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1. 03:53 AM - Re: Vi Kapler hinges (womenfly2)
2. 06:59 AM - Contact information for Jake Schultz (Bill)
3. 07:18 AM - Re: Contact information for Jake Schultz (jarheadpilot82)
4. 07:55 AM - Re: Contact information for Jake Schultz (curtdm(at)gmail.com)
5. 10:27 AM - Re: Vi Kapler hinges (aviken)
6. 12:44 PM - Re: Vi Kapler hinges (taildrags)
7. 08:56 PM - OT Airport Management issues, WARNING LONG EMAIL (Steven Dortch)
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| Subject: | Re: Vi Kapler hinges |
On the cast hinges, what type of cast process is used e.g. sand, permanent die,
etc.? What metal is being used? How are they inspected after casting?
All this will effect the integrity of the part over time. Are they checked for
cracks, inclusions, porosity, etc?
Just be very careful everyone and check them well! Cannot beat the sheet steel
type.
Just my opinion concerning safety,
WF2
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| Subject: | Contact information for Jake Schultz |
Does anyone have Jakes contact information?
Or if you are on this list Jake could you contact me.
Bill Emidy
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| Subject: | Re: Contact information for Jake Schultz |
Check your private messages. I sent you the info.
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Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens, GA
USMC, USMCR, ATP
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| Subject: | Re: Contact information for Jake Schultz |
I just had a great visit with him Friday. He's making great progress on his plane!
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Curt Merdan
Flower Mound, TX
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| Subject: | Re: Vi Kapler hinges |
I wanted to say thanks for your effort on the hinges.... Seems you get a little
bombarded from time to time with negative comments and suggestions. I called
Vi last year to see if any were available and he said he had stopped making
them. I tried to make he steel ones like on the plans and wasted steel and time
and the holes still wouldn't line up. So I had on hand some nice heavy aircraft
extruded piano hinges that I decided to use sections of. I believe they
will be perfectly fine and strong enough.
But if I hadn't already installed part of them, I would surely use your new castings.
Any way I wanted to give you a pat on the back and an atta boy.
Kenny
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| Subject: | Re: Vi Kapler hinges |
Kerri-Ann wrote-
>On the cast hinges, what type of cast process is used e.g. sand, permanent die,
etc.?
I have no idea. These are the same parts that Vi has been offering for many years,
and they are "new old stock" castings... I have not had any new parts made
yet.
>What metal is being used?
I have no idea what metal is being used, except that it is an aluminum casting
alloy. These parts were obtained from Vi Kapler, and he had them cast by a foundry
here in the United States.
>How are they inspected after casting?
Eyeball. There are a number of reject castings in the bunch of material that Vi
sent me, and it's obvious that they didn't fill the mold completely, or there
was excess slump, a deformity, or other obvious defect.
>All this will effect the integrity of the part over time.
I agree.
>Are they checked for cracks, inclusions, porosity, etc?
Yes, but not microscopically or in any other fashion except by eye and feel. I
do them the same way Vi has done them for many years. I suppose I could proof-test
each set before it goes out, and that would be easy enough to do with a
jig and weights.
And in reply to Ken, I must say that I came very close to boxing up the whole lot
of this and storing it in the hangar forever after I had a request for more
information from someone asking about the hinges. They wanted a performance
guarantee (in effect). It's no wonder Vi got out of the business.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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| Subject: | OT Airport Management issues, WARNING LONG EMAIL |
Fellow pilots, I got an education today. I am attending the American
Association of Airport executives Annual Conference here in San Antonio. I
am interested in going into small/mid sized airport management when I
finish with my active military time. With current military drawdowns I may
leave in 4 months or 3 years, depending. So I decided to attend this
conference here in SA. Please note, ALL OF MY NUMBERS ARE FROM MY MEMORY
AND ROUGH NOTES, I WILL NOT STAND BY THEM!
I attended the General Aviation airport subcommittee meeting
this afternoon. I was able to follow along and even keep my mouth shut
(well most of the time.)
Good news, the opinions expressed were quite in line with most
pilot/owners, (But not all).
The Airport Cooperative Research program is looking at: studying airport
emissions so that there is a scientific basis for decisions, not just
emotion.
Innovative pavement maintenance and long term cost effectiveness.
Managing thru the fence operations. including revenue and future
developments.
