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by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:13 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: French translations
Replies: 5
Views: 3631

Hello Paul,

sorry for late reply, I was abroad for business. I would be very glad and honored if I could help.

Send me a message bd.scc(at)free.fr , I'll translate for you if you wish.

Looking forward,

Bertrand (French mad owner of an English flying machine).
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
Sat May 07, 2011 3:47 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Landing a Champ on a Truck!
Replies: 1
Views: 2246

...and he will need a 5 SM highway to perform the show!!!


Good skills anyway.


Bertrand
by bertdeleporte
Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: VW SOLEX CARB.
Replies: 6
Views: 4658

:lol: :lol: :lol: Misfortune for the girl, :cry: :cry: :cry: she was deserving a better day, happy news for the rest!!!! Thanks for feed back.


Bertrand
by bertdeleporte
Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:10 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: VW SOLEX CARB.
Replies: 6
Views: 4658

Hello all,

The link given by Roger is comprensive, the last five pages are dedicated to the accelerator pump.

Bertrand
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
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
by bertdeleporte
Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:03 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: The Jodel Story (a French TV documentary film)
Replies: 5
Views: 4507

I can read a message between the lines... Do I misunderstand???


I'll try to spend a little time translating for everybody. The report is quite long, I'll try to pick the best of what is said.


Bertrand
by bertdeleporte
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...
by bertdeleporte
Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:19 pm
Forum: Sales & Wants
Topic: camshaft for O235/O-290 wanted
Replies: 1
Views: 2380

Hello all,

found a new on stock at Adams.

thanks for reading.

Bertrand