Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:28
Tim Is it really cold in Christchurch? Cold in UK right now! I reckon all the 747 vapour trails are reflecting heat out and helping to cool the planet! I admit to trying to guess what Andy is thinkin
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:44:06
The tailplanes were designed for easy removal but I don't think it is identical, looked more complicated and the FAA may have redesigned it for him! Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:27:26
Raimo the best filter imho is an Andair gascolator. Easy to check for contamination before every flight, which used to be routine. I do not like the Purolator filters. Easily broken, easily assembled
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:18:25
Karel yes I do. the engineering could have been done better. We have to remember though, Ivan was under a lot of pressure to get the whole design finished and sell some kits to start earning some mon
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:01:30
What I still don't understand is that the wings came off and from the information to date there was not enough speed to pull the wings off. Incomplete information it would appear. Wings should not fa
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:11:29
Karl you might get the TP5 out with heat but the TP6 is not so easy. Even after it is loose from the end rib you then have to get it inserted into the root rib and then get it out of that. The heat t
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:17:34
Glenn lowering the flaps gently at a trimmed 80 kts should result in a trimmed 60 kts without needing to adjust the trim. I remember Ivan was delighted to discover this early in the testing and bough
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:24:30
Paul I cannot argue with you. I detect the possibility of some bean counter thinking here. There is unfortunately a beoief in UK retail circles that mark up has to be 100%. When value added is close
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:27:17
Paul the radiation pattern of a dipole is like a figure 8 on its siude, (doughnut) is that right Fred? John? Quarter wave whip is more or less a sphere. Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:10:36
Mike I agree with you. A simple redesign would be to make TP5 and 6 one single tube, with lightening holes, weld a flange on it that bolts onto the inside of the root rib. Relying on a bond between e
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:13:50
Remember. Any holes drilled in the TP4 tube have to be horizontal. Vertical holes would weaken the tube too much. Graham -- Graham Singleton Tel: +441629820187 Mob: +447739582005
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:10:52
It might be worth talking to Peter Kember or David Watts. They are based at Laddingford Graham would welcome a group solution to getting through Mod 73 - before touching the plane and convincingly de
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:31:47
Brilliant Jos! give Ivan and Judith my regards and tell him to be gentle with you when he checks you out! Be wise to check for crud in the fuel filter more than once too. Graham btw tell Judith to be
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:49:05
Raimo You are right, Jos is a man in a m,illion. I can listen to him for hours. Once I can get him talking! I am pleased the 172 didn't bite you! Another example that trees can be better than rocks p