---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 08/07/06: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:16 AM - Re: [esqualtalk] Re: Pilot Report - Lightning (Charles Heathco) 2. 06:20 AM - Re: [esqualtalk] Re: Pilot Report - Lightning (N1BZRich@AOL.COM) 3. 09:27 AM - N17EF Flights (EAFerguson@AOL.COM) 4. 02:12 PM - Re: N17EF Flights (Rick Bowen) 5. 03:05 PM - parts from spruce (Tex Mantell) 6. 03:40 PM - Re: parts from spruce (nick otterback) 7. 04:28 PM - Re: N17EF Flights (N1BZRich@AOL.COM) 8. 05:22 PM - Re: parts from spruce (Pete) 9. 07:26 PM - Re: parts from spruce (Colin J. Kennedy) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:16:27 AM PST US From: "Charles Heathco" Subject: Re: [esqualtalk] Re: Lightning-List: Pilot Report - Lightning Hey guys, did you miss the email where I listed posible places to get this mylar strip? Charlie H ----- Original Message ----- From: N1BZRich@AOL.COM To: esqualtalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [esqualtalk] Re: Lightning-List: Pilot Report - Lightning Dave, Nick, and all. It looks like I will need some mylar that is about 4'' wide to do the gap seal like I want to do it. The widest that came from Wings and wheels was about half that. I thought I had a way to make that work, but no luck this afternoon. I will search the inter net tonight to try to find a source for wider (and thicker) mylar tape. I have not done any experiments yet with the turbulator tape. Dave, glad to hear you have has some success. Just how did you do your flap gap seal? Nick any word on my new auto pilot? I will fly out the week of 14 August and do the demo flights for you if it is ready to be installed by then. Blue Skies, Buz ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:20:20 AM PST US From: N1BZRich@AOL.COM Subject: Re: [esqualtalk] Re: Lightning-List: Pilot Report - Lightning I must have, Charlie, please re-post. buz ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:27:05 AM PST US From: EAFerguson@AOL.COM Subject: Lightning-List: N17EF Flights For those who have been asking, the Shelbyville operation is back in full operation. I haven't seen any comments here, but Dana, Nick's wife and the Jabiru corporate memory, is home recovering from an operation to set a broken collar bone. If you haven't met Dana, she is a neat lady and a real asset to the business. I'm looking forward to her return (so is Pete). Nick has several flights in so far N17EF, and expects to get in another flight this evening. All is going well with the normal first flight adjustments. Temps are a little too high and not even, so they are adjusting baffles and moving the oil cooler. One flap is sticking a bit, not retracting fully. Minor first fight issues. I'm in Atlanta at work this week, but will go up next week when Nick decides it's time for me to take on the flying chores. Looking forward to it! Maybe I can get a ride in Buz's Esqual. Life is short, build (and fly) fast. Credit to Roy LePresti. Earl ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 02:12:20 PM PST US From: "Rick Bowen" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: N17EF Flights --> Lightning-List message posted by: "Rick Bowen" Hey Earl, The first thing I'd like to say is, Best to Dana! Nick, hope she recovers quickly...I know you guys need her to keep 'ya straight.... 8-) Earl, keep the reports coming,can you fill us in on how the plane looks, did you have your Interior done yet?, etc, etc.. Need some pics! Let us know how your first "Lightning ride" goes. Rick ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:05:08 PM PST US From: "Tex Mantell" Subject: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Nick, just got the hardware pack from Aircraft spruce. All is there, nothing backordered. I have all the nuts and bolts. Thanks TEX ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:40:04 PM PST US From: nick otterback Subject: Re: Lightning-List: parts from spruce that great ...hopefully by the end of this week we will have the first draft of the manual to send out ...pete and i are working a couple chapters a night ...so if not all enough to get you started......i know you will want to know where all those nuts and bolts go!? nick Tex Mantell wrote: Nick, just got the hardware pack from Aircraft spruce. All is there, nothing backordered. I have all the nuts and bolts. Thanks TEX --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 04:28:28 PM PST US From: N1BZRich@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: N17EF Flights In a message dated 8/7/2006 12:30:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson@aol.com writes: Maybe I can get a ride in Buz's Esqual. Of course you can. Not too sure when I will be in SYI next - depends on when my new auto pilot arrives. Buz ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 05:22:29 PM PST US From: "Pete" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Tex, Take a look at the first chapter of the build manual. Feedback appreciated! Pete _____ From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tex Mantell Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Nick, just got the hardware pack from Aircraft spruce. All is there, nothing backordered. I have all the nuts and bolts. Thanks TEX ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:37 PM PST US From: "Colin J. Kennedy" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Pete, I know you were asking Tex, and maybe comments from someone who does not have a fuselage are of little value, but here is my 2 cents worth and I hope it's helpful: "Use the Scotchbrite wheel or sandpaper to remove the mold flange in the canopy seal area to create a smooth surface for the canopy seal." The photograph makes it difficult to see where this is exactly, but maybe if you have the fuselage in front of you it is obvious. Same with "Remove Flange Around Canopy" "Mark off a vertical rectangle starting at your mark that is 3/4 inch wide from front to back and tall enough to accommodate the spars." How do you determine if it is vertical? Surely this depends on the angle of the fuselage relative to the ground or is it perpendicular to a chord line on the horizontal stabilizer root? Colin K. OK -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Pete Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: RE: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Tex, Take a look at the first chapter of the build manual. Feedback appreciated! Pete _____ From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tex Mantell Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: Lightning-List: parts from spruce Nick, just got the hardware pack from Aircraft spruce. All is there, nothing backordered. I have all the nuts and bolts. Thanks TEX