---------------------------------------------------------- Pulsar-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 04/26/13: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:00 AM - Re: Nav light lenses (Myron Truex) 2. 07:28 AM - Re: Nav light lenses (propeLLers@aol.com) 3. 07:32 AM - Re: Nav light lenses (Esa Lehto) 4. 08:14 AM - selling pulsar (North Fork Heli) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:00:13 AM PST US From: "Myron Truex" Subject: RE: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses Try Ricks Restorations in Las Vegas. I see them making lens' for their projects. _____ From: owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of GREGSMI@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me. Greg In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness@gmail.com writes: I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off. I can't remember who in the group I bought them from. Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ? Thanks ef="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List">http://www.matronics.com /Navigator?Pulsar-List s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:28:55 AM PST US From: propeLLers@aol.com Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses Hello Mr. Truex, haven't talked to you in a long time, hope all is going well. When I ran the Canopy business we had several methods of forming plastic for canopies, but on my KR-1, I used a similar method http://blog.makezine.com/2011/09/08/how-to-large-homemade-vacuum-forming-machine/ for light lens that of course can be modified for simplification. One can use a home oven for heating Plexiglas but be aware of the plastic degassing issues, but the process is easy and expect failures until all the mistakes have been concurred with and for vacuum use a shop vac. Do a search on vacuum forming or Plexiglas forming and many ideas will be discovered Another method I used for R/C Planes was similar but did not use vacuum. I had the male plug or shape of the part in basswood, hard balsa, filled with bondo and sanded smooth then make a female part shaped like the bottom of the plug that is the thickness of the Plexiglas larger than bottom of the part. Clamp the Plexiglas in a frame and heat until the Plexiglas was sagging in the frame and jiggled like jello. Take the frame with Plexiglas and quickly pressing over the male mold then using the part that was made earlier and press over the part..this stretches the Plexiglas over the male mold to dimension. _www.princeaircraft.com_ (http://www.princeaircraft.com/) Lonnie Prince CEO/President 6774 Providence Street Whitehouse, Ohio 43571 Tel. 419-877-5557 Fax 419-877-5564 lonnie@princeaircraft.com In a message dated 4/26/2013 10:00:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, MyronTruex@comcast.net writes: Try Ricks Restorations in Las Vegas. I see them making lens' for their projects. ____________________________________ From: owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of GREGSMI@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me. Greg In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness@gmail.com writes: I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off. I can't remember who in the group I bought them from. Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ? Thanks ef="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List">http://www.matronhref="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:32:43 AM PST US From: Esa Lehto Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses Hi,=0A=0AI checked from YouTube and you are able to find lot of good inform ation. I can see that the second video is exactly what you want to do with the mold. Looks really easy! =0A=0A=0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLq wFd66Uk=0A=0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=50-sR54UBgY&feature= fvwp=0A=0AEsa=0APulsar XP=0ARotax 912UL=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________ ________=0A From: Keith Palmer =0ATo: pulsar-list@matr onics.com =0ASent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:31 AM=0ASubject: Re: Pulsar-L ist: Nav light lenses=0A =0A=0A=0A =0AGreg, =0A-=0ADo a search on :- =0A -Drape forming acrylic =0Asheet=0ADrape forming plastic=0ADrape forming P erspex=0A-=0AYou must know which you are going to use, a plastics supplie r could tell =0Ayou which to use on your moulds & give you some hints.=0A -=0AKeith =0A----- Original Message ----- =0A>From: GREGSMI@aol.com =0A>T o: pulsar-list@matronics.com =0A>Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:37 PM=0A >Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses=0A>=0A>I have the molds that w ere used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hard ware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me.=0A>-=0A>Gre g=0A>-=0A>In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time , saafbusiness@gmail.com writes:=0A>I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke ge tting them off. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>I can't remember who in the group I bought t hem from.=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Thanks=0A> >ef="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List">http://www.matronics .com/Navigator?Pulsar-List=0As.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com =0Ap://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contributio n =0A>href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pulsar-List">http://www.ma tronhref="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com=0Ahref ============= ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:14:23 AM PST US From: North Fork Heli Subject: Pulsar-List: selling pulsar Due to not flying my Pulsar much I have decided to sell it "firewall aft" and keep the 914 and prop for a future project. It is a skystar series 3 with 300+ hours on it, Aluminum gear. 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