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    • I am installing a new radio in my plane and have come across quite an oddity.

      Verifying wiring to the GIB position, this is what the multimeter gave me:

      Pins 3 & 4 go to wires in a shielded cable,
      Pins 1 & 2 go to wires in another shielded cable (should have been to the red and black power lines),
      Pins 5 & 6 go to the shield of a cable.

      1&2 are VDC+ and ground,
      3&4 are HS left and right,
      5&6 are the mic.

      This was originally wired to an ICOM A210 and the radio was mono with one output that fed both pilot and copilot positions.  This was sent to what I believe was a space saver panel?

      Still, I don't know how the headset was functioning, at all back there.  I checked my results several times, but got the same result.  I'll be checking again next time I go to work on the plane.

      I've ordered a new LEMO jack, but I am dreading trying to pull the wiring through the pilot seatback, especially since the wiring will have to be extended on a new jack to get to the junction I need to tie into.

      Anybody got some input on this?

    • All good feedback, but...

      14 hours ago, Marc Zeitlin said:

      ...the $10K seems a bit high - a 50% premium for doing nothing doesn't sound reasonable to me.

      You're basing value relative to the prior purchase price. You wouldn't negotiate with someone relative to the original price you paid for your house, would you? Considering rampant inflation, the scarcity of projects like this, good quality (I am assuming from the pics), and the value of one's time to get this far, "$10,000 or reasonable offer" may be perfect for the right buyer. It's definitely in the ballpark IMO.

    • 6 minutes ago, Ratdog said:

      So should I lay up those pieces outside then lay them in just like normal procedure in the plans for attaching bulkheads to the fuselage ( i need to review that ) or build them in place overlaping the layers on the fuselage and whats left of the bulkhead on top and bottom if you understand what i mean.

      Either will work. Just ensure that you remove all of the paint and any fill on the inside skin, and sand the surface appropriately for a bond prior to attachment. Just make sure that you have the right number of total plies in the right place, including the F-22 layups and the corner tapes, whichever you do.

      8 minutes ago, Ratdog said:

      Yes   what in the Cthulhu's name (whoever that is) is the  aluminum washer it looks like on the backside.

      That SEEMS to be the aft side of the CNL bushing as shown on page 12-2 of the plans. But it's supposed to be trimmed to be flush - you'll need to figure out what's going on there.

    • Thanks again Marc for all your help.  Im an idiot but not a total idiot when it comes to epoxy and  fiberglass . LOL.  I have experience with

      building model gliders and boats I guess when i say glue i mean epoxy bond .   What your saying sounds like a good solution so I would just use the plans layup .  So should I lay up those pieces outside then lay them in just like normal procedure in the plans for attaching bulkheads to the fuselage ( i need to review that ) or build them in place overlaping the layers on the fuselage and whats left of the bulkhead on top and bottom if you understand what i mean.  Yes   what in the Cthulhu's name (whoever that is) is the  aluminum washer it looks like on the backside  .  Something else to be susicious of ? 

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      Since my instrument bulkhead and f22 are in trouble I thought i would show off my f28 to see if it is at least ok 

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    • Here's how I built a couple of props. The first one was good right out of the box--credit beginner's luck. The second one which I will discuss here took a lot of adjusting;  you might find it interesting.  At the outset, I will admit that it's easier to just buy a prop but what fun is that!   There are probably easier ways to draw prop blades with a 3D CAD program but this is was my method.

      1. The first thing is to decide what length and pitch to build. I kept a list of props I read about that a people were using with a given HP and speed range and put them on a spreadsheet. (pic 1) Comparing pitch is tricky because a prop builder might be quoting the pitch of the flat side or the pitch of the prop's chord line. There can be several degrees difference.  I just assumed that every pitch was quoted at the chord line.

      2. Pitch is quoted in inches at the 75% station. It is the geometric distance a prop with no slippage will advance forward in one rotation.  However, a builder must know the chord pitch angle.  My spreadsheet converted pitch-inches into a pitch angle.  I chose 26.8° chord pitch angle for my 180 hp engine and a 67“ length. From some previous experimenting, I believe length is not too critical. Pitch and tip thinness make a big difference.

      3. I used six nice maple boards, 3/4” thick, so the hub thickness would be 4.5”.  I scraped them as recommended to open the pores and glued them together with Weldwood Plastic Resin glue, rolling glue on both surfaces and flipping the growth rings for each board, and clamped them tight for a couple of days. (pic 2) The Weldwood product was recommended because it has a more generous working time than Resorcinol. 

       
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    • This is an original, unstarted kit from Quickie Aircraft Corporation.

      Included are fuselage shells, a smoke-tinted canopy, metal parts, original plans, and misc hardware. The metal parts are the find here, which have been gently bead blasted and oiled to prevent rust.

      The kit can be used towards building a Q2 or Q200 (same fuselage and most metal parts).

      Will crate and ship to your location at cost.

      Asking $3,250 and proceeds benefit the Canard Zone and the Quickie Builders Association. Also listed on Barnstormers.
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    • The only "fix" for a wing attach fitting corrosion issue is to completely disassemble and remove the metal parts, ensure that the composite spar is sound and wasn't damaged in the process of the original metal fitting installation, and then fabricate new fittings, protect them with alodining and appropriate coatings and then re-install everything with wet hardware. If you don't know what ALL of that means and how to do it, you're not in any position to do the work.

      As I've stated numerous times before, I believe that it all could be done in about 40 - 80 hours of work, assuming that the underlying composite spar is in good shape.

      As you surmise, there are many things that could bite you - the composite spar could be damaged, you might damage something in the removal of the corroded metal, or you might have trouble getting all the re-fabricated pieces to align and fit together correctly upon re-assembly. Paying someone $4k - $8k to do this work, with no guarantee of success, seems like a risky path to me.

      VE's change hands fairly regularly, and they don't fall out of the sky regularly, but there HAVE been at least 4 known instances, in around 2K Variezes, of corroded wing attach fittings. Who knows how many are corroded and haven't been discovered? Nobody. I most certainly would never buy one that had any visible corrosion anywhere on the wing attach fittings.

      See the picture below for a corroded fitting example - the visible portion, near the hand, is fairly decent looking - you wouldn't necessarily expect that the non-visible portion has severe interlaminar corrosion that has removed over 1/3 of the thickness of the material and damaged the rest.
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    • Saw this oil cooler door idea (pic 1) on a FB page but I don't like it.  The chap has an ingenious linkage to open and close the slots in flight but the problem is that when full open, half the cooler is blocked by the apparatus and even when open, the slots create drag on the air flow.  In hot weather, you will want the whole cooler working.

      I have a pic of a cooler using louvers by Marc Z. that is a better idea but it might be copyrighted so you will have to imagine it.  :-)

      I did not give this enough thought when building the Cozy.  Eventually I arrived at this slider (pics 2,3) which is satisfactory but  not in-flight adjustable.    With experience, I know about where to set it.  This time of year (Nov), it covers about 2/3rds of the cooler.   In the winter it will block the entire cooler.   Doing it again, I would offset the cooler which might have given the space for a cable-operated slider.
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    • Below is a sample of a panel I laid out using XPanel software. Jim Evans was asking about instrument panel software on the Yahoo groups forum and you can no longer post attachments so here it is ....

       
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