Guernsey Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 l have aset of Fibre glass ones thankyou. And l am not sure if l have mentioned this but l hate fibre glassing. regards Bruce We know Bruce, I think that's why Skeptic was having a bit of a dig at you. Alan.
skeptic36 Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 My wife and I spent some time desperately trying to get the freakin air bubbles out of some fibre glassing before the crap went off, just a couple of days ago while making repairs to our pop top caravan roof so the sentiment (I hate fibre glassing) is front and center in my mind ATM. How you could ever build a whole aircraft out of the stuff, making it strong and keeping it light at the same time is beyond me. Regards Bill
Sloper Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 Goodaye all Havent done a lot over the Holidays (except refurbish computers ) but l have roughed out my intrement panel. You will see where l have put the throttle and handbrake, l now have no cables running in or through the dash. laid it out the way l feel it should go, but l am sure it will change. l'll leav it sit there while l am working to see what l think. Got heaps of footroom. Getting back to the refurbishing of computers, l have some ex corporate P4's for sale cheap and some XP professional licenses. regards Bruce
Guernsey Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Love the new progress photos Bruce, but when you have an hour to spare, could you fit that new Viking Engine in cause I can't sleep at night waiting to see it installed. Alan.
Deskpilot Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Bruce, how difficult is it to bend that square tube without crinkling it?
Sloper Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 Seems to bend ok, Gary does the lower longerions though. Lots of rope and the couple of big screw drivers to pull it together. regards Bruce
kgwilson Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Bending square aluminium tube is not difficult but obviously the radius is the key so can only be bent to a point. It is 6061 T6 so has a high tensile and yield strength. The wall thickness of this tube is 3mm. The lower longerons are bent top to bottom using a jig and the 2 flat assembled sides are pulled in at the front and rear around the steel centre sub frame which tensions the whole frame to end up with a very strong structure. As Bruce said, lots of rope or heavy duty ratchet tie downs as I used.
bacon Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Hey bruce Hows the build coming along haven't heard from you in awhile?? Jamie
bacon Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Not sure if Sloper is still on this forum.Alan. Thats no good do you know why?
eightyknots Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Seems to bend ok, Gary does the lower longerions though.Lots of rope and the couple of big screw drivers to pull it together. regards Bruce Not sure if Sloper is still on this forum.Alan. Thats no good do you know why? Sloper was last on this Forum today at 7.07 pm. Sloper, if you're still lurking around, we would love an update on your project
Sloper Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 l am still here. No work on the plane though. Been busy with other things and had my daughter in Hospital for a while. l have fitted power steering to my 57 Chev. Fitted a dof dof upgrade to the stereo in the Magnum. Done a TV comercial with two cars. Done 2 days on a Movie set in another car. (pays for flying stuff) Upgraded the PC in the garage to network cable and fitted a TV card which of course l fitted a external aerial. Should be back to it next week. Thinking of buying a Tig welder to make my own engine mount or get work to buy a Tig welder l can borrow. regards Bruce
Sloper Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Goodaye all Got my fuel cells today. 2off 61 litre poly fuel cells, approved for NANDRA Drag Racing with all fuels. Methonol, Nitromethane, PULP and Avgas, even has AN fittings. Both are also foam filled. l have to fit cylindrical feul senders, finger filter for the feed line but it has all teh connections l need. Fuel pickup, fuel drain, return and breather. And turf the cap and inlet and make a neck. This is where the back one is going. And the front one. They weigh 7.2 kgs each and that put my weight creep up to about 25kg, but it shouldnt increase any more. l need to confirm the volume lost to foam at a guess l will have 115lts available when the tanks are brimmed. l am planning mounting straps at this stage. regards Bruce
sfGnome Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 Are there any issues with weight distribution if you use the tanks individually, or do you have to drain from them both simultaneously?
Sloper Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Gary suggested using the front tank first, l can fudge the weight and balance a little with the battery location. regards Bruce
eightyknots Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 And, if you're still out, you can buy a bigger battery.
Sloper Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 yep, but really it should be fine. regards Bruce
Guernsey Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Love those good looking fuel cells Bruce. Why 'on earth' did you mount that front tank. Alan.
Sloper Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 Doh. Having 4 children l buy washing powder in bulk, result is lots of plastic buckets. The square ones are much better, cut them in half and store cleco's and clamps in and there bright yellow so there harder for me to loose. regards bruce
Hongie Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 l am still here.No work on the plane though. Been busy with other things and had my daughter in Hospital for a while. l have fitted power steering to my 57 Chev. Fitted a dof dof upgrade to the stereo in the Magnum. Done a TV comercial with two cars. Done 2 days on a Movie set in another car. (pays for flying stuff) Upgraded the PC in the garage to network cable and fitted a TV card which of course l fitted a external aerial. Should be back to it next week. Thinking of buying a Tig welder to make my own engine mount or get work to buy a Tig welder l can borrow. regards Bruce Can you tell us what movie?
Sloper Posted July 21, 2012 Author Posted July 21, 2012 It was Mrs Biggs, a English production about the wife of the great train robber. Supplied a HG Premier for use as a undcover cop car for two days. Ment to come out next year to mark the 50th anerversy of the Great train Robery. You get fed well, meet a few faces you have seen before on TV and it pays very well. Paid for the rego and insurence of all my cars for the year. regards Bruce
Hongie Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Awesome! Any pics of the car... Sorry to derail (pun intended) your thread
sfGnome Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Geez. Pity about those very un-1960's houses in the background. Wouldn't want to get them in the shot...
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