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- Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:27 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rivet gun choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10483
Re: Rivet gun choices
Still no joy. LAS didn't have any idea about 'used' ones and I've not had a reply to the last 2 questions I sent them, so, I'm still in the market if anyone wants to clear their garage!
- Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:47 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rivet gun choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10483
Re: Rivet gun choices
Ahhh, I missed the rally. Just got out of hospital after having 3 vertebrae welded and pinned together.
Thanks, guys.
Thanks, guys.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:09 pm
- Forum: Sales & Wants
- Topic: Wanted. Rivetting tools. Cardiff
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1625
Wanted. Rivetting tools. Cardiff
Hello. I'm looking for a 2X gun, snaps, countersinks etc to start me on my way. I've got several non-structural jobs to do plus an ali bodied Austin Seven that looks odd with a few hundred pop rivets in it. If anyone has some used tools then I'd be grateful for a chance to buy them. Thanks Rob, near...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:02 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rivet gun choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10483
Re: Rivet gun choices
Thanks, Harry and Rob. If I can't find a 'used' toolkit then I'll try them for new stuff. Ideally, for cost reasons, a used set would be needed since I'm going to need snaps, countersinks etc as well as the gun. Soon adds up! I've got a few feelers out at the local college, the airport and some adds...
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:21 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rivet gun choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10483
Rivet gun choices
Probably sounds like a silly post but after having riveted lots of aircraft over the years, always using guns borrowed for the purpose, I find myself wondering which gun to buy. I assume that the cheapo sub-£30 Ebay 'chisel guns' lack the slow initial touch and will only go at full wallop. If I want...
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Leburg Ignition - Battery Replacement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8495
Re: Leburg Ignition - Battery Replacement
FWIW, I prime it with 4 blades with the throttle open and then it fires, usually with the first light tug (Not "SWING") of the next blade with the throttle set for about 600 rpm idle. I don't have a primer so I drain the carb float bowl and lines before filling with new fuel and that seems to make a...
- Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
http://library.propdesigner.co.uk/html/gottingen_535_characteristics.html Profile for Gottingen 535. From Google/Wiki... At sea level and at 15 °C, air has a density of approximately 1.225 kg/m3 (0.001225 g/cm3, 0.0023769 slugs/ft3) according to ISA (International Standard Atmosphere). Reynolds numb...
- Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
John. There are some grandfather rights for aircraft up to 390kg MTOW so long as they were homebuilt (etc etc) so mine would be 'in' on that score but the stall speed is an issue that the CAA are already looking into. Difficult to prove until the aircraft has flown so there may be need of some sort ...
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:29 pm
- Forum: Hangar Chat
- Topic: ARV Super 2 at Oshkosh. Photos found
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ARV Super 2 at Oshkosh. Photos found
I found a couple of photos from around 1989 of the ARV trip to Oshkosh. Does anyone want a copy for posterity? I know I have some more yet to find and am happy to pass any on. There are some brochures and assorted other bits stuffed away in the loft, too.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
I've just been informed that changing to SSDR is not possible unless the aircraft was previously within the Microlight category and that if it was under the LAA umbrella then it cannot move to SSDR. That's scuppered my plan, then.
Time to close the workshop door again.
Time to close the workshop door again.
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 3:11 pm
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
Last permit renewal flight in 2003 ended up in a field full of hay bales. Scratch one engine and one undercarriage leg! If The FRED was permitted to 'go SSDR' then I assume I could fly it quite soon but it might be that the regs would require it to be finished to 'LAA spec' before it can be test flo...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:14 pm
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
300 kg for a single seat landplane (or 390 kg for a single seat landplane of which 51% was built by an amateur, or non-profit making association of amateurs, for their own purposes and without any commercial objective, in respect of which a Permit to Fly issued by the CAA was in force prior to 1 Jan...
- Sat May 31, 2014 2:14 pm
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
Sorry to be a bit dim, but... ...Can a Fred, stalls @ 40 mph (according to spec sheet), weighing 354 MTOW, built and flown in the 1980s now be eligible for SSDR? I have a photo of it showing 28kts at some point whilst still airborne so I was also wondering how one converts from indicated to calibrat...
- Thu May 15, 2014 9:05 am
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
Still no news? I can't find anything on Google, etc.
- Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: SSDR
- Topic: New SSDR regulation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39921
Re: New SSDR regulation
Fingers crossed!
I've just been dumped from the 757/767 fleet onto the 737. I need something to cheer me up.
I've just been dumped from the 757/767 fleet onto the 737. I need something to cheer me up.