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1. 12:14 AM - 2009 List of Contributors (Matt Dralle)
2. 11:51 AM - don't take your plane to . . . (teamgrumman@AOL.COM)
3. 12:12 PM - Re: don't take your plane to . . . (Bruce Smith)
4. 12:33 PM - Re: don't take your plane to . . . (Gil Alexander)
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| Subject: | 2009 List of Contributors |
Dear Listers,
The 2009 Matronics Email List and Forum Fund Raiser officially ended a couple of
weeks ago and its time that I publish this year's List of Contributors. Its
the people on this list that directly make the Email Lists and Forums possible.
Their generous
contributions keep the servers and Internet connection up and running.
You can still show your support this year and pick up a great gift at the same
time. The Contribution Web Site is fast, easy, and secure:
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I also want to thank Bob, Jon, Andy, and John for their generous support through
the supply of great gifts this year!! These guys have some great products and
I encourage you to visit their respective web sites:
Bob Nucklolls - AeroElectric - www.aeroelectric.com
Jon Croke - HomebuiltHELP - www.homebuilthelp.com
Andy Gold - The Builder's Bookstore - www.buildersbooks.com
John Caldwell - HowToCrimp - www.howtocrimp.com
And finally, I'm proud to present The 2009 Fund Raiser List of Contributors:
http://www.matronics.com/loc/2009.html
Thanks again to everyone that made a Contribution this year!!
Matt Dralle
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| Subject: | don't take your plane to . . . |
There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called Columbia,
CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored to the late 180
0s and you can pan for gold in the river. The school was also restored.
Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those with a weak heart. There is
als an airport nearby.
Two years ago, I got a Tiger from a customer who lives in Columbia. The
plane has 1400 hours on it. Straight airframe. Good restoration project
. . . but, I digress. That Tiger had been maintained by the guys there
in Columbia since it was new. Let's just say that the prop AD had never
been done, the rear spinner bulkhead had so many different holes in it th
at there was no way to put it on straight. When I got the plane, the spin
ner run-out was 3/8 inches at the bulkhead. and that was only the beginni
ng. $10,000 later, the plane was airworthy.
The Project X plane was also maintained in Columbia. The brake lines are
so mangled that all I can say is, "It's a good thing there are no wheel
pants." The nose torque tube is broken; apparently has been for a while.
The prop was indexed wrong. Pulled the seats. The hardware was wrong,
bolts, that happens. BUT, the Clevis screws in the back, the ones with
the spacer and large washer? Long gone. In their place was a countersun
k screw tightened until the seat could still be installed, a bolt with no
spacer or washer, a 5/16 inch bolt that looks like it had been turned dow
n to 1/4 inches to fit with a standard washer on it and one clevis screw
without the washer.
And you should have seen the installation of the JPI with fuel flow. Let'
s just say, "I'll give it points for creativity."
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| Subject: | Re: don't take your plane to . . . |
Gary,
You gotta write a book!
Bruce Smith
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:50 PM, teamgrumman@aol.com wrote:
> There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called
> Columbia, CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored
> to the late 1800s and you can pan for gold in the river. The
> school was also restored. Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those
> with a weak heart. There is als an airport nearby.
>
> Two years ago, I got a Tiger from a customer who lives in Columbia.
> The plane has 1400 hours on it. Straight airframe. Good
> restoration project . . . but, I digress. That Tiger had been
> maintained by the guys there in Columbia since it was new. Let's
> just say that the prop AD had never been done, the rear spinner
> bulkhead had so many different holes in it that there was no way to
> put it on straight. When I got the plane, the spinner run-out was
> 3/8 inches at the bulkhead. and that was only the beginning.
> $10,000 later, the plane was airworthy.
>
> The Project X plane was also maintained in Columbia. The brake
> lines are so mangled that all I can say is, "It's a good thing there
> are no wheel pants." The nose torque tube is broken; apparently has
> been for a while. The prop was indexed wrong. Pulled the seats.
> The hardware was wrong, bolts, that happens. BUT, the Clevis screws
> in the back, the ones with the spacer and large washer? Long gone.
> In their place was a countersunk screw tightened until the seat
> could still be installed, a bolt with no spacer or washer, a 5/16
> inch bolt that looks like it had been turned down to 1/4 inches to
> fit with a standard washer on it and one clevis screw without the
> washer.
>
> And you should have seen the installation of the JPI with fuel
> flow. Let's just say, "I'll give it points for creativity."
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: don't take your plane to . . . |
...but it's a nice place to visit if you don't get any maintenance done....
My only complaint was that the quaint hotel had add-on air
conditioning, which combined with the quaint, leaky single-pane
windows gave a very hot room when it was 108 F outside.
Still worth a visit though.... gil A
At 12:50 PM 12/21/2009, you wrote:
>There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called
>Columbia, CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored
>to the late 1800s and you can pan for gold in the river. The
>school was also restored. Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those
>with a weak heart. There is als an airport nearby.
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