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  1. Marty_d
    That's brilliant! Can't wait to see the finished skin.
  2. Marty_d
    Maybe they're REALLY strong guys?
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    I don't understand how he managed to start and fly a twin engine aircraft if he wasn't trained as a pilot. Guessing it's got constant speed props too? I wouldn't be able to do that, at least not well.
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    Firstly happy Father's Day to all the dads out there - pretty much most of us I guess, not to mention Granddads and in at least one case (Spacey) Great-Granddads! So while this is not exactly a plane update, it is a shed update which involves the plane, 'cos I can't move the plane until I finish the shed and I can't really work on the plane until I move it. Started the weekend at 6am Saturday, by 8am I had the entire end wall removed, by 9:30 I had the new bay window section in (I had pre-built that over the last few weeks), by the end of Saturday the wall was framed up and mostly rough-sarked to protect the inside from any rain. Today I put the foil on properly and taped the joins then placed the window and screwed the reveal to the frame. Still have to fill and properly seal around the window, then I can put the little roof over the top (got the material for that), then batten out over the sarking and put on the EcoPly cladding. Photos tell the story...
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    For sh*t stirrers and reasonable people alike - Social Australia is the place for that "debate".
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    Just goes to show - sometimes you have to bite the bullet and try it. I've been dithering about fitting gas struts to the doors because I thought it'd be complicated to work out how much they had to lift etc. However I'd bought a couple to hold open a little vertically-opening cupboard door in the shedroom, and I only ended up using one. So I tried the other one on the plane. It works! All of $4.58 from Bunnings (down to $4.50 with PowerPass!)
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    You'd think so, wouldn't you... but I've talked to a helicopter pilot who has spent hours hovering over cherry trees to dry them. I couldn't quite see how that made financial sense either but apparently it made more sense than the crop being lost.
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    Hi, Social Australia is not letting me quote or reply. Instead of having a "Reply" button like I do in Rec Flying, it looks like this: Any ideas? Thanks!
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    I like that - '“The economic impact of the luxury tax will be significant and [has] not been studied with a comprehensive understanding of our industry,” Anthony Norejko, president and CEO of the Canadian Business Aviation Association, argues.' Of course he'd say that wouldn't he! Being president and CEO of the Canadian "Business Aviation Association". Good on them. If you can afford a private jet, you shouldn't mind an extra 10% going to your country.
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    Coroner's findings out for this crash. They're not happy with the ATSB report. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-25/coroner-inquest-pilot-nikita-walker-tasmania-crash/101370152
  11. Marty_d
    Wouldn't a carbon fibre or fibreglass coating over the wooden prop both strengthen and prevent moisture?
  12. Marty_d
    You're a lucky man!
  13. Marty_d
    What, like mine?
  14. Marty_d
    I used normal aluminium piano hinge. When you look at it it's riveted every 40mm and the number of connections you have around the wire over the length of the door top mean it would have to be a fairly catastrophic force to pull that off, especially given the rest of the door is only held shut at one or 2 points. Just noticed you're joining to fibreglass fuse, not sure if that makes a difference as my fuse is aluminium, but as far as the hinge goes I'm ok with it being standard ally instead of 2024 / 6061.
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    Brilliant Mark. Who's the supplier of the tube? I have to pull my finger out and order a radiator so I can get my engine install completed too - I'd like to start the engine at least once before I die of old age! Are you using some kind of standard mounting for the radiator or making one yourself?
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    Maybe it "flipped" horizontally. Dug a wingtip/sponson in or something.
  17. Marty_d
    That's a very nice looking aircraft, and the shape lends itself to polishing. It'd look a lot better with the cowl painted with stripes going back onto the fuselage instead of the sharp demarcation.
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    Rotaxaru

    Marty_d replied to RFguy's topic in Engines and Props

    Have you tried 3D cad? I used Sketchup for mine - easy to use and you can put your engine in place with the thrust offset and everything.
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    I'd hate to think how much fuel some of the boaties go thru. Especially the big buggers with a couple of 300hp engines on the back, that get up on the plane when they're 50m from the boat ramp.
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    Don't worry, I don't think you're venerable. Shitheads come in all colours and origins (and football clubs). Some suburbs of any city are full of white bogans who'll bash you for no reason. Bloke at work got beaten up and in a coma by a gang of teenagers - white. Another mate got king hit in a nightclub and was never the same since. The bloke who did it was white. Jeez you can't trust those vanilla flavoured scumbags.
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    Rotaxaru

    Marty_d replied to RFguy's topic in Engines and Props

    Maybe mine had been bored out, although it looked new (bought it second hand). I got the AN7's because that's what exactly fitted.
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    Rotaxaru

    Marty_d replied to RFguy's topic in Engines and Props

    RF, my build uses AN7-40 bolts from the mount to the ring mount. From memory the AN7 size was just right for the holes in the ring mount.
  23. Marty_d
    This is what I got... Gary's Race Parts were quick to deliver and I had no problem fitting them. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/113907762719 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/123096941598
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    He's standing up against racism, and good on him for doing it.
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    oshkosh parking.jpg

    Marty_d commented on red750's gallery image in General Aviation

    oshkosh parking.jpg
    i'm guessing that the lanes between them are wide enough to taxi, just look narrow from the angle.
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