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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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Subject: | 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
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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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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
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=453565#453565
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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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