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0. 12:14 AM - Network Issues At Matronics Last Few Days... (Matt Dralle)
1. 05:11 AM - Re: Finally Flew Her (John Hauck)
2. 07:24 AM - Re: Finally Flew Her (Larlaeb)
3. 08:36 AM - 4130 tail wheel Strut (Larlaeb)
4. 11:05 AM - Re: 4130 tail wheel Strut (John Hauck)
5. 01:06 PM - Re: How to remove tail wheel? (Arizona Flyer)
6. 03:20 PM - tail wheel turning right (b young)
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Subject: | Network Issues At Matronics Last Few Days... |
Dear Listers,
Starting sometime on Friday November 1st, my Internet Service Provider (ISP) began "upgrading" their Domain Name Servers (DNS). DNS servers allow the resolution of computer names such as "www.matronics.com" to real addresses such as 64.81.74.3. This also impacts email delivery as well, since there is another layer of resolution that applies to email names.
Because of this upgrade on the part of my ISP, DNS service started getting unreliable
around Friday sometime, but I didn't notice it until sometime on Saturday.
When I used a tool called "nslookup" to test the resolution of name-to-address,
about 50-75% of the time my ISP's servers would response with an "SERVFAIL"
indicating that they didn't know the answer. I opened a ticket with the
ISP on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon I had no feedback on the ticket so I
called in to support. "We upgrading the DNS servers, and it should back by Sunday
at 5pm." 5pm came and went with no resolution.
Well, long story short by Tuesday morning things were still not fixed and in fact
much worse. So, I opted to move all my DNS service to a different service
provider. I have a lot of DNS entries, so it took a while to get everything moved
over. It generally takes about 24 hours for a change like that to fully
propagate across the Internet which would be Wednesday morning sometime. I've
noticed that the Matronics web server traffic is picking up again, so many sites
have already propagated the new information.
I really should have just moved the DNS on Saturday when I first noticed the troubles,
but with stuff like this, you just keep believing that it gonna be fixed
any minute now.... And, in fact, that's what my ISP kept telling me...
Its always a giant bummer when stuff like this happens and particularly during
the Fund Raiser. I apologize to anyone that has tried to make a Contribution
in the last few days and had issues or was simply unable to connect. By the time
you read this email, the DNS should be fully propagated, and I ask that you
please try again.
The Contribution web site URL is:
http://www.matronics.com/contribution
or, you can send a personal check to the following address:
Matronics / Matt Dralle
581 Jeannie Way
Livermore, CA 94550
Thank you for your kind consideration and patience,
Matt Dralle
Matronics Email List and Forum Administrator
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Subject: | Finally Flew Her |
Finally took my Fire star Kxp up.
Congratulations!
Hope you have many more safe flights.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Subject: | Re: Finally Flew Her |
That's great! Congratz and enjoy!
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=412268#412268
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Subject: | 4130 tail wheel Strut |
I'm experimenting with a tail wheel strut made of 4130 tubing hardened to about
RC 48 as I think others have done. So far I like it better than the solid aluminum
rod. It seems to ride better over the grass and not bump as hard. I haven't
tried it on pavement yet but so far so good. I think it may be a hair lighter
too and I guess we will see how it holds up.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=412270#412270
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Subject: | 4130 tail wheel Strut |
I'm experimenting with a tail wheel strut made of 4130 tubing hardened to
about RC 48 as I think others have done. So far I like it better than the
solid aluminum rod. It seems to ride better over the grass and not bump as
hard. I haven't tried it on pavement yet but so far so good. I think it may
be a hair lighter too and I guess we will see how it holds up.
Kolbers:
Been using heat treated (48 RC) 4130 tube tail wheel struts since 1992, main
gear legs also 4130/48RC since 1987. Seem to work better than anything else
out there. Also lighter than 7075 aluminum.
Yes, heat treated 4130 works better because it is a spring.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Subject: | Re: How to remove tail wheel? |
zeprep251(at)aol.com wrote:
> Sorry Jeff,
> That tail wheel assy is a hybrid.The wheel part is stock, and should remove
as I said earlier, but the full swivel deal is a welded marriage of the two kinds.It
was painful to hacksaw that 200.00 unit in half, but it worked great!
> G.A.
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Thanks for the input guys. Gary; No problem. I'm just going to replace the wheel
and hope the older bearings keep working, thanks...
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"Life should be lived as a bold adventure, I refuse to tiptoe through life
just to arrive safely at death"
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Subject: | tail wheel turning right |
is this the tail wheel you are having trouble turning right?
and did you mention the wheel turns easy till the actuating bar is
bolted on the top?
if all above is true,,,,, there may be a missing washer under the
actuating bar,,,,, or the housing may be a bit too tall.
this is the wheel I am using now and wish I had changed from the pizza
cutter wheel much sooner. I love it. and even more so since I put in
better bearings.
boyd young
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