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by TRAZZELL
Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:58 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - January Meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 2388

East Midlands LAA Strut - January Meeting

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be on Monday 9th December at The Plough, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. No external speaker planned for this month so it’s a ‘noggin & natter’ evening. Bring along any presentation material/aeroplane bits that other Strut members might...
by TRAZZELL
Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:24 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - December Meeting
Replies: 2
Views: 3046

East Midlands LAA Strut - December Meeting

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be on Monday 12th December at The Plough, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. This month we have Neil France who is going to talk about his involvement in the Global Stars Aerobatics Team. I hope to see you next Monday evening. Best regards...
by TRAZZELL
Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:16 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: undercarriage compression rubbers
Replies: 10
Views: 10841

Re: undercarriage compression rubbers

I paid about £32+VAT per 300mm length from Direct Plastics so pretty good value I thought. I did consider making them myself ( they are cast from a two part liquid polyurethane) but the bandsaw technique seemed to work well enough. You can buy Durometers pretty cheaply which would allow you to test ...
by TRAZZELL
Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:52 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: undercarriage compression rubbers
Replies: 10
Views: 10841

Re: undercarriage compression rubbers

I've had some polyurethane rubber rods made with 55 Shore hardness (as spec) for my Menestrel project. 40mm dia x 300mm long then sliced up on a bandsaw into blocks and through drilled 8mm for the locating pins. We're a while away from trying them out though!

Tony Razzell
by TRAZZELL
Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:32 pm
Forum: Sales & Wants
Topic: Revmaster hub puller
Replies: 0
Views: 1679

Revmaster hub puller

Does anyone have a hub puller tool for the Revmaster 2100D engine that I could borrow. The tool itself is not too expensive but the postage from the US is extortionate!

Tony Razzell
by TRAZZELL
Sun Nov 06, 2016 6:47 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - November Meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 2186

East Midlands LAA Strut - November Meeting

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be on Monday 14th November at The Plough, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. This month we have Fiona Macaskill who is going to talk about her experiences as a British and World record holding paragliding pilot. Fiona has had 20 years & 20...
by TRAZZELL
Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:42 am
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - October Meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 2182

East Midlands LAA Strut - October Meeting

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be on Monday 10th October at The Plough, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. This month we have Keith Vinning from the PilotAware Team. PilotAware is a low cost portable traffic awareness unit for use in all types of aircraft that shows whe...
by TRAZZELL
Tue Sep 06, 2016 7:49 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: Sept East Midlands LAA Strut meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 1949

Sept East Midlands LAA Strut meeting

The next East Midlands LAA Strut meeting will be Monday 12th September at The Plough, Normanton on Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. We have a special talk this month by Helen Nall, “The Courage of the small hours”, a fund raising evening in memory of the 55,573 airmen lost in Bomber Command in W...
by TRAZZELL
Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: 'Airdrome Aeroplanes' (USA)
Replies: 23
Views: 29834

Re: 'Airdrome Aeroplanes' (USA)

Hi Nigel, One thing to consider if getting involved in your local strut. You'll meet like-minded people at strut meetings and be able to bounce ideas around with other folks who have likely been down the same road. I am the coordinator of the East Midlands strut so do contact me if you are in the So...
by TRAZZELL
Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:46 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: 'Airdrome Aeroplanes' (USA)
Replies: 23
Views: 29834

Re: 'Airdrome Aeroplanes' (USA)

The Nicollier Menestrel HN700 is another design to consider. VW powered and no too dissimilar to the D18 in build complexity and performance. There are a few of us building and you will probably see a few at the Rally as well.
Tony
by TRAZZELL
Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:05 pm
Forum: Aircraft Design - General
Topic: EAA Solidworks member benefit (Merged)
Replies: 12
Views: 16354

Re: EAA Solidworks member benefit

For basic 2D work, I have been using Dassault's DraftSight quite successfully, it has certainly done all I wanted for creating waterjet patterns and full size ribs etc. on my Menestrel project (albeit in multiple A3 sheets as I don't have easy access to a plotter). I tend to use Sketchup for my 3D p...
by TRAZZELL
Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - August Meeting
Replies: 1
Views: 2834

Re: East Midlands LAA Strut - August Meeting

Several people spotted the 'deliberate mistake', the next meeting is the 8th August 2016.

Tony Razzell

East Midlands LAA Strut Coordinator
by TRAZZELL
Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:20 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: East Midlands LAA Strut - August Meeting
Replies: 1
Views: 2834

East Midlands LAA Strut - August Meeting

The August meeting for the East Midlands LAA Strut will be held on the 8th July 2016 at The Plough Inn, Normanton-on-Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm.

No speaker this month so a ‘noggin & natter’ session.

Tony Razzell

East Midlands LAA Strut Coordinator
by TRAZZELL
Fri Jul 08, 2016 9:08 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: June East Midlands LAA Strut meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 2104

June East Midlands LAA Strut meeting

The July meeting for the East Midlands LAA Strut will be held on the 11th July 2016 at The Plough Inn, Normanton-on-Soar, LE12 5HB at 7:30pm for 8:00pm. No speaker this month but I will present an update on my Menestrel 2 project. Do bring along any material that you’d like to show other strut membe...
by TRAZZELL
Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Sales & Wants
Topic: VP1 Plans Wanted and others Available
Replies: 11
Views: 10638

Re: VP1 Plans Wanted and others Available

VP1 book left for you at Derby Ken.

Tony