I decided to try it on some backing strips of plywood on the leading edge plywood.

    My daughter was going to Walmart, so I asked her to get me some Gorilla WOOD glue. She came back with a bottle of the white stuff that looked like Elmers milk glue, but it was labeled Gorilla WOOD glue.

    I asked if there was any other Gorilla glue there, and she said there was some clear-looking.

    I tested the white Gorilla glue yesterday, and it doesnt seem to hold any better than Elmers glue.

    Dont know about the clear, but want to make sure that if you buy any, then get the coffee-colored glue that Leni used.

    ED in MO

  5. 1avidflyer

    Posted

    Thanks for the reply Leni, I would like to see the pics you have if you could post them. You must really have it figured out pretty good to be able to fly in that cold of weather! Thanks, Jim Chuk

    I have not seen a firewall mount, but I do have some pictures on my laptop that shows my heat muff (I think) Mine works great and I fly at -30 without gloves in the cockpit. I put 2 muffs on mine. The first one is on the down tube from the Y pipe. That "preheats" the air pretty darn good. Then it feeds into the normal muff around the expansion chamber and into the cockpit. Works very well for me!

    :BC:

  6. Russ.

    Posted

    I'll be covering soon using Stewarts also so let us know what you figure out.

    I used the Stewart System on N844RS, very user friendly. I also stapled my ribs with divergent SS staples. Goto to their site and download the CD,

    it's a great help. Russ.

  8. akflyer

    Posted

    Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any pictures of their firewall muffler mount. My Avid factory muffler mount is still okey, but I need to make a heat muff to warm up the cockpit. Having a firewall mount will allow the muff to be longer and that should let me get more heat off of it. Also if anyone has pics of their heat muff/heat system, I would like to see them. I'm in northern Mn, and am wearing a snowmobile suit allready when I go flying. Thanks, Jim Chuk

    I have not seen a firewall mount, but I do have some pictures on my laptop that shows my heat muff (I think) Mine works great and I fly at -30 without gloves in the cockpit. I put 2 muffs on mine. The first one is on the down tube from the Y pipe. That "preheats" the air pretty darn good. Then it feeds into the normal muff around the expansion chamber and into the cockpit. Works very well for me!

    :BC:

  10. akflyer

    Posted

    The price of ammo just went up... again. :-

    I have lots ..... I am amazed, disgusted and ashamed today. I pray the country can turn it around... The electoral college needs to go. Popular vote IS the majority of the people. We dont need any formulas to try and make it "fair".

    :nc:

  13. 1avidflyer

    Posted · Edited by Jim Chuk

    Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any pictures of their firewall muffler mount. My Avid factory muffler mount is still okey, but I need to make a heat muff to warm up the cockpit. Having a firewall mount will allow the muff to be longer and that should let me get more heat off of it. Also if anyone has pics of their heat muff/heat system, I would like to see them. I'm in northern Mn, and am wearing a snowmobile suit allready when I go flying. Thanks, Jim Chuk

  14. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Yes i will be stitching the ribs also i have the flat bottom ribs NOT the under-cambered ribs. also in the poly fiber manual revision 21: pg 19 says "you won't cement fabric to the ribs themselves, since later you'll use rib lacing or some other mechanical means to hold the fabric to the ribs". and I know you glue through the fabric to the ribs before applying the tapes. hmmm

    Thought you were using Stewarts - Polyfiber has nothing to do with their procedure - You could be using Ceconite, and it would still be Stewarts glue, paint and process. IMO, I think you should talk to Dan or Doug Stewart first.

    ED in MO

    P.S. My Avid Magnum manual says to use the staples in ribs instead of stitching?

  15. akflyer

    Posted

    Hey! Merrill is my home field and I own a hangar there. No transponder needed.

    But, then again KRRL is probably not what you are talking about.... hammerhead.gif

    yeah I think your right Larry, I dont think that was the one we had in mind :lol:

    :BC:

  16. akflyer

    Posted

    I dont have the manual here at work.. I thought there was another section on wooden wings. I could be wrong, its been a few years. You may be right and on the top side, I didnt glue to the ribs untill I had stiched them, then I glued them down then put on the tapes. Would make sense that the underside would be the same. For some reason, I thought you had the undercambered wings. My bad :lol:

    :BC:

  17. High Country

    Posted

    Yes i will be stitching the ribs also i have the flat bottom ribs NOT the under-cambered ribs. also in the poly fiber manual revision 21: pg 19 says "you won't cement fabric to the ribs themselves, since later you'll use rib lacing or some other mechanical means to hold the fabric to the ribs". and I know you glue through the fabric to the ribs before applying the tapes. hmmm

  18. akflyer

    Posted

    just to clarify i'm using Stewarts System but it should be the same though correct?

    Thanks for fast reply

    I dont know about stewarts... However, the polyfiber maual says to refer to your aircraft manufactures reccomendations for under cambered wings and light weight structures so you dont buckle them.. Like only shrinking to 275 MAX.

    :BC:

  19. akflyer

    Posted

    Awe baby thank you, minus the no sense part........... lol But its all in good fun so beerchug.gif

    And honey I don't have small hands, and so does that mean you have really big "junk"?

    party.gif

    Babe, I was trying to make Doug feel better... you just ruined it for him! :lmao:

    :BC:

  20. akflyerswife

    Posted

    Damn Doug, didnt your daddy teach you anything??? It is warm SMALL hands they need to have... makes your junk look bigger :lmao::lmao::lol:

    Shit, she married me, she must have one hell of a sense of humor... just no sense :snack::lol:

    In all reality, I could not have asked for a better one! Love you babe

    :BC:

    Awe baby thank you, minus the no sense part........... lol But its all in good fun so :beerchug:

    And honey I don't have small hands, and so does that mean you have really big "junk"?

    :party:

  21. Av8r3400

    Posted

    I'd say a call to Stewarts would not be out of order.

    Are you planning to stitch the ribs? That may lead to the details on how you want to lay glue on them.

  24. akflyer

    Posted

    No transponder is needed for coming into Merrill. It's not required for Lake Hood or the Lake Hood Airstrip either. The Alaska Supplement should have all the details you need. Merrill does have a control tower so you'd have to talk to them. There are quite a few experimental aircraft based at Merrill so I don't think that should be an issue.

    -Nate

    Thanks Nate! I was pretty sure that you didnt need one. There are SOME exceptions though depending on what departure route you want to take!!

    Stay out of ANC class B and you should be good to go.

  25. akflyer

    Posted

    Just breaking some stones, I had faith in ya bro! Christine, you're A-OK in my book, girl's gotta have a sense of humor first and foremost. Although warm hands are a -very- close second! lmao.gif

    Damn Doug, didnt your daddy teach you anything??? It is warm SMALL hands they need to have... makes your junk look bigger :lmao::lmao::lol:

    Shit, she married me, she must have one hell of a sense of humor... just no sense :snack::lol:

    In all reality, I could not have asked for a better one! Love you babe

    :BC: