SkyPirate
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
if a person is going for sport pilot ,..but gets a standard private pilot student/physical card,..he can take his flight test in a 172/152/etc if he goes to the FSDO or an IA to acquire his Sport Pilot student ticket ( Sport Student Certificates are free and good for 5 years) he can not take his flight test in a 152/172 etc it has to be a ELSA or with exception LSA,..for the flight test the instructor has the option to remain on the ground with radio contact with student ( a must for single seat LSA) or he can ride along if he chooses in a 2 seat LSA
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Big Boy Toys
the VA gives me cholesterol meds,..I'm border line on the bad and good with the good I fluctuate between 200 n 210 ..6' tall but still can fit in my fatigues that were issued in 1977
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
I have one of them old fashioned circulating 200,000 BTU wood furnaces ,..it eats a cord of wood every 2 to 3 weeks,..it has 4 cold air returns connected to the circulation fan that's mounted in the plenum ,..heating a 3 floor 10,000 square foot house and we have to crack the windows on the top floor or it will drive you out unless the temp is at zero f even with the thermostat set at 70,..summertime is nice though,..1/2 ton AC unit cools the house nicely even in 100F degree heat I have 8" walls with R30 throughout
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic replacement wing tanks!
the only way a welded tank will work in a kitfox avid wing is to make it a full floater and have an over sized tube put thru on the right angle for a cross brace to be installed thru it,..fore and aft connect points of the tank would have to be rubber mounted in a fashion to allow .25" flex up and down so by doing this a compression tube would also be needed to replace the existing tanks function as a compression tube,..one of the possible down falls,..when the wing is in fold position..you might get allot more flex ie twist which would absolutely require transport braces if trailered
the other option if you have the tools required to do it is make a tank that has rolled seams with tank sealer in the rolls / folds,..it wouldn't be hard to do ,..using 3003 aluminum it has good working properties with enough rigidity to hold any manipulated forms.// in the attached pic is how it would look ready to fold the seams..
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Let's talk gear geometry
I agree totally superavid,..if your going to go larger diameter tubes they should also be thicker,..if someone wanted to keep the same OD tubes but go thicker,..options cut out the tube and replace with thicker same OD tube or cut the tube at either furthest point possible on one end or the other ,..but not so far that the inner tube can not be slid back past the cut joint and slide a tube inside then drill and fill weld ,..then re weld joint that was cut,..I'd stagger the drill holes so there is no linear stress on the outer tube
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Let's talk gear geometry
Fox if you could have put a couple points about 3 inches long ,,1 at top of forward gear leg 90 degrees to leg and one at the bottom and then put a string between them so you could see it parallel with the forward gear leg from the front,..I wonder how much it would have slacked at impact
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Let's talk gear geometry
if a person could incorporate the shocks that are used in a soft tail Harley, they are designed for extraction loads not compression,..at the bottom of the stroke the oil works as a damper versus when you bottom out the spring it's solid,..the solid "Bang" of bottoming out is what instigates the deformation of the tubes, sending a ripple down the shock rod to the axle weldment at the wheel back up the forward gear leg,..take the "Shock or Bang" and add the fulcrum of the wheel center being close to 8 inches outward of the axle weldment junction,..which adds warpage to the forward gear leag like a bow,..bendind inward,..there is allot going on at once and the weakest link will deform and sometimes to the point of failure.
is anyone familiar with Challenger's fiber glass upgrade on the mains? if you could replace the front gear leg with a similar round fiberglass rod,..when the coil spring bottomed out,..this would transfer the "Shock" to the forward gear leg which would then dampen the forces that would be normally put on a tube,..yes it adds weight,..,..but now you have also added flex for when the spring gets compressed completely
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Enclosed trailer for Mark IV Speedwing
There are dealers that provide trailers for the kitfox aircraft at the factory, check out the site, i want a goose neck enclosed trailer for my plane so i have room up front of the trailer for camping quarters
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Enclosed trailer for Mark IV Speedwing
they make 102" wide trailers with 8' doors ,..just finding the right manufacturer
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic 21/4 airspeed
today I was cruising airspeed 115 ..gps said 117 ,,pretty calm for the most part but weather was saying 5 mph winds ( tail wind at the time) so my ASI is off 2 mph
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic To the Apple fanboys: how you liking your iOS 7 upgrade?
I got notice of #3 upgrade to the 7, havent pulled the trigger on it yet
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
lol back when Keaton was more of a comic
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
on one of my phantoms I had a 503 free air DCDI with a tuned pipe,..can't remember the name of the pipe but man that thing would snap you back and hang on the prop if you wanted ,..if your into aerobatics without worry of your ship coming apart..the phantom is a great platform
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
gotcha..most of my 2 cycle rotax were free air,..I only had one inverted mount on a quicksilver that had the fan and duct work
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
but in my mind heat rises,..so an upside down engine isn't using the fins on the head to cool much heat,..its going into the block
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
the only advantage of mounting the engine upside down that I have seen is routing the exhaust and upside down the cowl can be 1/2" from the engine to top cowl
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
lol but hooking 220 leads one on yer big toe and one on yer ear isn't going to help lol
chances are when the current meets in the middle your voice will forever change lol
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
thinking your right on the B box Tbucket
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers
doesn't the Happi conversions use a tapered prop hub? I wonder if this could be adapted to fit if its the same size taper,..for a belt reduction
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic V8 Miata
if your going to do straight line racing 54/46 is ok if you make the back suspension soft,..if your going for road racing 51/49 is best,,at 50/50 she will push in corners because your front tires will get hotter quicker due to equal weight trying to push it straight,,and between braking and push ,,she wont turn good,..51/49 if you set the car for the corners meaning set up for power slides as you enter each corner ,,the front will still have good control and you will fly around corners
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
the wife
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
LOL I know your right Ed ..my 43 year old wears me out lol can't imagine 2 20 year olds ..but then ahh never mind lol the good ole days ah heck I'll tell ya,..back when I was in my youth my dad caught me in his camper with 3 girls,,.it's like 1 am,,the camper is rockin..all of a sudden there is a rap on the windshield..it was a Cobra Camper,so you could look all the way tnhru to the back..my dad has a flash light and is shining it on the girls lol he says "Chase~! is that you?? when you get done! Don't do it again~!! what are the neighbors going to think?!!! lol the next day..HE told all the neighbors ha ha ..thinking he was a proud dad that day,..so my point..at least I have some good memories~! lol
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic quarter windows
When i replace my door windows and turtle deck with brone lexan, the top as well just leave the windscreen clear
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
to be honest..she is a great girl..but,,if it ever does not work out,..she will not be replaced unless she has a wheel sticking out of her ass and a set of wings on her shoulders
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife
I got married late in life at age 45,..Chris was 36 ,...before we got married I told her I fly,..I fish,,I hunt,..if there is a problem with this ,,we need to put it on the table now,,she said no problem,.. so when I bought a new crossbow,..and she said why did you get a new crossbow? my reply ..I need it to bow hunt,..the old one was worn out,..and I didn't want to spend the money on an old model to bring it up to todays spec's,...she didn't say anything to that,..fishing season comes,..I buy a new fishing pole,..she asks "why did you get a new fishing pole? I replied,,because the old one was worn out and rather then pay to bring it up to todays spec's ..I bought a new one,...one day she comes home ...says she is beat,..nees a vacation..I asked her " feeling worn out baby? ...long silence ,,and she walks up stairs after giving me a look like "Why? you going to replace me with a new one?" lol
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