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- Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:37 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Brazing 4130N steel fittings
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13739
Re: Brazing 4130N steel fittings
Hi all, I come late in discussion. The N in the material designation stands for "normalized" which means the material got a specific heat treatment to get relaxed of final format processing stress, and get grain normalized (100% austenitic). By brazing the fittings, if properly done and using the ap...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:42 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: 100LL Vapour Lock
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7436
Re: 100LL Vapour Lock
Hello Paul, I am not an expert, but vapor lock is a quite tricky behaviour of organic liquids. The question is unfortunately not so simple to answer: the liquid will turn to vapour depending on temp AND pressure. It means on ground, the vapor lock can occur if for instance liquid is sucked through a...
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:13 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: French translations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3631
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:13 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: VW SOLEX 32 PHN - T CARB PROBLEMS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3259
kiss again the ugliest girl :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2809 More efficient, it sounds you don't get enough feed to the engine, did you check the fuel inlet? I know it is aa very basic question, but under certain circumstances, we sometimes s...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:04 am
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: French National Instrument rating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4907
Sorry Steve, this was not my purpose. I just wanted to point out that airfield network is endangered now the French Gov stepped back from being the owner of the land on all French airfields. The UK airfield network (I believe the first in the world when you look number of aifield vs surface of count...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: French National Instrument rating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4907
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: sounds France became Noddy's Land :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The subject is under discussion for more than five years, it looks something sensible has been agreed. Regarding the historic heritage of the 350 public airfields, French Government sold f...
- Sat May 07, 2011 3:47 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: Landing a Champ on a Truck!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2246
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:57 am
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: VW SOLEX CARB.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4658
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:10 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: VW SOLEX CARB.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4658
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:57 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: VW SOLEX CARB.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4658
Hello John, I would not considere myself as a guru, just as an hobbyist in mechanics :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I would look on the same direction as you pointed according to the symptoms you describe. On those carbs, when looking on the net, constitution seems quite simple: you have the fl...
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:48 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Camshaft
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2402
Hi Rob, I've just rebuilt a O290 G, all O290 share camshaft with O235. You can get them brand new from Lyco, ECI or Superior, I got a new one at a decent price from Adams Acft, Lyco UK distributor, on behalf of Dukeries Aviation. I would recomand you contact Mark Bonsall at Dukeries, he is an expert...
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: Cirrus now under Chinese ownership
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2542
Superior Air Parts turned a few months ago also...
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2 ... parts.html
Bertrand
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Bertrand
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:03 am
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: The Jodel Story (a French TV documentary film)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4507
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: The Jodel Story (a French TV documentary film)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4507
... the thing is even better in mother tongue... Brian, you are absolutly right in your comments. Translation of a few words of the interviews: "at the time, I had one obsession: when you do not put a part on an aircraft, it does not cost, it does not fail, it does not weigh... What is the minimum o...
- Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:19 pm
- Forum: Sales & Wants
- Topic: camshaft for O235/O-290 wanted
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2380