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Re: Sticker shock......
My W8 built between 1961 and 1965 cost $2200. Current cost of Cleveland wheels and brakes over $3000. Cost of 4130 tubing in early 60's was $.35 per foot
By Tailwind14855 · #89781 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
"Never let school interfere with your education." - Mark Twain [email protected]> wrote:
By Karl Wittnebel · #89780 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
I can¡¯t remember! I read all his books except for the one about seagulls. Something about a messiah as I recall might have been the one. It was 35 years ago that I read it! [email protected]>
By Christian Bobka · #89779 ·
Re: Tailwheel pushrod drawing
We checked the load on Clement's pushrod at 35lbs so we ordered heavier springs.
By Dennis Flamini · #89778 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
Which Bach book is that from? I think I¡¯ve read them all but don¡¯t remember that line. It has been a while¡­ [email protected]> wrote:
By Bob Wray · #89777 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
I always fall back to Richard Bach. ¡°Read a book. Make a couple of practice throws. Before long, you will be throwing knives like an expert.¡± That says it all. 90% of everything I know is
By Christian Bobka · #89776 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
Getting a little off topic here, but Mark Twain's comments on Cecil Rhodes remind me of a certain other South African richest-man-in-the-world; some things don't
By ProfJ · #89775 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
Karl, by coincidence right now I'm reading a collection of Mark Twain's insights, my whole family are readers, past, present, it is sad that today few young people are readers. Being elderly I can
By farmerjohn36x@... · #89774 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
https://myshortstories.org/eves-diary-mark-twain/4/
By Karl Wittnebel · #89773 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
Oh my mistake...that was Eve's Diary. [email protected]> wrote:
By Karl Wittnebel · #89772 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
I think that is the one where the water runs uphill at night, right? wrote:
By Karl Wittnebel · #89771 ·
Re: Sticker shock......
Yes, and it has been real since Mark Twain wrote ¡°A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court¡± and probably before that Red Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2025 10:40 AM To: TailwindForum
By red · #89770 ·
Sticker shock......
Was just looking through some of my old receipts and found my initial receipt for 99% of my fuselage tubing from "Dillsburg" in 2003 .....$162.65 and that included shipping.......I hear it's and arm
By Alex Frizzell · #89769 ·
Re: Calbie Wood Metal Wings
Right-O, Red. Remember the old ¡°Simplify, then add lightness¡±? ¨C That was the credo of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, an aero engineer and a flyer who is known more for doing few interesting
By Smoky · #89768 ·
Re: Flap setting for take off
Hi JimI am interested in the mechanism of the elevator of the W8 from the control stick up to the elevator, as you say its different from the W10. Would it be possible for you (or anybody) to send me
By Hans N¨²?ez · #89767 ·
Re: Calbie Wood Metal Wings
Remember what the Wright Brothers said - ¡°simplicate, and build in lightness.¡± wrote:
By Joe Norris · #89766 ·
Re: Calbie Wood Metal Wings
Adding weight is easy, subtracting weight is difficult Red Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TailwindForum] Calbie Wood Metal Wings It would be
By red · #89765 ·
Re: Calbie Wood Metal Wings
It would be pretty easy to add 10 lbs with thicker skin sheet or paint and filler. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM, Fridlo4 via
By Tom Siegler · #89764 ·
Re: Calbie Wood Metal Wings
I seem to recall that Callie claimed there was was no difference in weight between metal wings and finished wood wings. FWIW Fred
By Fridlo4 · #89763 ·
Re: In Memory Of Russ Hasenbalg
My condolences to Russ' family and many friends. I'm the current owner of his W10, N12038, which exhibits his great craftsmanship..Whenever possible, I always made it a point to stop in Baraboo and
By Dion Dyer · #89762 ·