rankamateur
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The fabricated aluminium ones were a marvellous computer design and real fun to build but were always way too heavy, these look potentially a lot lighter, and maybe not so constrictive to a broader pilot than the little bucket seats. I am not is a rush to retrofit adjustable seats to mine, they seat the pilot higher in the cockpit and at 6'3" I need all the headroom I can have. The headset brushes on the cabin frame sometimes as it is.
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Why are you retrofitting it instead of building it along as you go? There is no substitute for having a bucket with about 400 clecoes and keep clecoing it up until everything fits then rivet it up. About three times it will be a bit hard to reach something and then you need a really compact hand rivet gun.
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The pivot in a VG/XL is a bolted plate with a bolt welded in the middle which doesn't line up with the hangers on the wing. You have an S model which is much improved in this area of the design, so don't fret and get on with it.
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Rex hits a Roo at Mildura
rankamateur replied to Rotorwork's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
This incident could have been so much worse! We are lucky roos only have short necks.
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How long has RAA been insuring our dogs?
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It is even better having it twenty minutes drive up the road!
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The bad news is that the little plate with the four rivets and the bolt through the middle doesn't go there. It's bolt usually has to be moved any where up to half way out to one of the mounting rivet to line up with the flaperon pivot brackets on the wing when you get the wings on.
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A shame really, when you were having so much fun too.
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I fitted it much to Reg's disgust. I plan to mount my USB ports and 12 volt outlet in it along with a phone mount to hold my phone on the charger.
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As long as you are careful to set the arm centred in the torque tube before you drill the hole. You can only drill from above and you have to get the drill to come straight out the lower hole in the boss on the arm. Take care.
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Just make sure you don't do the same thing That tube will need a slight bend so it doesn't foul on the landing gear channel too. It is not a terribly special piece of material, it may be simpler to get another piece of tube and remake it using the old one for a pattern. I haven't yet worked out why that hole he buggered up wasn't already drilled anyway, I am sure it was on mine. The hole that usually gives the most grief is the one through the rear end of the torque tube. If you get it wrong your joystick will not be centred when the control surfaces are in the neutral position.
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Bet he wears glasses!
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How many chrome moly framed planes get bent and rebuilt?
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I was down at the hangar last thing, mine needs some love, some hangar time just for it. Needs a wash too, a lot of dust blows in off the gravel road.
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Don't use a modern Rotax float! Apparently they sink, I have to change mine before I can start my new engine.
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Which forum do you have to read to get updates from the technical manager? What user name?
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You won't mind popping down to SA will you?
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That simply means it wasn't a rant, but a lecture.
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That steam coming out of your ears is fogging up my glasses.
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But on the other hand you shouldn't refrain from saying what you would say to their face on a forum either, for everyone who speaks their mind, maybe 4 or 5 just lurk, wishing they had asked the same question or got a response to the same comment.
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Say it again Rick!
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Still would be very unsatisfactory to the guy who has paid the deposits on a kit but hasn't got possession yet. Guess he could see this coming when he did his due diligence.
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That is a lot fairer than a rigid six month transition as was previously suggested. There is no safety advantage to be had with a rush to a deadline!
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The message that came out earlier was that we would have a six month transition period to allow started builds onto the register. The six months was obviously set by someone who has never built a plane or has only worked in an aircraft factory because I am betting the average time of an owner build is considerably more than twice that.
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It is past time to break the MONOPOLY! The argument against another registration and licencing organisation has always been that our membership will have less influence on the regulators and the minister if we divide our critical mass. Well that argument, usually spouted by people who went on the join the board, is total crap because the membership has NO INFUENCE ON OUR ASSOCIATION let alone anyone else so we now have everything to gain and bugger all to lose.
