Tough Break CJ. Very sorry to hear it. I can think of no better way to de-stress than to have nothing between you and OSH but the open road and two wheels. If you need a place to crash on your way home (I won't be back in time for your trip out) don't hesitate to swing by. We'll have three hots, a c...

do they still let an enlisted man co-pilot them? i think they called them aero scouts when i was in. Nope. Not any longer. Just Warrant Officers and above unfortunately. Sometimes I'd rather have an EM next to me! Thank YOU for your service Wheez! As for the switched components....that is good. A l...

Thanks Don. Appreciate it!

I must have something like 60 C/Bs in the helicopter I fly (OH-58D) and it seems as though not a flight goes by that I do not have to re-cycle a circuit breaker or two. I'll get a failure of a subsystem like a radio, transponder, GPS, weapons system, etc and many times simply pulling the breaker and...

Don, Great write-up on the DRDT-2. One question for you. You mentioned in your article that there was a different turn setting for each thickness of sheet. Do you re-calibrate it with the scale each time you change thicknesses or is it simply a matter of remembering how many turns gives you good res...

The link below is to a description of how a Pietenpol builder and flyer cracked the nut. I know some people who have seen it in action and were pretty impressed.

http://nx770cg.com/SmokeSystem.html

Luckily my wife is not holding my project hostage....YET. I'm sure as soon as we write that first check that will change in a hurry. <Grin>. We actually got snow here in Baghdad a couple of days ago!! Huge flakes too. Weird how the family was having 65 degree weather in Northern New York while I was...

What in the world are you doing with that hammer?!?!?

What a great idea. Get on record and let your fellow bangers hold you accountable. Ok, here goes: 1. Get most of the tools I need before coming home from Iraq in August. 2. Enroll in and complete a hands-on aircraft metal working seminar of some type. 3. Bang/squeeze my first RV-7 Rivet on or before...

Really like the idea of the polished aluminum stripe. I think it will look fantastic. Here is a program called Cpick that is free and may help you snag colors that you like from the internet. You can take colors from photos; just make sure it's a well lit portion without shadows. It captures the col...

Looks like I get to be the first one to say M e r r y C h r i s t m a s on Christmas day...(0155 GMT+3). I hope everyone has a great Christmas and finds many new and shiny airplane parts or tools under their tree! Socks be darned…I want Clecos, scotchbrite pads, and a nice little supped up IO-390 :g...

Well, I received the practice kit about 3 weeks ago, but just started work on it a few days ago. I had an Aviator Proficiency And Readiness Test (APART) that I had to get out of the way first. Once a year the APART becomes an Army Aviator's sole focus. Even over here in a Combat Zone, most of the re...

Indeed you are correct. It's called aerodynamic balancing and it's a way to reduce the control forces necessary to move the control surface. The more the portion of the control surface ahead of the hinge line "pokes" out into the slipstream the more "assistance" you get. You can get the same effect ...

I've created an excel document that compares the Standard Kit and the Bare Bones Kit from Avery. How do you go about posting documents here? I could post a URL for it if that is easier and preferable to adding it to the document share. I would not necessarily consider it worthy of the document share...

First off, great site you guys. I know that running a community like this is NOT easy and it takes a lot of work. You guys do a great job. There are plenty of places on the Web (even homebuilding sites) that are nothing but bickering and screaming matches about whether you should use self-drilling s...

CJ,

Got the Videos....Thanks!! I started watching them yesterday. Very informative indeed. I'll get them back in the mail here shortly.

Jake

CJ, I really appreciate you sending the videos. I Owe ya one! U.S. Postal Service is the only way for me to get mail here. The good thing is that you only pay domestic shipping. The military pays the rest of the way once it leaves the U.S. Please let me know the cost because I WILL reimburse you. Th...

Thanks! I'm working on figuring out what the cheapest method is going to be.

BTW...What shipping company was your Emp kit shipped from Vans with?

CJ, Thanks for the offer. It's very much appreciated :thumbsup: . I've listed my address below. Thanks also for the tips on re-packing the kit. Although...I guess I could just have my wife leave the kit the way it is and just have her re-send it USPS. Just kind of expensive to pay shipping twice lik...