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Hi all, Here are a few pics of Karl Frickelton's beautiful W10. Karl is based at Baraboo (KDLL). It is one of the best built Tailwinds that I have seen. He is flying off the remaining hours in phase 1. It sounds very nice and Karl says it really "goes". Karl and I met at Reedsburg (C35) for lunch today. I will let him share any other details but Karl is now an official member of the local "lunch group" that fly to various lunch locations from various airports in this area in all different types of airplanes. Some of the aircraft that attend at various times are an RV4, C150, PA28, Beech Travel Air, Beech Bonanza, Tailwind W10, Mooney, C172, Zenith 750 and others. We don't have anything structured but rather just make some calls or send a text out and those that can come do come and others wait till the next time. Kind of like what we did during COVID when we did "sack lunch Sunday". The weather is finally starting to get better so we hope to do more in the coming months. Rick and I are in the process of planning the next big EPIC Adventure. Two candidates for our trip this year. One to the Northwest and to the farthest most west airport and to see the Spruce Goose and then another possibility to go to the North East as far east and north as we can go. Keith

I have a question pertaining to the install of the carb onto both intake manifold and the air box? I'm assuming a gasket is used? Is there a gasket on both surfaces? Should any gasket sealant be used in addition, if so which type? Also what is an approx torque setting for the carb bolts on a ma3spa carb? Thank you all, greg

Scholtz W10 and Clement CAFE airplane have both been relisted on Barnstormers as well as a W8 project less engine.

Recently someone had asked for info on how to mount their auto pilot servos but I can't find that thread. Today I had my fuselage open in order to work on the ELT and thought I would take some pics of how I mounted my AP servos. As you can see I had welded two tabs on the bottom diagonal in the rear and also on a cross tube in the front. I then ran two angle aluminum pieces fore and aft with some additional cross angles to mount each servo on. Hope that helps. Keith

Today I replaced the two small batteries (not the main transmit battery) on my ACK 406 ELT system. One was for the small "alert cartridge" that has a beeper in it and one was for the remote testing/activation unit. I had the alert unit mounted on the fuel tank with Velcro and of course the remote unit in the panel. Alert unit was easy to change the battery as I just unplugged it and took it out to replace the battery. The other unit was not so easy as I had it mounted with some machine screws with nuts on the back side. If I was to do it again, I would put nut plates back there. These batteries are to be replaced every 10 years so it was my first time. Upon replacing the batteries I did the 90 day self test and got a 5 beep error code. It had been awhile since I had tested it but it worked fine that last time. Needless to say, I was not real pleased and thought perhaps, I had did something wrong in the installation of the new batteries. a 5 beep code indicates "high VSWR or high current" I called ACK and he said it might indicate a bad coax connection to the ELT antenna and that changing those little batteries would not cause that. He said check the BNC connections and if still a problem send it back ( probably $$$$). I did some internet research and found that it is possible that a low main battery could possibly cause that also AND that if the battery is very cold it reduces the voltage and could also cause it. This main battery is due for replacement in November of 2025 so thought maybe that was the problem So I opened up the rear of the fuselage and checked the connections. They seemed OK although one of them seemed a little "tight" and I was not sure it had seated properly. Anyway got that all squared away and tried the test again and STILL got the 5 beep error code. It had been about 18 degrees last night so I decided to go ahead and try to warm up the main battery. Put my little cockpit ceramic heater back there and pointed it at the battery for 15 minutes and tried it again and it worked! I am attaching a pic of the ELT mounting. There had been a question recently about antenna mounting. You can see about where my antenna is mounted if you follow the coax cable. The pic doesn't show the mount but it is just mounted to a diagonal tube about 1 inch above the top of that pic. So if you have an ACK 406 ELT and you have this problem it might possibly be the cold battery. Note that this post probably doesn't apply for those of you that are smart enough to live in a warmer climate. :) Keith

Hello everyone, did some searching but could not find any pictures.. In preparation for covering the fuselage I am working through all of the wiring.. I would like to mount my ELT antenna (ACK E-4 125.5/406) inside the fuselage behind the baggage area. Can any of you post some photos of a good mounting location? As usual, thank you for all for your help! Andy

I am looking for examples of carb heat door fabrication. I have the Max aero cowl and Brian Alley's scoop. any photos or drawing (or hand sketches) would be appreciated. Thanks Dan Coffey

I'm using stewarts for my fabric system and I'm having difficulty getting the fabric tight at the 90 degree junction of the vertical stabalizer to top fuselage. In the image, the area of concern is where the white tape is. Can anyone help me that has figured this out. Up till now, I can only get the fabric loosely installed making a visually and aerodynamically unfit finish. Thanks

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First, a bit of back story, I did not build this airframe.. it was started in 80's and 90's. I took over this project from Jim Howell.. I only have a photo album full of actual pictures of the original build..otherwise we're trying to finish this airplane without much info. I bought Matco MC5 and am trying to set them up and the brake geometry has got us scratching our heads. The lower tabs anre not exactly welded straight, not sure if there was a reason as to why, or perhaps trying to match the build of the pedals. Toe brakes have the upper arms welded on top of the pedals (Unlike what JC has said to weld them lower on the upper toe brake parts) which add to the angle being wrong.. I am trying to figure out if I should just rebuild the lower mounting tabs to lower the MC's all together to get the angles right? Here are some pictures. One pic from the original builder as he was testing them out, but I cant think that taxi'ing around would also actuate the brakes based on the location and the angle of the MC's. I also can have Matco swap out the shafts to their shorter shafts which *I THINK* would achieve the same effect as lowering the lower mounting points? Any thoughts, other pics, suggestions, advice highly appreciated! Andy