Marty_d

Ah - just found this advice which also meshes with yours.

"The manual states never to hit the prop shaft with a hammer (regardless of size or composition).  Correct procedure is to lightly coat the bores of the prop hub with anti-seize as well as the lugs themselves.  Using an M8x1.25 bolt (for the metric lugs 842634) and a deep 3/8 drive socket, draw the lugs into the hub by tightening the bolt.  This will get the lugs in 99% of the way.  Once the prop is installed and torqued to its specification, the lugs will seat themselves 100%.  "

On 14/05/2024 at 4:47 PM, IBob said:

They are........that or Aircraft Spruce.
And they are a very tight interference fit in the Rotax...I froze them, greased them lightly, then pulled them into place in the Rotax before mounting anything to them.
So sort out the required bolts and spacers to pull them all the way in before going to the freezer...)

Thanks Bob.  I bit the bullet and bought them from Bert Flood, and they're sitting in my freezer now.

I assume when you talk about pulling them into place with bolts and spacer, the spacer is a large socket or similar with the bolt and washer going through it, into the threaded insert on the back of the flange and tighten the bolt?

Also assuming it'd be wise to buy separate M8 bolts for this process and not use the ones that are going on the prop?

4 minutes ago, IBob said:

I saw a clever manufactured one recently. It had a transparent tube about the size of a drinking straw, you dip it in then put your finger over the top end, draw it out and the fuel level stays in the tube to be read against the marked strip it is attached to.

That sounds intelligent.  Easy to read and it'd never over-read, only under (if you let your finger slip a bit).

If you lightly oiled it, would it still work (and not wick?)

Here you go.

May not stop the W calls though.

https://www.skyshop.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=1534

Similar problem down here in southern Tas.

I'm going to want to find my plane somewhere to live in hopefully the next 12 months.  I'm on a waiting list for a short strip nearby (Sandfly) but it's very limited in the number of planes they allow there and also a strip which requires a bit of experience to use (I think they require 200 hours).

My only other option currently is park it in the open up at Tunbridge, about 1.5 hours drive away.

Hey all,

I want to mount the Bolly soon and looking at the hardware included - there are 6 bolts from hub to engine (drilled head M8x75), but no inserts for the prop flange.

So are those press fit things?  Where does one get them - are they a Bert Flood thing?

Thanks for any advice.

Cheers, Marty

Definitely don't covet my neighbour's ass.  His wench's ass, now that's another matter.

Beautiful.  Interesting footage of the takeoff - assume drone - hadn't seen a plane take off from that perspective before.

Why are tailwheels solid - is it just the size?  I would have thought a pneumatic with lower tyre pressure would prevent this.

Disclaimer - I know nothing about taildraggers.

4 hours ago, facthunter said:

Thou shall not covet thy neighbour's benches.  Nev

I thought it was only his wenches!

I want his workshop.  Those benches are beautifully made.

Thanks Danny, I need to install a couple of them.

Sounds and looks brilliant.  Well done Baz!

TWO planes and a motorbike in the garage! Lovely. 

Is there a best practice for aircraft weighing,  on normal scales?

Was there an alternative to lockwire? 

I have a vague recollection of someone saying some sort of welding wire was exactly the same and much lower in price. 

Not an expert here but I assume the design of the aircraft itself would have some impact on your regular angle of descent.  Drifter vs plastic fantastic, kind of thing.

Second jury strut done.  

(Which is when I discovered I've run out of AN3-6A bolts, and the AN3 washers.  Where's the best place to get these in Aus?)

We lived in Hervey Bay for a while when I was young.  Too hot.  Went back to Tassie.

I think both of you mean "brazed" unless you're talking about meat.

That's a beautiful landing.

Thanks Mike, that's a great idea. 

The developer may have written the article themselves and sent it to the magazine. 

I worked with a bloke whose wife sent a couple of articles to the local rag, they were just published without contact or fact checking. 

Thanks Planey!

Got one jury strut done today, the lessons learned from that should make the other one easier.