Search found 105 matches

by ian herdis
Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:48 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Ethanol
Replies: 17
Views: 12286

With the ever increasing price of avgas its soon going to be a case of mogas or no gas !!!!!!

I am about 2 years away from engine selection/install and hope that a suitable diesel will be available by then.
by ian herdis
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:41 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Some Videos
Replies: 3
Views: 3379

Excellent videos, check out Steve Wood and GOOFY
by ian herdis
Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:38 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Help choosing A/c for me, my wife and my 30Kg Dog
Replies: 25
Views: 17483

pwwuk
How did you post your doggy pic I thought we could not post direct on the BB
by ian herdis
Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:51 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Help choosing A/c for me, my wife and my 30Kg Dog
Replies: 25
Views: 17483

How about the Glastar or the new Glastar Sportsman 2+2 lots of room load and speed
by ian herdis
Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:52 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Bonding Perspex to aluminium
Replies: 6
Views: 7082

Not sure about bonding to paint as the weak point may be the paint bond, the Sportsman is composite and the windows are bonded in before paint, the method requires an initial sanding of the surfaces and a clean with solvent

Ian
by ian herdis
Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:32 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Bonding Perspex to aluminium
Replies: 6
Views: 7082

Andrew

The Sportsman which I am building has all the windows bonded in with Silpruf a structural glazing adhesive, the method is to paint each surface with a thin coat and leave to set, then bond together with a generous bead of adhesive.

Ian
by ian herdis
Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:22 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Diving to their Doom ?
Replies: 12
Views: 10752

If you look at the back ground I dont think the Jab is in a dive it it just a way to get as big a picture as poss on the mag cover, looks good and I am sure it will be a great read when it arrives
by ian herdis
Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:16 am
Forum: Coaching
Topic: COACHING CORNER
Replies: 11
Views: 23919

Good idea Dave as a new pilot myself that is some thing I would find very helpful
by ian herdis
Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:00 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: East Fortune Airshow
Replies: 0
Views: 1945

East Fortune Airshow

Just back from this excellent show what a great day, the display was hampered by our usual east coast harr but despite this was still a great display. LAA aircraft done us proud a great display from Jim McTaggart in his Stolp Starduster based at near by Archerfield and an unbelivable routine from a ...
by ian herdis
Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:26 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Vortex Generators
Replies: 20
Views: 20318

Arrivisto
Sounds like you have a mountain to climb there, sticking on the VGs will be the easy bit.
Good Luck
by ian herdis
Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Hi folks - new LAA CEO
Replies: 12
Views: 10065

Hi, Pete
Welcome to the LAA, shame you were not given the password, hope they gave you a door key, ha ha.

Good luck and best wishes in your new post

Regards
Ian
by ian herdis
Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:29 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Jerry Can Pump
Replies: 5
Views: 6970

Is this a manual pump not clear from pic or description
by ian herdis
Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:28 am
Forum: Thatcher CX4
Topic: Any takers?
Replies: 67
Views: 128069

The Thatcher looks like a great design, looking on the website there is three of you registered as builders, good luck to you all. The new draft of TL 1.07 allows us to recover external engineering costs from subsequent builders, 10% from each new builder, this may be usefull for you as you then at ...
by ian herdis
Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:38 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Automatic Log-in
Replies: 11
Views: 10433

Same here, tried several times but to no avail, there was a recomendation to tick the box then hit the reurn key but that has never worked for me either
by ian herdis
Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:16 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Tall folk, small plane
Replies: 24
Views: 19436

How about a Glastar or a new Sportsman 2+2 that should tick all your boxes