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Tue 03/08/16


Total Messages Posted: 4



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     1. 08:47 AM - Re: welding 4130 hinges (womenfly2)
     2. 05:58 PM - Re: Shock cords (Tony Crawford)
     3. 06:10 PM - Re: Re: welding 4130 hinges (cessna7226g@aol.com)
     4. 07:40 PM - Re: Re: welding 4130 hinges (Clif Dawson)
 
 
 


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    Time: 08:47:32 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: welding 4130 hinges
    From: "womenfly2" <Love2Fly.KAP@gmail.com>
    Just watch these videos and some others that relate to gas welding 4130 tubing for a start ... Gas welding the Legal Eagle Ultralight #1 of 6. Then go an practice, practice and practice some more. WF2 -------- Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=453565#453565


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    Time: 05:58:18 PM PST US
    Subject: Re: Shock cords
    From: Tony Crawford <tonyp51qa@gmail.com>
    Hello, This is Anthony (Tony) Crawford, and I was wondering if you had received my check for you book the Oscar was talking about?? Tony On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Donald A Mosher <thepietshop@gmail.com> wrote: > andrea (andrea@modelberg.it) speaking about wooden landing gear and shock > cords asked "how many loops and what cross section are you guys using?" > That info was not included in the Air Camper plans > in the 1932 Flying Manual. > > However Bernard wrote on page 34 of the 1933 issue of the Flying Manual, > the one detailing building of the Sky Scout - "we had better put on some > safety device to keep the ship from dropping to the ground if the shock > cord breaks, since it seems that everybody has trouble wrapping shock cord. > Here is the method we use: First, cut a piece of leather to fit around the > bottom of the landing gear vee, and lace it on with lace leather. Now take > 6 ft. of 1/2" shock cord and have someone hold it about half way up on the > outside of the front landing gear strut. Take the other end and pass it > under the landing gear vee, over the axle, under the landing gear, over the > axle, under the vee on the inside of the first wrap, over the axle on the > outside of the first wrap and under the vee on the inside of the last wrap > until you have three wraps pulled quite tight." > > "The cord should be just long enough to make a good square knot and to > permit taping of the ends. This method makes each wrap about the same > length and you will not have any trouble with your shock cord cutting. The > landing gear should give not over one inch with a full load in the ship, > but neither should it be any tighter." > > I know that this method is in the Sky Scout construction write up, but > Bernard advised people to have both the 1932 and the 1933 Flying Manuals to > cover everything. > > The 1933 Flying Manual also says on page 30: "I wish to call attention to > the brace right back of the bottom beam. This was changed from the plans of > the Air Camper, and I advise all of you who have not built up your wing > ribs to build them this way." So the Air Camper ribs in the 1934 Flying > Manual had an erroneous brace position shown which was corrected in the > 1933 Sky Scout Flying Manual. >


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    Time: 06:10:43 PM PST US
    From: cessna7226g@aol.com
    Subject: Re: welding 4130 hinges
    Where can I find these videos on gas welding? Joe R -----Original Message----- From: womenfly2 <Love2Fly.KAP@gmail.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 11:47 am Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: welding 4130 hinges Just watch these videos and some others that relate to gas welding 4130 tubing for a start ... Gas welding the Legal Eagle Ultralight #1 of 6. Then go an practice, practice and practice some more. WF2 -------- Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=453565#453565


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    Time: 07:40:46 PM PST US
    From: "Clif Dawson" <cdawson5854@shaw.ca>
    Subject: Re: welding 4130 hinges
    https://www.google.ca/search?q=Gas+welding+the+Legal+Eagle+Ultralight+% 231+of+6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=S5rfVr3MN8TMjwPG-aLgCA Clif 1. There are two kinds of people in this world: 1)Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data Where can I find these videos on gas welding? Joe R Just watch these videos and some others that relate to gas welding 4130 tubing for a start ... Gas welding the Legal Eagle Ultralight #1 of 6. WF2




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