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    N200LZ: Chapter 14

    rickh replied to TMann's topic in Long-EZ

    Small world... I just bondo'd my jig to the table a few minutes ago. Rick
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    I've been looking at the decrepit wood handles on the pitch fork, grain scoop, ... And all the scraps of UNI and BID with little dots of cured epoxy on them... Lucky so far I guess, other than what ends up on my shoes, I have very little left in the cup at the end of a layup. I weigh, FWIW. Rick
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    Aging is good, I aged mine a year! Similar to Steve, I chose Pro-Set because it seems to be readily available. MGS was going through "import from Canada" issues. Not for me thanks. Build. We ain't getting any younger Rick
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    1552?? I take a break for a couple of months, and look who dun bought plans Rick
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    I like the build good table trick, hope to remember it. Be inn a karpentur, I kan build lots of good tables. Some don't even make it to the fire pit! Rick
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    see my edit above. I wasn't fast enough adding it before you posted Rick
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    What plans number do you have? The correction you note may only apply to Plans Edition #1 or #2 (given the # of the newsletter above). I think you have Edition #3 Rick [edit] I think Plans revision #3 needs to be corrected with changes from about newsletter 76 on. I think.
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    Though he might not be able to charge for the plans, he could charge for the costs of producing the CD, packaging, ... I like Jon and Waiters comments though, send the buyer here Rick
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    If'n you want some dough-head to come down and help you get epoxy all over your tools, drop me a note. I'm pretty good at cutting cloth in a straight curve too Hope your build is enjoyable, and you're safely in the air before me Rick
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    Might be an additional data point, might not Phil is about 18 stones five; I'm about 11 stones. We're both about 1.75m. The seating was 'compact', though Phil said it felt wider than a 172. Rick
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    Alas, you're right More motivation for me to finish Rick
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    Probably not. What's removed on the left side should allow more leg room for the co-pilot. Maybe. The nose wheel may interfere, the seat pan may need to be modified. But see how Wayne Hicks did his front seat pans first. Would you be pleased with spending $1500 for it? I know I've several months into mine to get it to the tub stage, I figure I have $10,000 invested in time/materials Rick
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    I just floxed mine in, one side at a time. I taped (one ply ?) where it was convenient/easy. Seems sturdy. Used my finger on the 'hidden' side of the first glue up, a rounded stick/dowel on the inside of the map pocket. Suppose you could use an acid brush (3/8' wide) to swipe some epoxy on the oozed out flox on the inside. Though I found a bit of sanding (see stick above) took care of the major bumps on the inside. TODO: Radius the seatback at the map pocket hole, add glass corner of some sort. Rick
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    Don't really need the tub to make the canard, wings, main spar, winglets, match drill the wings/spar together, ... Yes though, the scooter garners a slight priority in the summer Rick
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    What a shame, I just hung my tub up for the summer. Maybe later... Rick
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    Now that I know you're in the Front Range... You'll have some extra foam from chapter four, and some pieces of leftover glass, but I don't think either will be enough for the practice chapter, especially the rectangular weight layup. The foam will be wrong too. I'm near Estes Park. If you're in the neighborhood... Rick
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    I can steer it from either the right or the left, though customary from the left for some reason. It won't go anywhere though, unless great quantites of gas are moved. In our case, blowing it out the rear end. So to speak Rick
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    Not true! I put Aerosmith on when I'm doing a multi-ply layup. If I have a problem with interlaminar bubbles, I crank on the radio. Ballerina music to make ultra light micro, Limbaugh for hard cure, etc. Rick
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    NPR. KUNC[.org] has quite a mix of tunes, though they don't play the Organic Flaming Broccoli Florette's much... if at all (what a coincidence, there's an emoticon for it!) Not much Floyd, Stones, or AC/DC, but it fills in nicely given I nuked my Tee-Vee 20 some odd years ago. Rick
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    X-Com makes a small remote head VHF, and Micro-Air makes a remote head transponder. Am sure there's others. Rick
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    Might be just me, but I have no idea how to go inverted, push stick, and fall out when I've only had an hour/two seat time in a new plane. Am sure it could be done, but... Rick
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    Aww, jeez, I was looking forward to a good food fight The Coffee House forum might be a better venue for semi-canard talk, maybe. Or go to the "Arena" on my forum: http://www.concours.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=17 (shameless plug ) and have at it. Same people, same topics, same opinions. Rick
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    If you throw the chain out first, it'll probably mangle or stop the prop. Rick
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    Wasn't that guys (gals?) sig line: "If you don't succeed the first time, skydiving isn't for you"? ba da bing PS: The log chain idea is pure genius.
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    I think it was John Slade, helping glue up the small blocks for the canopy lip. He tried pour foam, it foamed a bit fast when mixed in a cup. So he used stir sticks. One in Part-A, one in Part-B. Swipe a dollop of each on the block as he laid the foam dominos around the canopy. Not sure how it'll wire cut (toxic fumes too?), but worth a try. Rick

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