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    Horses! Have I got a story about hors... just kidding.
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    Did a couple of things today - made a mount for the capacitor and wired it in. Also made a new earth wire between the relay and engine block, as @nomadpete pointed out, the old one was a bit short when you factor in engine vibration. As per the picture below, while my "new" fork is big enough for the new donuts, it's also a fair bit wider than the previous one - axle and central shaft shown. The old shaft seems to be 5/16" threaded both ends with locknuts. The new one will have to have a non-threaded length of 220mm plus enough for the nuts either end, so probably 250mm all up. Probably the best way to use the existing axle will be to buy a couple of pieces of round aluminium extrusion (an offcut would do, they would only be around 40mm each), drill the 5/16" hole through the centre, then at one end of each, drill out to 16mm to sleeve it over the axle. Thanks @Kyle Communications for the idea. Question is - where do you buy high tensile rod, zinc plated? Assuming I'd have to tap the ends myself - I only have a metric tap set so could probably do 8mm and bore out the axle if necessary. Any ideas most welcome!
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    Hard mount points

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    Start small, an AK-47 strapped under the right wing, and a daredevil in the passenger seat to go change magazines.
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    I was doing both concurrently for a while (as a lot of people do, judging by the number of R/C models you see in shed/hangar pics!) You're right Nev, the real thing is easier, unfortunately the hourly cost is a lot higher though.
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    I had to land someone's model plane for them once when a wheel came off on takeoff (very successfully!) but glad I haven't had to do it in full size.
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    Can be a bit bad for your health if you don't take care. I remember my dad used to make sinkers. These days it's pretty cheap to buy a pack of ready made ones, unless you're doing a lot of fishing in snaggy areas it's not worth the effort to make them yourself.
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    The tyres and the prop have turned up! Haven't even opened the box containing the prop - it's tempting - but it is my 50th birthday present so I'm prepared to wait 6 weeks or so. Tyres are a different matter - after talking to @Kyle Communications about how difficult it is to get Savannah rims apart, I took the easy way out and subcontracted the job to a local mechanic/machinery business. Very happy that the Carlisles are substantially bigger than the original tyres. I was a bit worried about the main wheels as the new tyres are also a lot fatter than the originals, which means the brake disc is now hidden by the tyre bulge when looking from front or back. I thought that I may have trouble clearing the spring. Fortunately that's not the case, I put the starboard wheel on tonight and there's sufficient clearance from the spring.
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    It's a bugger isn't it. All I can suggest is not to let one person's opinion end your dream. There are lots of schools out there and lots of instructors (sometimes they are also the CFI because it's a one man show). Sounds like you need someone with patience and empathy, not someone who thinks that teaching you is a waste of their time.
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    Abuse of puns. It's positively punitive.
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    They're different now. Maybe try a TIF, see if you get on well with the instructor?
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    Spacey, what's stopping you getting your licence?
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    Ooh, that's savage. (And inaccurate - we have friends in Skipton - loveliest, most generous people you'll ever meet!) Funny though. I'll have to tell them that one.
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    It's not me, OK. Sent by a friend. Not sure where he got it.
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    ...then you're a braver person than me! SWISS MISHAP.mp4
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    Oh, do Lycomings spend 90% of their life in the workshop too?
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    Meglin props too. I almost ordered one a few weeks ago - went so far as getting the invoice sent (sorry Greg and Vladimir) but decided not to simply because of the Russian situation. My Bolly is in the mail.
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    A big shout out to the pilots of the 3 choppers and at least 2 fixed wing aircraft who put out the bushfire near Tolmans Hill, close to Hobart today. I was driving past to get to Hobart around 3pm - the choppers were waterbombing the blaze which had massive flames bigger than the trees. Some of the houses visible from the highway had their front and back yards completely burned but the houses themselves were saved. Drove back going the other way about half an hour later, the big flames were out. Choppers still dumping water on hot spots but it was well and truly under control. Don't know if any of the pilots read this site, but if you do, bloody well done! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-19/watch-and-act-issued-for-hobart-suburb/100845458
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    I like what Gyro Girl wears in the cockpit, but to be honest, it looks far better on her than it would on me.
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    Bloody hell this thing has lost my started response twice. @cherk - you're right - they're Jeep. @facthunter - no choice, that's the design. Threaded rods go from rudder pedals to posts on noseleg so have to move vertically for suspension, forward and back for steering, horizontally (slightly) for lock to lock. @Thruster88 - I've only seen that orange stuff go up to 30mm. Not big enough. @skippydiesel - All of the above. We use welding gloves ($7 from Bunnings) as oven mitts. My wife informs me that she could cut a pair apart and make them into cones. I could possibly put those on the engine side for fireproofing and the good looking rubber ones on the cabin side.
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    Thanks guys - then I realised that rubber boots like gear shift ones aren't actually fireproof. (Guess I could have the boots on the outside for looks, and inside do the welding glove trick!!)
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    Hi all, Thinking of boots for where the steering pushrods go thru the firewall. Some people have used rubber ones but that wouldn't do much in a fire situation. Other people have suggested using welding gloves with the rods going through one finger... any ideas for a good fireproof boot design? Thanks, Marty
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    I like that aluminium version. That's very schmick. Possibly a good candidate for polishing instead of painting.
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    Tell the truth, Peter, you're just jealous...
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    Trouble is "stall" to anyone but a pilot means your engine stopping because you're trying to start off in third (in a manual of course - remember them?) So perhaps not surprising they conflate the two.
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    Not an experienced criminal, there was plenty of footage (claw-age?) of the offender's face. If he's not careful he'll find himself up before a beak...
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