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1. 10:51 AM - Re: New canopy pictures (PatrickW)
2. 11:56 AM - The love affair begins... (Jay Maynard)
3. 01:05 PM - Re: Stab Top AFT rivet line (elevator hinge and outboard of that (Bryan Martin)
4. 01:36 PM - Re: The love affair begins... (Gig Giacona)
5. 02:33 PM - Re: Re: The love affair begins... (Jay Maynard)
6. 06:08 PM - Re: The love affair begins... (leinad)
7. 06:11 PM - Re: The love affair begins... (kmccune)
8. 07:03 PM - Re: The love affair begins... (Ron Lendon)
9. 07:15 PM - Re: Re: The love affair begins... (Jay Maynard)
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| Subject: | Re: New canopy pictures |
Interesting pictures - thanks for sharing with us!
I take great interest in the canopy pictures, and as a builder who just put money
down on a BRS, I'm fascinated by the placement of the rear brackets shown in
these pictures.
These brackets are clearly visible on the sides of the baggage compartment, as
is the case on the current version of the AMD BRS installation.
Also, these brackets appear to be aluminum. I'd have assumed they'd be 4130, like
the front brackets. I tried to find out, but unfortunatley AMD doesn't share
information with homebuilders.
- Pat
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Patrick
601XL/Corvair
N63PZ (reserved)
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| Subject: | The love affair begins... |
I made my first real flight as pilot in command of my new airplane this
morning. (I'd gotten some time in yesterday, while getting a ride to the
factory, but not much, and no landings.) I was, quite frankly, nervous about
it. I'd only done passably in the Zodiac I flew back in February, and this
one was my airplane!!...
It went far better than I'd expected, and as well as I could have asked for.
We got going early so the wind and turbulence wouldn't be a problem. It paid
off, because we were pretty comfortable the whole time. We flew over to a
nice, but little used, airport about 15 miles away, and for the next hour
plus, I made takeoffs and landings in all of the aircraft's various
configurations, with a couple of go-arounds and one power-off approach
thrown in for good measure. All 10 landings failed to suck; none were real
greasers, but they were all quite acceptable. The airplane did just what I
told it to, and I finally felt like I knew how to fly it. It's almost like
it knew it was performing for its new owner.
I think I'll keep it. We're still working through a list of things to be
fixed, but it's shrinking steadily, and by the time I leave (likely, Friday
morning), it'll be empty.
We'll do the traditional handing over of the keys picture with me in the
TRON costume, and then I'll taxi down to the aviation college and get
pictures with the students and faculty down there. That will likely be
tomorrow afternoon. (They're fixing some paint issues on the airplane this
afternoon.)
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 10 June)
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| Subject: | Re: Stab Top AFT rivet line (elevator hinge and outboard |
of that
The spacing called for in the plans is an approximate value. The
rivets should be evenly spaced as close to the suggested distance
apart as practical. This is where a rivet fan is a handy tool to have.
The rivet lines should look good when you're done. In most cases,
there are more rivets than strictly needed for strength, so a small
adjustment for looks is not critical.
On Jun 10, 2008, at 9:43 PM, pkeast wrote:
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> Hey List!
>
> The instructions, and drawings call for an A4 Pitch 40 rivet line on
> the elevator hinge and the rest of the top aft spar...this all works
> well inside the outboard ribs (line up), but outboard of the
> outboard ribs, the pitch of the rivet,line on the front spar is
> something less than 40....am I supposed to match that, or just not
> meet up with the outer tip rib rivet line? Your help is
> appreciated...take your time...its 108 today, and even with the
> swamp cooler, it's not pleasant in the garage ;)
>
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Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
do not archive.
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off here?
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W.R. "Gig" Giacona
601XL Under Construction
See my progress at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:10PM -0700, Gig Giacona wrote:
> I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off
> here?
Heh...no, but I will have it with me. I don't wear it unless I'm making an
appearance of some sort; it's getting kinda long in the tooth and showing
significant wear.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
Jay,
You might try adding a cyclic redundancy check.. Choose a good polynomial and add
it to the suit. Then if it ever fails to checksum go back to the original
and restore it. That should prevent any further degradation.
Dan
jmaynard wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:10PM -0700, Gig Giacona wrote:
>
> > I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off
> > here?
> >
> >
>
> Heh...no, but I will have it with me. I don't wear it unless I'm making an
> appearance of some sort; it's getting kinda long in the tooth and showing
> significant wear.
> --
> Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
> http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
> Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
> AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)
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Scratch building XL with Corvair Engine
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
Congrats!
Kevin
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Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that
you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
Jay,
You have a beautiful airplane there. My first flight in one was the convincer
for me to go ahead and get the plans. Congratulations!
do not archive
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Ron Lendon, Clinton Township, MI
Corvair Zodiac XL, ScrapBuilder ;-)
http://www.mykitlog.com/rlendon
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| Subject: | Re: The love affair begins... |
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 07:02:52PM -0700, Ron Lendon wrote:
> You have a beautiful airplane there.
I have to admit to some trepidation when I first laid out the design, but
I've gotten nothing but compliments on it ever since posting the pictures.
It's even better looking in person.
> My first flight in one was the convincer for me to go ahead and get the
> plans. Congratulations!
Actually, my first flight in one had me wondering if it was the right plane
for me: I had a hell of a time getting the feel of it. It wasn't till today
that I felt like I had it down. You know how instructors talk about control
pressures when teaching flying? Until today, that's the term I used, but it
wasn't what I instinctively felt. Now, I get it. I might even have to go
take a helicopter intro flight sometime just to see if it really is the same
kind of thing.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)
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