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by Bill McCarthy
Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:21 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Welding your own fusalage
Replies: 20
Views: 19654

Re: Welding your own fusalage

If PFA Metals Northampton are still trading, they used to sell 4130 offcuts for practice welding and machining.
by Bill McCarthy
Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:55 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: VW mechanical fuel pumps
Replies: 2
Views: 3156

Re: VW mechanical fuel pumps

Martin - can't help with the fuel pump but how did you get on with the Colibri build. Is it a one piece wing spar.

Bill.
by Bill McCarthy
Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: RV 9 import from the States
Replies: 8
Views: 5583

Re: RV 9 import from the States

If all seems OK, fly it back via Greenland, Iceland and Wick in the far north !
by Bill McCarthy
Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:49 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Grass
Replies: 7
Views: 5803

Re: Grass

I sow my agricultural fields at 16Kg per acre and that is 1Kg more than recommended - 50Kg per acre seems extreme !
by Bill McCarthy
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:46 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: sluka fuel
Replies: 6
Views: 4581

Re: sluka fuel

A Mr Funnel is difficult to hold upright when trying to pour from a jerry can. Make up a velcro band to hold it to framework. The tank neck is quite fragile so don't rest the jerry can on the funnel. You could lash out and purchase a hand pump if you find it difficult pouring from the can.
by Bill McCarthy
Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:34 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: VW pulled stud
Replies: 9
Views: 8481

Re: VW pulled stud

Nick - too late now but did you use thread lubricant on the studs. If so, for the torque applied, the studs would be overstressed. In addition, torque wrenches, even new ones, are notoriously innacurate, sometimes out by 25%. For the pulled stud - is there sufficient "meat" for a thread insert (heli...
by Bill McCarthy
Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:24 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Grass
Replies: 7
Views: 5803

Re: Grass

Get an amenity grass mix from an agricultural seed supplier. It will be less vigourous than a farm field mixture.
by Bill McCarthy
Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:17 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Rally 2014
Replies: 4
Views: 3594

Re: Rally 2014

I am from the far north where it stays pretty cold but had to buy a fleece to keep warm in that biting wind in Sywell. It was a great outing again and the five and a half hour flight from Wick was a good learning experience. No worries about a Channel crossing now as on the return flight (same fligh...
by Bill McCarthy
Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:58 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Rivet gun choices
Replies: 11
Views: 10264

Re: Rivet gun choices

I find that Ingersoll Rand make good stuff. They do one that does from eight inch to three eights rivets, with a light touch starter facility. Were you at the rally - LAS had a box of second hand ones there.
by Bill McCarthy
Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:31 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Bleeding Piel Emeraude brakes
Replies: 6
Views: 5292

Re: Bleeding Piel Emeraude brakes

Use a disposable 20ml syringe.
by Bill McCarthy
Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:07 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Bleeding Piel Emeraude brakes
Replies: 6
Views: 5292

Re: Bleeding Piel Emeraude brakes

If you have easy access to the bleed nipple, we did exactly the same procedure as above - it naturally pushes the "bubbles" uphill, but watch your reservoir level.
by Bill McCarthy
Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:18 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Recommendations for Headsets
Replies: 9
Views: 8130

Re: Recommendations for Headsets

Lynx Relai - never let me down.
by Bill McCarthy
Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:39 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Pitot Tube Bending
Replies: 15
Views: 14234

Re: Pitot Tube Bending

Dave - as a matter of interest, and if you don't mind, why are you fitting aluminium tubing throughout ?
by Bill McCarthy
Sun May 04, 2014 9:46 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Open cockpit edging
Replies: 5
Views: 5344

Re: Open cockpit edging

Google "metal edge protection strip" - there is a large selection of cross sections available. For holes in sheeting use grommets of the type used for electrical cables.
by Bill McCarthy
Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:51 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: rudder cable pull test question
Replies: 5
Views: 5480

Re: rudder cable pull test question

As I see it , he wants to check that they had been proof tested after being made up and therefore should have been issued with test certs.