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Yeah Mark, I saw the blocks of foam and immediately suspected he'd been hanger flying , perhaps with a pax aswell.

 

Like most, I have done and still do some hanger flying with past and present projects..........it's the only time I can fly with a can of beer in one hand... 026_cheers.gif.2a721e51b64009ae39ad1a09d8bf764e.gif

 

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Lol...that started a few months ago! Its nice to sit in it with ones joy stick in hand and make Corvair noises.... 027_buddies.gif.22de48aac5a25c8f7b0f586db41ef93a.gif

 

I "HAD" to sit in it today to see if I could see over the instrument panels... 076_joystick.gif.1d2ed07889352a966338f6390696faff.gif

 

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Todays progress! Cut out instrument holes and instrument access door on front cockpit head rest. Fitted the Avon Speed master 21" tyres that arrived from the UK on Friday.

 

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Scotty, I had wheels just like that on my Biplane . Dead easy to cover them in if you want. Just cut out a circular piece of fabric, larger than the rim. Cut a hole in the centre and glue on a flat nylon grommet. Then centre fabric with grommet over axel and then glue the fabric onto the inside of the rim. Then refit tire and tube and presto !.....lovely twenty style streamlined wheels. A second glued on grommet can also be placed over tire valve for access....Fabric can be further heat-shrunk after fitting the tire for a super look like in your avatar....Maj...014_spot_on.gif.1f3bdf64e5eb969e67a583c9d350cd1f.gif

 

 

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Christ Maj!.....these things are a work of art! I cant stop going out to the garage and touching them! I do know what you mean about covering them in to make them stream lined but we are talking about a Pietenpol low and slow here. With the amount of drag on this airframe, im happy to have my wheels naked so I can drool on them while flying around the hills.

 

If it wasnt going to be zero degrees tonight I would be sleeping next to them on the garage floor!

 

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Ha..yes I know where your coming from !....I actually recall lock wiring all my spokes where they crossed over, for extra strength on the biplane, saw that somewhere in a museum, might have been on a Curtis Jenny, ....can't beat that spoked wheel look !!............Maj...024_cool.gif.7a88a3168ebd868f5549631161e2b369.gif

 

 

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Yes very basic design that does the job well, Had a similar set up on the bipe and never had any problems, even with no brakes..............Maj...012_thumb_up.gif.cb3bc51429685855e5e23c55d661406e.gif

 

 

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Four turns of wire around the crossing of the spokes was standard treatment for racing motorcycles in the twenties. Some gooey gunk that dries was put over the wire to stop it fretting the spokes. The thin alloy sheet or fabric treatment Maj talks of is also period treatment. Nev

 

 

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Bit more progress over the weekend. Been procrastinating over starting the undercarriage for too long! Lots of angles on this "Jenny" style gear. Made a mock up in pine before I start cutting up Spruce.

 

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Been a productive weekend! The Spruce legs are on! Had my first try at Swaging a Nicopress cable loop. I think I am happy with it and it passed the go / no go gauge test!

 

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That looks like a very nice swage there Scotty. I always preferred the zinc coated ones, but the copper are prob better for the period look...........Maj.....

 

 

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