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1. 07:43 AM - Re: Re: Extention for fuel selector valve (Craymondw@aol.com)
2. 09:17 AM - Gear Legs retrofit (RObin Young)
3. 08:53 PM - Re: Gear Legs retrofit (Craymondw@aol.com)
4. 10:41 PM - Re: Gear Legs retrofit (Jeff Siebenhaar)
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| Subject: | Re: Extention for fuel selector valve |
That fuel valve selector shaft comes off a selector valve for home builts
that only costs "$23 bucks for the whole Assembly." So I doubt if the
manufacture of that valve pays $49 just for the shaft! And as far as your landing
gear legs, when my original gear legs snapped off landing on a grass strip and
I
ordered a new pair from Glasair, one leg was so soft the left wing almost
touched the ground. When I complained to Glasair, they replied that I "didn't
wrap it properly." So I said to Glasair, you wrap it. When I installed the
replacement the wing still sagged. When I measured the legs I found the right
leg was nearly a quarter inch thicker than the other. I decided, the heck with
it I just live with it and toed in the axles so that when the plane rolls
the legs pull together. I wished I had ordered the after market Whitman
aluminum legs that were less expensive and far easier to install.
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| Subject: | Gear Legs retrofit |
Craymon wrote:
And as far as your landing gear legs, when my original gear legs snapped
off landing on a grass strip and I ordered a new pair from Glasair, one leg
was so soft the left wing almost touched the ground.
I too upgraded my original TD gear legs to the beefier Glasair II gear legs.
I did not have any problems with the installation and the new gear performs
well. Both legs were of equal thickness and flex. I was able to upgrade
the gross weight to 1900 lbs with the retrofit. My original right gear leg
did break but held up all the way to the hanger. I do not think it was an
engineering problem that caused the failure. It was continuously landing
above the 1500 lb max landing weight of the original gear that overstressed
it. RObin Young 286YM.
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| Subject: | Re: Gear Legs retrofit |
My first set of mains were good, the problem was that the bolts were too
small and ripped out. Stoddard Hamilton corrected that. The second set of mains
was from poor manufacturing. Somebody once said to Van's of Van's RV kits; "I
can't understand why your kits are so inexpensive!" Van shot back with; "I
can't understand why everyone elses are so expensive!" Dale Carnegie was a
fanatic about finding ways to lower the cost of steel and when he succeeded high
rise buildings shot up over night because of low cost steel. There are ways
to lower costs and increase business. I know the day will come when a
composite kit producer will use pre preg and stamp out parts that will be cured
in
heated inexpensive ceramic molds. I would tackle that myself if I was thirty
years younger. The day that happens, composite aircraft costs will come
crashing down and will cost less to build than aluminum.
I have parts machined by the man that once handled the IBM prototype and
development Division of IBM in New York State. He instructs at an A&P school
in Bridgeport Connecticut and he can do anything.
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| Subject: | Gear Legs retrofit |
Dear craymondw,
I would like to thank you for your prolific posts. I eagerly await every
entry. I have been working on and have been building two GIII's for some
time and feel compelled to provide you my thoughts and assistance as I
near the first flight phase in my endeavors.
While the community of Glasair builders have not been particularly
active in the newsgroups, your positive posts you are always there to
provide comfort, support and encouragement. I feel it only just to offer
my assistance in relieving you of the burden of owning this experimental
airplane and returning you to the world of practical plane ownership
from one of the many, many providers of commercially viable
manufacturers of certified flying machines available today. I offer to
you, my assistance, at no charge, in finding a buyer for the inferior
product that has obviously been misrepresented in it's value proposition
and the company behind it. This should free up considerable time for you
and relieve you of those pesky little problems thus increasing your
quality of life ( and clearly demonstrating my willingness to give
selflessly ).
For this I have but one simple request. When you are able, please
forward the winning lottery numbers ( California only ) and a magic
carpet ( okay, so it's a two part-er ). I have 29 dollars to spend and
am sure that that should provide more than adequate compensation for
profit as well as to provide for the long term liability coverage costs
you might incur in what some must surely interpret as game fixing. Since
you have access to everything this should not take much out of your day
and would contribute immensely to my well being and certainly offset the
price of fuel until we get back to 4 dollars a barrel. I promise to
share with anyone who asks, the windfall from this.
I do not wish to take up the valuable time and energy ( not to mention
the bandwidth considerations ) of our brethren so I am available off
list at the information below to assist you in easing your transition
and helping to provide a better quality experience for all mankind or at
least the Glasair list.
I am certain that as you build and provide a new non profit airport free
from the petty trappings of modern life we shall flock to the utopia
that awaits us.
Respectfully yours,
Jeff Siebenhaar
jeffs@ostari.com
916.716.9967
Hanger L-25
Reid-Hillview Airport
San Jose, CA.
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Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Gear Legs retrofit
My first set of mains were good, the problem was that the bolts were too
small and ripped out. Stoddard Hamilton corrected that. The second set
of mains was from poor manufacturing. Somebody once said to Van's of
Van's RV kits; "I can't understand why your kits are so inexpensive!"
Van shot back with; "I can't understand why everyone elses are so
expensive!" Dale Carnegie was a fanatic about finding ways to lower the
cost of steel and when he succeeded high rise buildings shot up over
night because of low cost steel. There are ways to lower costs and
increase business. I know the day will come when a composite kit
producer will use pre preg and stamp out parts that will be cured in
heated inexpensive ceramic molds. I would tackle that myself if I was
thirty years younger. The day that happens, composite aircraft costs
will come crashing down and will cost less to build than aluminum.
I have parts machined by the man that once handled the IBM prototype
and development Division of IBM in New York State. He instructs at an
A&P school in Bridgeport Connecticut and he can do anything.
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