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mrlupin

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  1. Wouldn't you be better off with a teleflex cable?
  2. The exhaust on these normally aspirated engines might not get hot enough to cause the bulging and or cracking I have seen on the turbo charged engines. Then again, it probably takes 10 years for most of the privately owned airplanes to make it up to 2000 hours versus two years for most commercial operations. The failure rate is sure to be more frequent with increased flying.
  3. Nice work on making that exhaust. I am curious.... Wouldn't a solid exhaust such as the one pictured be very highly prone to cracking? I repair airplanes for a living and most of the airplanes I used to work on before moving to the airlines, have some sort of slip joint to avoid cracking. The Piper chieftain comes to mind with the TIO-540J2BD. Even with the slip joints, you would normally get cracking over of some manifolds before TBO was reached.
  4. pm sent, I would like to see pictures
  5. I hadn'ts though of that.... I know a fella with a Cozy mark iv Maybe I will give him a call...
  6. Where would one go for a long-ez check out? I don`t have many longs in my area... but I can fly pretty much anywhere if someone is willing to sell me his services for a check ride.
  7. Good day, I am currently in the market for a long-ez, I would be interested to know if it would be possible to get a check ride from a Long-EZ owner? I would be more then happy to compensate anyone for his troubles. I am located in Montreal but can go pretty much anywhere in Canada for the ride. It's easier to stay within Canada but I can also fly pretty much anywhere in the US. Thanks Eric
  8. I had a look at the nose gear attach structure, the delamination isn't apparent in that area. Thanks for the advice, I haven't decided whether or not I will buy this bird.. It's construction is amazing but the original owner sold it two years ago and the new owner has not maintained it to my standards. It needs to be refinished and a a few minor repairs here and there and I should be good but in order for that to be worth my while, the price needs to be right. I will post more pictures when I get home.
  9. Good day, I am looking at buying a long EZ, I did an inspection on an aircraft I am interested in, and found a crack on the right hand side of the area where the nose gear retracts. The crack is at the junction of the belly skin and gear recess. I am an aircraft maintenance engineer and I do have some experience with composites. I do know how to repair them but in this case, since I am unfamiliar with ez-poxy, (which from my understanding is no longer being produced) I would like to know if there is a compatibility problem when using another epoxy for the repair. Which epoxy is recommended? Also, any ideas as to why this damage would have occured? the current owners doesn't seem to have any idea. Thanks for the help..
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