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  1. rankamateur
    Sounds like you are about to become a distributor!
  2. rankamateur
    I will be interested to see what you come up with too.
  3. rankamateur
    Really big assumption that there is one.
  4. rankamateur
    I am not sure about all the packing people put in, some use aluminium, others use epoxy fillers. The computers at ICP design the structure of the assemblies and the tensions on the sheets are part of the design, including the distortion of the sheets caused by the tension. All the fill and packing adds weight and changes the design. The ribs under the wing nose skins for instance are not designed to be smooth, nor the sheets on the ribs of the flaps and ailerons.
  5. rankamateur
    Do you get any wood fibres out of your gascolator with the wooden dipsticks?
  6. rankamateur
    There was a lot of mis reporting in the media concerning storm surge height. There were wave height buoys recording 8m and 10m wave heights which the media jumped on and reported as surge heights yet to arrive.
  7. rankamateur
    This can be a trap too! On about my second or third solo training, I put away both stages of flap in one motion and promptly began sinking. I quite simply hadn't built enough airspeed to fly clean and just began sinking instead. Manual flap allowed we to quickly reverse my mistake but it was a good lesson.
  8. rankamateur
    It probably thought you meant "Oh F c u K"
  9. rankamateur
    Remember the 20kg load limit in the coal bin!
  10. rankamateur
    The last rivet before the trailing edge in each rib is a problem fouling on the tail of the one coming from the opposite surface. The first gives no trouble, the second give great grief. With slight pressure on the rivet gun, the tail can be offset and straighten the gun as it fires. The standard rivet is really too long for this situation but a good result is achievable with some practice (read drill out the rejects).
  11. rankamateur
    I also found if you could hold the squeeze in one hand it was a lot easier to get a straight rivet. Just because the tool has two handles sure doesn't mean it takes two hands to drive it. On a warm day those soft little rivets nearly squeeze themselves.
  12. rankamateur
    I found it a lot easier to get a good result before I had to wear glasses, now it is a much greater battle.
  13. rankamateur
    Only 5 posts from top 5 in Notable Members too.
  14. rankamateur
    So what did become of Dazza? we used to hear so much from him on here.
  15. rankamateur
    I noticed a bank of brushes on the disabled engine, and now a bank of slip rings on the underside of the spinner backing plate. Having a Airmaster constant speed prop, I just accepted that it was electrically controlled pitch.
  16. rankamateur
    Did you uses stainless rivets on the floor of the cabin on each side near the fold in the sidewall?
  17. rankamateur
    Mine came from the factory with 544kg on the plate but the modification already done, so I only have to make a note in the maintenance log. For the Savannah just suck it up and drill the holes, rivet in the two little plates, there are no other modifications required, and make an entry in you maintenance book and you are upgraded to 600kg legally.
  18. rankamateur
    Inspired by a VW beetle by any chance?
  19. rankamateur
    Well stealing the cd from ICP isn't an option because since the Classic got away on them and morphed ever so slightly into the Land Africa they are a lot more careful about things like that.
  20. rankamateur
    There is one in a foxbat out at Alpha, haven't heard anything bad about it. If you are having an electronic dash the extra cost is less of a problem. The rotax instruments were $3500 when I looked into it and that would nearly have made a 914 cheaper at that time.
  21. rankamateur
    Did it fit in the supplied ring mount or did you have to come up with a different mount? How much will you need to butcher the cowling?
  22. rankamateur
    At Bundaberg airshow a few years back we fitted a 6' 9" bloke into one of Reg's Savannahs and he had the same amount of head room as I had in the same plane at 6' 3", so it really comes down to find one and try the fit for yourself.
  23. rankamateur
    I Spin Welded the whole air frame for my first build ( When I was 9 years old), The skins were riveted on with Spin Weld rivets too. There was also a helicopter kit available at the same time as well. Don't worry about watching the video but the tool she is holding is the same one kids were using in the 70's to build airframes. Be completely out of the question these days due to safety concerns I am sure. Wouldn't want any little kiddies developing an interest in building things that fly, would we?
  24. rankamateur
    The tool is the same as the one used at Aerokits, handles may be a little shorter on this one though, may even make it more useful in tight spaces unless the hand is not strong enough to apply the squeeze. Oetiker 14100387 Side Jaw Compound Action 1099 Clamp Crimper Pincers Pliers Tool | eBay These ones are even better if you have weaker grip! It really annoys me how much extra we pay for everything we buy in this wonderful country we live in. Oetiker 14100387 Side Jaw Compound Action Clamp Crimper Pincers Pliers Tool 1099 | eBay
  25. rankamateur
    Interesting shaped rudder design. Pleased the locals put the fire out so they didn't need to move the pilot before he was assessed.
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