Re: Sheet metal questions
Awesome Thanks! ? -DjD [email protected]> wrote:
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DjD
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Dan, great builders log, you did some great fabrication work.
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Alex Frizzell
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Here you go: ?https://eaabuilderslog.org/?blproject&proj=7Z1b6GTJh&sid=8KOcjMjDV&dosid
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Keith Klos
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Was there a link to the pictures that I missed? I would like to see them but would not particularly like the hunt... Sent from my Pixel 5a [email protected]> wrote:
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DjD
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Thanks Mike.
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Dan Gidzinski
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Re: Covering material quantities
Thirty years of Polyfiber with their brand of urethane color on my Cessna 140. Always hangared. Looks new still. [email protected]> wrote:
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Christian Bobka
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Re: Covering material quantities
Your post suggests thet JC recommended Air Tech and Loehle. He DID NOT. Clement #10 has the same issues I.ve experienced on m y W10. Serious cracking on many areas of upper surfaces. My W10 is dacron
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Tailwind14855
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Re: Covering material quantities
Before deciding on Stits I suggest you research some of JC's comments on covering.? Save yourself a lot of time with AirTech or Loehle systems.? Results are excellent.
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jsnerstrom@...
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Re: Covering material quantities
That is excellent information, thank you , thank you for that.?Sent from my Galaxy
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Jim Schmidt
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Re: Covering material quantities
Jim I used 36 yds of Ceconite fabric, C-102-3, 7 gallons of poly brush, 5 gallons of poly spray, 4 gallons of polytone plus a quart of grey for interior, 3 quarts of polytak cement, and7 gallons of
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WILLIAM
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Re: Elevator pushrod
The W8 fuselage drawing shows tube centerlines. The W10 drawings show outside tube dimensions. The Baraboo? W10's were built from W8 drawings with penciled in changes. I measured the cabin dimensions
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Tailwind14855
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Re: Elevator pushrod
I am building a VR3 Fuselage. I have found it to be fantastic. Right or wrong, it matches the Aircraft Spruce plans. I have found only one obvious mistake on the horizontal inboard rib, but was easily
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Terry Burch
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Dan, I looked at your photos.? Nice work! and I'm jealous of your workshop :)
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Mike Wilson
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Re: Elevator pushrod
Idler with rod end bearings eliminated the need for rotating fitting on the aft end of forward pushrod.
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Tailwind14855
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Re: Elevator pushrod
I made a lot of small changes in the elevator controls. One major one was to use an idler which allows two separate tubes. The idler requires a larger fuselage cross tube to mount the idler fittings
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Tailwind14855
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Since this is the last time I¡¯ll build anything most likely, I wanted to press the easy button just once in my life. I ordered a new Titan O-340 which was delivered in June after 18 months on order.
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Dan Gidzinski
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Dan,? I hear ya about the pictures, I have slowed down computer updates as well. ?Not so sure I¡¯ll finish before you¡my progress has slowed a bit, some of it due to the head scratching moments
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Matt W
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Re: Elevator pushrod
Terry,? No, not a VR3 fuselage. ? Picked up tubing wherever I could find it during the pandemic. ? Matt
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Matt W
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Re: Sheet metal questions
Thanks everyone for the advice. Matt, I just dumped a bunch of pictures on the EAA builders log thing. I've been meaning to do that, but hate messing around with the computer and loading pictures etc.
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Dan Gidzinski
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Re: Elevator pushrod
Thanks Matt for the steer to your builders log. Great help! Question, is your fuselage from VR3? It looks exactly like mine.
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Terry Burch
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