gareth lacey

Hi all you WA aviators ,i will be visiting Albany 23,24 april anyone want to catch up for coffee and talk all things aircraft

Wings are similair to rv6 hershey bar style with 75 litres in each d box tanks are constructed of fibreglass ,wider than a rv 1200mm shoulder to shoulder plenty of rudder authority slider canopy and longer by 300mm, 165 hp engine ,so slightly rv ish but with my own differences

No i am using1.6 mandrel bends and cutting of holes in tube easy to weld and a small muffler all ms  i dont have tig gear any more so ss tig is out i recently welded a new pipe on a 40 year ol ms pipe on a 172 so ms does and can last for many years,it will last me anyway

I am a bit of a loner myself on my build but do ask a lot questions of others if i dont know also did a lot of research on this build i prefer to work alone but  i do have experienced people to ask (builders of homebuilt) i come from a background in fabrication and sheetmetal so can and have applied my experience to my build  i am about to fabricate my exhaust headers pipes for my engine

I built my fuselage frames on a 1.2x5.0 table  no jig but when I joined the frames I did use a pre made timber frame to get it aligned , and as my aircraft is scratch built it's mostly made up as I go forward just a general plan in my head here are 2 pics

Hombuilt seems to be on the wane here other than lots of  vans aircraft 

4 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

What’s wrong with buying from the US when they have high volume fresh stock, lower pricing, faster delivery.

During my build i sourced parts from us but the freight was sometimes twice as cost of part recently purchased a psru freight was 150 more than cost of part i have purchased from czech and ukraine freight was very modest

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

Near Lismore I would think. Ballina is one of the worst places so it turns out for potential flooding.  Nev

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Survey perhaps,a friend in brissie does this just did Melbourne and in 23 did launceston also cairns

I have just sealed my sump on engine with permeatex grey  seems to be the go

Just found out that the owner of wedgetail aircraft  Ray Tollhurst who took over garry morgans business has passed away in dec 23 ,i spoke to him about stuff for my build in the last 2 years mainly fibreglass parts very helpful and friendly  condoleces to the family

I have made my own mounts and used Nolathene 80, 38 dia and machine and drilled 10mm  28 thickness (different engine , but the stiffness is great

Talk to kg wilson this forum he has one at grafton

1 hour ago, kgwilson said:

Chapter 11 in the US is a bit like voluntary administration here. In the Australian case an administrator is appointed to oversee the situation and hopefully get the company back to solvency, though more often it is a wind up & then working out the cents in the dollar to secured creditors and unsecured creditors after other things like wages, salarys etc have been worked through.

 

Vans has a fantastic reputation and their designs are as valid today as they always were. Just like the Cessna 172. I understand that owners of Vans aircraft are going to leap to the defence of the organisation, but you do not reach a point of insolvency through bad luck. This is through some bad business decisions often in response to a market downturn or shift in customer needs or demand. Sometimes what may seem at the time like overly harsh measures have to be taken. It is owners of companies they have founded with a high level of emotional attachment who most often fail to see the wood for the trees.

 

My earlier comments still stand.

But, liquidators are only doing it for themselves at ridiculous hourly rates.  4 weeks work Case , a very good friend had 2 contracts go belly up, lost almost $250,000 and was cash strapped , he could not pay his debts liquidator appointed, they clawed back $ 130,000 guess how much their fees were ,you guessed it $130,000 they are parasites , anyway ten years later he is now a millionaire with his factory work premises in the 1.8 value , and his own house is debt free,  no debts and is a  financially sound business, he also paid the small business debts off that he owed Liquidators = parasites ,bottom feeders

Sorry , yes , i have all my rubber profile for my build from them 

Swift agencies in Beenliegh has all types of rubber and mouldings

There was a nearly finished one for sale on Ras ads  last year built by a genius sparky in Mareeba if i remember correctly i purchased some parts from him for my build ,if you look back on Ras  ads you can find it , 

Coldsign make thier own in house best prices and can get offcuts as wrll used it(green colour) for all of my fibreglass molds they have it in 25,30,40,50,100sheet thickness

Try coldsign in coopers plains

Used these in another build worked fine , Sensotec dual switchable gauge, not flown still building wings, and i only have 160mm depth in tanks and the mechanical ones are not that good in bigger tanks,only from my experience and also easier to get at in top of tank side mounted not very accessible in my build( d box ends areflush to tank

Cheers Gareth

here is the type i am using in my baffled D box f/glass 75 litre wing tanks sensor.htmsensor.htmsensor.htm

OOPs sorry cured poly on the sonex ,the canopy and front screen are large curves ,should hae no problem bending that 

Low wing sort of RV ish ( my own scratchbuilt) Makron polycarbonate, 2mm forms quite easily bends twists rolls my estimated top speed is approx 160knots but will cruise in the 130 area for fuel economy you must leave plastic cover on when working it i see from sonex it has bent angles  it will bend ok use a heat gun but very carefully I have smashed an offct of 2mm with a big hammer it only dented no cracking ,

cheers Gareth

I purchased a full sheet 2mm thick they cut my windscreen size also, then i shaped cut to pattern curved around ok this also stiffened it , it is clear polycarbonate (makron) drill holes larger than fixing and no riveting make sure edge distance is sufficient.,i had my fibreglass molds already made drilled a few fixing holes and the sealed /glued with sika 21 held together with 3/16 clecos for 2 days till cured than fixed to fuse for trial all ok, take off and wrap in old sheets till final assembly , make sure to leave plastic cover on till you fix permantly or you will scratch it (ask me how i know lol) 

1. yes receive icon appears

2. no squelch on both radios 

3. not tried that 

23,24,25 joined as factory mute

not sure how to get connection for earplug for audio