Preventative Maintenance for the airport itself.
Best practices for aircraft fuel tank sumping.(we should be given options
that do not include pouring 100LL on the ramp.)
Mobile Maintenance coming onto the airport. (A&Ps working out of their car)
Contract Towers
They were not surprised the FAA went after them.There is a movement in the
FAA to push this cost onto the airport. AAAE and other
other alphabets were able to generate "traction" with congress and the FAA
over this. BUT if you have a contract tower and want to keep it, don't let
down your guard. Be prepared to fight this again. The FAA used this as a
"water test" and many states and cities found the money.
1 airport is looking at becoming the contractor to the FAA for the tower so
that they have more control.
the Future of towers may move to cost sharing. passing the cost down to
the users. States, counties, cities (and as a result the pilots and
passengers.) A benefit/Cost ratio may be set up. IE how much does the
federal airway system get from this airport, VS state benefit, city and
county.
If your airport and tenant are paying county and state taxes, property
taxes and so on, then why is that not being put toward the airport.
One airport may have to limit the growth of a business to maintain
security. The problem was "Uncredentialed" customers.
anouther said that their flight school was able to cover credentialing up
until the student soloed by having them paired with a instructor.
They all agreed that User fees were a bad idea. The mechanism to collect
the fees would eat up much of the fees gathered. They also prefer the gas
tax.
GA airports will most likely lose funding. There are a lot of unfunded
mandates for the airports. The FAA/TSA alsways says "use your Airport
Improvement funds."
The customary $150,000 given to small and medium GA airports will probably
be dropped. Again part of the push for the states, counties and cities to
pay.
This group all said $150,000 does not pay for much and it would not be a
huge deficit. I said, maybe not for you but it is for a small airport in a
remote community. One manager told me that $150,000 would barely pay for
painting the runways at his airport. Anouther told me that to help a local
small airport get a new taxiway it took almost $150,000 just to clear the
zoning, various studies and get the plans. It took two more years to get it
built at $150,000 per years.
DOT Alaska has FAA permission to manage their funds and is able to pool the
money and do bigger projects.
They did discuss the effectiveness of state airport councils and the
alphabets . The State governments vary in how much they are involved.
More discussion of state vs federal benefits and costs.
If there are 10 airports within a 20 mile circle the Feds will say, "Do We
need to fund all of these? NO!" the State may say Yes to some.
One Manager said "Yes, they want to close some of these airports. But what
about preserving this airport space for the future? In Texas, you have
plenty of land. But when an airport closes on the East coast it and the
space are gone forever and you cannot afford to develop an airport in urban
areas. Fight giving up the space.
Remote towers were touted by one guy enamored of them. "you could put them
at many airports that currently have them for a cost effective price." They
have proven them in Europe.
(I BIT MY TOUNGE. This is a solution where there is no problem.
Uncontrolled airports should be uncontrolled unless there is a real need.
SO SAYETH STEVE D.)
For years GA airports have been telling the FAA that they have set up
visual approaches that have some obstacles. The FAA then came up with a
plan for the airports to report these obstacles. The Airports did and then
the FAA Asked what should be done. Pilots from UPS, FEDEX, and some other
organizations (ALPA?) proposed shutting down the approaches until the
airport could prove that the obstacle was removed. The Airports reported
that only a few were real safety issues and the FAA agreed. Now the plan is
that if an obstacle is 11 feet inside the approach fan, they shut down the
approach, if it is 6 feet then they have to come up with a plan quickly and
if only-3 feet inside then they have longer to get it fixed. Airports
said, if it is on my land, no problem, if it is on a neighbors' land it can
be costly. One airport reported paying about $40,000 to top two trees. One
Manager said that a water tower had been in the fan since 1956 and had not
been hit yet. A counter proposal is being pushed that tightens the approach
fans to reflect the improvements in avionics and such. Studies have shown
that 95% of approaches are within the middle 1/3rd of the fan.
One older guy warned "anytime you ask the FAA to fix a problem. they will
fix that problem but it may cause 3 other problems that are all worse.
I have two more days of this conference and at least the beer is good at
the evening social (Shiner, Dos equis, and Modelo.) I also have lots of
squeeze toys, lights, pens and other giveaways for the grandkids.
Blue Skies,
Steve D
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