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1. 04:29 AM - Re: Nice Present (William Lanman)
2. 06:28 AM - Re: XL upgrade video (Tommy Walker)
3. 08:25 AM - Re: Re: XL upgrade video (Paul Mulwitz)
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| Subject: | Re: Nice Present |
You are wise to not download an inf file. These are "information" files that
typically are used by Windows to install drivers and make changes to your
registry files.
Bill
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| Subject: | Re: XL upgrade video |
I haven't written anything on this list for a couple of years, but I saw the reply
by Paul and wanted to offer a suggestion about reaming.
I'm building a Kitfox now and there are lots of holes to ream. A suggestion was
made to pull the reamer through the hole when reaming instead of trying to push
it in a straight path. It worked for me. I have a low speed drill and would
thread the reamer through the hole and insert it in the drill and while pulling,
I would run the drill. Worked very well.
BTW, Paul, glad to hear you have completed the upgrade to your 601.
Me, I built two and a half 701s and have moved on to something else. The Kitfox
is a beautiful plane, but completely different from the Zenith.
Do no archive,
Tommy Walker in Alabama
N25A reserved
N7462M (sold)
N8701 (sold)
N8701T (sold)
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Tommy Walker
N8701 - Anniston, AL
Read this topic online here:
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| Subject: | Re: XL upgrade video |
Hi Tommy,
Pulling the reamer does sound like a good idea. Still, step drilling
with small increments also produces a very nice hole. Drills naturally
go straight and this is really true when taking a small amount of metal
from a relatively large hole.
I too am glad to have finished building and upgrading my XL. It flies
pretty well now, but still has a way to go to finish flight testing.
The issue I am working on right now is a lack of yaw stability. It is
easy to see when you look at the design that there is nothing making it
fly straight except possibly the nose wheel centering mechanism in the
lower gear column bearing. This doesn't work well on my plane, and I
suspect the same is true on many others. The full flying rudder is nice
for control but has no natural "Straight ahead" position like planes
with a fixed vertical stabilizer. I am going to try adding strakes next.
Paul
On 11/12/2011 6:25 AM, Tommy Walker wrote:
> --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Tommy Walker"<twalker@cableone.net>
>
> I haven't written anything on this list for a couple of years, but I saw the
reply by Paul and wanted to offer a suggestion about reaming.
>
> I'm building a Kitfox now and there are lots of holes to ream. A suggestion
was made to pull the reamer through the hole when reaming instead of trying to
push it in a straight path. It worked for me. I have a low speed drill and
would thread the reamer through the hole and insert it in the drill and while
pulling, I would run the drill. Worked very well.
>
> BTW, Paul, glad to hear you have completed the upgrade to your 601.
>
> Me, I built two and a half 701s and have moved on to something else. The Kitfox
is a beautiful plane, but completely different from the Zenith.
>
> Do no archive,
>
> Tommy Walker in Alabama
> N25A reserved
> N7462M (sold)
> N8701 (sold)
> N8701T (sold)
>
> --------
> Tommy Walker
> N8701 - Anniston, AL
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=357623#357623
>
>
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