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Thanks for the fast answers. I have some acetone so thats what I'll use. You can call yourself a proptologist as long as you use a rubber glove:cool2:

I have to take a pause in my building to move. I have removed the resin and hardener from the pump reservoirs, and I was wondering what to use to pump through the pump to cleanse it? Do I have to take the pump apart to clean it properly? I did notice as I pumped the last of the fluids out that the handle is slow to return to top position and worry that the metering is affected. It is a Michaels Engineering pump with MGS 335. Thanks.

I think you were a little early I'm only in chapter 6, but will try to get there to ogle and gawk and take a million pics. I plan to ride down on my motorcycle (from Westchester County in NY) and camp.

To all this great advice I would add that to answer the OP's question would require a determination of the total potential market for such a product at a potential price point. I'm not sure that the folks on this board represent the target market as many of us are more interested in building than just flying. Folks with the funds to buy expensive kits and parts may not be reading this. Given what we already know about the total market (Velocity and Cozy and all the variants of EZ(e)s, etc I would say the market is not too big (fancy marketing terms) and would be unlikely to support the kind of capital intensive project you are contemplating. I would be hesitant to enter such a market unless the potential buyers was measured in hundreds or thousands, not tens and twenties. Talk to your banker to see what I mean. From my recent visit to Sun and Fun I think there is a lot more interest out there in new composite LSA aircraft, where people are paying $75-$125K for inexpensive to operate, lower performance, no Medical required craft. Maybe you could subcontract for some of that work? I for one would love to buy a Berkut kit today, but I, like so many others, can't afford one. Best of luck in your endeavors.

Does anyone have a web site address for Feather Lite? Do they have a site? Thanks.

No, the web site shows an email of Nostromo56@tx.rr.com

Thank goodness there is a civilian space program. Makes me proud to be a...ummmm......civilian.

Thanks all for the anxiety reducing responses. I feel better knowing that I am not alone in wanting an electronic solution integrated into my flight system, and that there is way to post-install them. Now I can go ahead and do all those layups in the landing gear area with no worries. Thanks! Great resource this board.

I went and bought the Atkinson fuel sight gauges as the plans method didn't appeal to me (trying to see gas sloshing around through translucent fuselage side glass). When the sight gauges came I read up on posts here about installing them and read the enclosed directions. Somewhere I thought I read that the sight gauge depressions that are to be sanded into the fuselage sides (like the control stick depressions) could be omitted at the time of building the sides. I cannot find this reference now and I may have misread it anyway. So that's what I did, and that's what I am now concerned with. I have gone on to finish Chap 5 and have assembled the sides in Chap 6 and I want to know if I have screwed up. Just when and how should I proceed to install these gauges? Do I cut out the glass and foam on the inside and mount the gauges over the hole? Can someone clarify just how I could go about this with minimal chopping up of the fuselage sides? On a similar matter, has anyone omitted the gauges completely and just installed an electric fuel level system as the primary fuel level instrument and how did that work out? Hoping someone out there can help alleviate my anxiety

Wow, no answer to this 2006 question? I have the same question. What exactly is the recess in the top of the heat duct for? Does it povide clearance for the plumbing of the fuel lines to the plans-specified fuel selector?

I'm not Marc, but that is him early in the video. I'm thinking I might want to strap one of those rockets onto my Cozy for the ultimate in Rocket Assisted Take Offs

I may be alone here but I think you are lucky (skilled?) to have had a happy conclusion to such a long flight conducted in the condition you were in. I for one would not have continued flight feeling that bad. I'm glad you are down, but you might want to consider reevaluating your decision making. Passing out after landing is your body telling you something. If I am way off base here I apologize. Maybe I'll reread what you wrote and get some other opinion. Anyway, it's just me talking

Nice, what's the blue tube, a breathalyzer?

A month ago I sent payment via Paypal to the email address on his web page and received the gauges in a week or so.

Interestingly, I ended up using the extra foam to redo the seatback. When I was doing the second side I was sloppy with the epoxy and also weighted the layup down with a piece of masonite on top of the peel ply, and forgot to use plastic to prevent a bond. Well, the masonite was pretty stuck to the seatback and cleaning it up made such a mess that I redid the whole thing. So, it seems that Mr Puffer watches over me and put in the extra foam....

Have to agree with all here that the Fein HSS blade is super tough, and brittle. Dropped it the day I got he Fein from Wicks, and it broke into two pieces. I ordered a replacement and while I was waiting for it to come I put the 1/2 broken blade in and haven't looked back since. I guess I'll leave the new blade to my heirs. Anyone have experience with the Harbor Freight cheapo knockoff blades?

KillerB, your pictures are great. I'm just starting Chapter 4 reading ahead to Chapters 5,6,7 and seeing your pictures clears up lots of questions I have regarding the shape of the bulkheads, longerons and sides and how they come together. Glad you are ahead of me blazing the way.

Great now I need a secret decoder ring to read the message!

So, just for planning purposed what might one expect to pay for the motor and prop described above. Not that I am ready to buy, but if I should trip over one in the next few years..... I am thinking of starting a fund for the motor purchase and the avionics purchase, much the same as one would set aside a set amount for each hour flown to be used for a rebuild/re-manufacture. So, if motor/prop cost = $15,000USD divided by 24 months to build I get to save $625/month. Same for avionics. Makes the airframe build cost look small. Sell car, sell motorcycle, buy nothing else for two years, max out the EAA Visa card. Makes me want to cry... Now I know why all your projects take 6 years.

It may be that the answer to your question is NO, no one to date has prepared a 'Consumer Reports' style comparison of EFIS offerings. Perhaps you could take on that project. Kitplanes or Sport Aviation magazine might welcome such an article (although they may be sensitive to torquing off their advertisers). Anyone willing to bite?

Thanks for your reply. Sorry it took so long to respond. I ended up going with the 335 resin/hardener combination.

Just an update on Aircraft Spruce Customer Service. I received a very nice phone call today following up with me to see if I received my order and if everything was in order. Had a nice conversation with them and we resolved a few minor issues. So, my learning from this all is that I should use telephone conversation with customer service to resolve any issues. In the past I relied on the online system which may not be the best way to get to a 'real' human. When my order arrived there was visible damage to one package with foam damage inside. I was also missing one item, fuel selector. No real problems though as I was able to use the foam (there was enough extra) and the fuel selector isn't needed fro some time yet. Just thought I would set the record straight with ACS, as they delivered the goods ( a lot of materials) at a great price.

Thanks all for the useful replies! I'm going to go with the Econply J from airtecholine. I May stop into a WallyWorld to see what they have on sale in the el cheapo dacron/ployester cloth department to use on some practice layups while I wait for my order to arrive.

I have peel ply in strips (rolls) from ACS but I know I saw a cheaper source here for an alternative to the high priced ($7/yd) stuff on ACS and Wicks, I just cannot find the posts. What exactly should I be looking for and where, like Walmart, Dacron cloth (weight)by the yard??

Wow, thanks! I guess I'll be posting now in the Chapter 4 area for the bulkheads.