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by 4kilo
Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:45 pm
Forum: RV 7/7A
Topic: Left rear elevator spar boo-boo
Replies: 2
Views: 5833

Or option C; you can 'undimple' a hole ONCE by using two flat sets, then countersink.

Pat
by 4kilo
Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:04 am
Forum: Flight Tales
Topic: Inspiration
Replies: 5
Views: 10956

Inspiration

For those still banging rivets, here are some fun things to do with your RV when you finish:

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Pat
by 4kilo
Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:51 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Congratulations to Chad Jensen
Replies: 17
Views: 21857

Congratulations Chad!

It's nice to see one of our own in the Ivory Palace.

Pat
by 4kilo
Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:31 pm
Forum: Flight Tales
Topic: Only took me nine months!! ;o)
Replies: 27
Views: 33530

Awesome Chad!

Pat
by 4kilo
Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:29 pm
Forum: Flight Tales
Topic: One year anniversary of my First flight!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 16809

I don't have timr to post much...

Too busy flying.

850 hours in just over three years.

Pat
by 4kilo
Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: End of the year build/flying status updates!
Replies: 22
Views: 25257

760 hours on mine, and I am having too much fun flying to spend much time on the web anymore.

Pat
by 4kilo
Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:19 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Introducing...N755CB
Replies: 25
Views: 34030

Congrats Chad!!!

I hope to see you at Osh,

Pat
by 4kilo
Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: General Construction Questions
Topic: Torquing AN Fittings
Replies: 3
Views: 7419

Spike, If you don't have a set of crow foot (no idea what the plural is, crows feet?) fittings for your torque wrench, you will probably eventually want them. I have two sets, one set looks like the end of a regular open end wrench, the other looks like the end of a brake line wrench. I find the ope...
by 4kilo
Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:48 pm
Forum: RV 7/7A
Topic: Status Brantel #72823
Replies: 644
Views: 594686

Congratulations Brian!

One flight and you will know how totally worth it all the work was.

Pat
by 4kilo
Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:11 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: My Mistress
Replies: 5
Views: 8466

You're a poet. Very nice.

Pat
by 4kilo
Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:29 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: iphone/radio interference?
Replies: 7
Views: 9486

Now you know why the airline crews hate it so much when passengers leave the things on.

Pat
by 4kilo
Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:23 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Stall warning kits for 7/8/9
Replies: 32
Views: 37635

An AOA does not tell you how much positive lift you have? Sorry CJ, I have to get a little pedantic with you here. A true AOA system indicates the angle of attack. This is NOT the positive lift being provided by the wing. At 120 kts and 5 degrees AOA you have twice as much lift as you do at 60 kts ...
by 4kilo
Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: US registrations
Replies: 7
Views: 10457

US registration numbers must begin with N Must contain one and may contain up to five additional charicters Only the last two charicters may be letters of the alphabet If the second to the last charicter is a letter, the last charicter also must be a letter Use of certain letters may be restricted -...
by 4kilo
Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:12 pm
Forum: General Construction Questions
Topic: Making brake lines
Replies: 23
Views: 36494

CJ, There is one issue you need to be concerned with if using pressurized gas for testing. The compressed gas stores a tremendous amount of energy, and if the tested component fails, that energy could propell parts at tremendous velocity. I know there is a 99.9% chance you will pressurize the part, ...
by 4kilo
Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:31 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: I'm on the deleted post list
Replies: 25
Views: 28664

I just watched the video in question, and I thought it was pretty funny. Since I fly with Falcon Flight, and we have a practice this weekend, I'll find out what our guys think.

Pat
by 4kilo
Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:31 pm
Forum: O-320 / O-360 / O-540
Topic: Lean O' Peak & engine ops
Replies: 10
Views: 19055

No offence taken CJ.

Pat
by 4kilo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:35 pm
Forum: O-320 / O-360 / O-540
Topic: Lean O' Peak & engine ops
Replies: 10
Views: 19055

CJ, Second to the last paragraph of my previous post: On formation and acro flights, I set up about 75%, lean well rich of peak, and leave it. If you call the 37 ship at Osh "loose, commuting formation" then that is what I do. I was number 8 in the Osh formation (slot in the second four ship of the ...
by 4kilo
Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:54 pm
Forum: O-320 / O-360 / O-540
Topic: Lean O' Peak & engine ops
Replies: 10
Views: 19055

CJ, I am somewhat conservative in my engine operations; the simple version is: 75% to 100% - Full rich 65% to 75% - Traditional rich of peak leaning 0% to 65% - Lean of peak Percent power is figured using standard engine performance chart info plugged into my GRT EFIS engine pages. When I go for lon...
by 4kilo
Tue May 19, 2009 8:18 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Zen and the Art of RV Polishing
Replies: 4
Views: 7664

Still got some clean-up to do on the polish, but this gives the general idea:

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by 4kilo
Sat May 16, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Zen and the Art of RV Polishing
Replies: 4
Views: 7664

Zen and the Art of RV Polishing

My airplane just came back from the paint shop Friday, so now I get to polish out all the little problems caused by the painting process. The painter actually did a very good job of keeping the airplane reasonably clean, but a polish job very clearly displays EVERY imperfection. Polishing is not for...