---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 12/19/04: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:26 AM - Re: PAINT STRIPPING A CJ (Kelley Monroe) 2. 06:14 AM - R&R Russian radios (HodgeJW@aol.com) 3. 07:27 AM - Re: Marvel Mystery Oil (Lee Taylor) 4. 07:36 AM - Re: Aviation Wx Site (Lee Taylor) 5. 08:27 AM - Re: Aviation Wx Site (Gus Fraser) 6. PM - () 7. PM - () 8. PM - () 9. 01:44 PM - Re: R&R Russian radios (PeteAbbott@aol.com) 10. 02:13 PM - Re: Aviation Wx Site (NapeOne@aol.com) 11. 04:44 PM - Re: Marvel Mystery Oil (Aubrey Price) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:26:52 AM PST US From: "Kelley Monroe" Subject: Re: Yak-List: PAINT STRIPPING A CJ --> Yak-List message posted by: "Kelley Monroe" A friend of mine had his CJ stripped with soda and all the areas between the structure are now dished inward. I don't want to do anything like that. Also the bags of soda said not for aircraft use. ( contains salt)----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Yak-List: PAINT STRIPPING A CJ > --> Yak-List message posted by: cjpilot710@aol.com > > Yep. EPA loves it. Should do a decent job on removing the paint (Chinese) > that's normally found on a CJ-6. Its basically dry ice in very small pellet > form shot against the surface. The sudden freezing cause the paint to become > very brittle and the abrasion of the pellet and air pressure takes off the > paint. Great around rivet heads and seams. > > Another popular one is baking soda and high pressure water. Again loved by > the EPA and should be a little cheaper than the dry ice. > > Both of these system are used by USAF contractors who do the repainting for > them. Both are good for heavy structural pieces, but you might want to be very > careful on thin skins. Remember that pounding on aluminum, be it hammer or > dry ice pellets, has the same effect. It will may cause the aluminum to buckle > and becomes brittle. The people who use this stuff have to be careful, > because they can damage parts very quickly. Make sure you look into their back > ground on if they have done similar type aircraft (C-172) and not just heavy > metal stuff. > > Jim "Pappy" Goolsby > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:14:47 AM PST US From: HodgeJW@aol.com Subject: Yak-List: R&R Russian radios --> Yak-List message posted by: HodgeJW@aol.com Dan, I removed all the radios, switches, control boxes, inverters, hdg and att gyros, and associated wiring harness. I then had to add some ballast back in to get the cg right. Now I am working on new panels so I don't have a bunch of cover plates all over the place. So far, the box of "avionics" that I took out weighs about 100 lbs. and the old wire harness is about 20 lbs. I have put about 50 lbs. back on the radio rack, and the new radios, a Garmin 250xl nav-com and a PS Engineering PM1200 intercom weigh about 6 lbs. So yes, you can save some weight. You might be able to get away with less ballast if you put it further back. My airplane would be in cg with 18 lbs. on the tail post instead of the 50 lbs. on the old radio rack. I just was worried about the polar inertia with a moment arm that long. I also am going to get the B&C alternator which is going to save another 25 lbs. or so. Good news there is that the alternator weight comes off the front end where you really need to lose the weight. Would I do it again? Yes, but I should have waited until now to do it because I missed the last good flying days for a long time here in Ohio. Jay ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:27:07 AM PST US From: "Lee Taylor" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Marvel Mystery Oil --> Yak-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" Fifty years in this business, have NEVER heard a negative comment about Marvel Mystery Oil, and many of the "experts" use it religiously. My "procedure" is a quart into the engine oil about an hour before oil change. Have never had a sticking valve or flat lifter since starting to do this. Lee Taylor ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:36:07 AM PST US From: "Lee Taylor" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Aviation Wx Site --> Yak-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" Check out http://www.wunderground.com/ for a free site that gives the best comprehensive weather that I know of. My wife is on our boat on the west coast of Florida right now, trying to get to Mobile, Ala, and I have been watching everything closely using this site. It gives a better aviation picture than anything else I have found. Lee Taylor ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:27:15 AM PST US From: "Gus Fraser" Subject: RE: Yak-List: Aviation Wx Site --> Yak-List message posted by: "Gus Fraser" For those of you with Treo 600 phones or Nokias with web browsers try http://gusfraser.com/cgi-bin/wtr This is a link that I set up for myself to use when on the road. It defaults to NJ but covers all states. You can even get a weather map below 5000 ft while in the air. Gus -----Original Message----- From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Lee Taylor Subject: Re: Yak-List: Aviation Wx Site --> Yak-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" Check out http://www.wunderground.com/ for a free site that gives the best comprehensive weather that I know of. My wife is on our boat on the west coast of Florida right now, trying to get to Mobile, Ala, and I have been watching everything closely using this site. It gives a better aviation picture than anything else I have found. Lee Taylor ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 01:44:05 PM PST US From: PeteAbbott@aol.com Subject: Re: Yak-List: R&R Russian radios --> Yak-List message posted by: PeteAbbott@aol.com ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 02:13:14 PM PST US From: NapeOne@aol.com Subject: Yak-List: Re: Aviation Wx Site --> Yak-List message posted by: NapeOne@aol.com _EAA Chapter 72 Weather Page_ (http://www.eaa72.org/weather/index.htm) Best Yet. ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 04:44:09 PM PST US From: "Aubrey Price" Subject: RE: Yak-List: Marvel Mystery Oil --> Yak-List message posted by: "Aubrey Price" I would have to agree. We had about a quart of oil leaking out the stacks after several days of setting. One of the gentlemen we work with used to be a design Engineer for John Deer. He looked at the plane and told us to cut the oil 25% with MMO and fly it for 15 minutes, drain the oil and refill as normal. We don't have the problem anymore. We have two DC3's on the field. They use MMO by the barrel. -----Original Message----- From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lee Taylor Subject: Re: Yak-List: Marvel Mystery Oil --> Yak-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" Fifty years in this business, have NEVER heard a negative comment about Marvel Mystery Oil, and many of the "experts" use it religiously. My "procedure" is a quart into the engine oil about an hour before oil change. Have never had a sticking valve or flat lifter since starting to do this. Lee Taylor advertising on the Matronics Forums.