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    Any electronic technician worth his salt would just reverse engineer the circuit diagram from the board, its not enscapulated. so whats the problem?
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    I remember seeing it in his shed down in Sydney, around 1986-1987 was just about complete.
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    Hi Scotty, I made all my cables on my old 95:10 machine using a Nicopress 64-CGMP. The jaws can wear but mine are still good as new. They are checked with a gauge with the jaws closed... but for the life of me I can't remember where I put the instructions.. not with the tool dammit! There is also a Go-Nogo gauge for the actual swages available as well. This also tells you if the jaws are worn, or if your swage hasn't squeezed properly. There is some adjustment for the jaws but if they fail the Go-Nogo checks then a new set is required. Cheers Richo (Level 2)
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    http://www.jabiru.net.au/jaba-chat-a-news Circlip installation notes link just put up! spooky
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    Onex? Bonus folding wings, all metal, VW derivative engine http://www.sonexaircraft.com/aircraft/onex.html
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    Note: small variations in the belts manufacture, and machining of each groove in the pulleys, will more than likely mean that the white line will be all over the shop after a run. PS.. You prop sounds pretty coarse for a little Kwaka 440, I would have thought somewhere around 28-29" of pitch
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    Looks like the frame has been put together with hardware grade bolts... in that case.. RUUNNNNNN..! ..although in the doco he does specify AN hardware must be used
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    Belt slip will rob you of thrust at high power settings.. you really have to have them tight.. scary tight!
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    Cheers.. I love google Heres another article... on the perils of scud running http://www.greatusermanuals.com/clips/html_files/scud_running.html
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    Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud_running
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    ..also combines SonexAus Flyin if you want to see a Sonex/Waiex/Xenos up close, talk with builders, learn a little about the aircraft this is the venue to be at Cheers Richo http://sonexaus.wikispaces.com/
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    Its a scratch built 95:10, which I started putting together in my carport in 1984. I was in the RAAF at Williamtown at the time. At the time one of my mates had a Cohen Condor with single surface rag wings, (for-runner of the Thruster), so I took all the dimensions from it, and built up the aluminium broomstick frame. Another mate had done a similar thing and built his own Condor, he later retrofitted wood wings, powered by a Rotax 277. So I had 2 aircraft to model from. Looking at mine many have suggested its a Thruster, has similar structure with fibreglass pod. The pod has a fabric fairing behind the pilot. The main difference is the built up wings, spruce spars, foam ribs, dacron and dope. I registered it as a Kestrel Mk1 in 1987, before the 'other' Kestrel 95:10 appeared in the late 80's. The Robin has a Rotax gearbox on it, which we fitted after I lost a belt driven prop in flight. Another time the nut hold the rope starter came undone and sent the rubber handle through the prop on takeoff.. a single nut dammit! Cost me another prop. I last flew it in 2005 at Truro Flats, now lives on its trailer at Callington, to make room for the Sonex. There are some photos here, part way down the page.. http://sonexaus.wikispaces.com/Tony+%28Richo%29+Richardson+Sonex+813
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    Reckon that might have been Crommelins... I seem to remember getting a new CDI unit from them about 12-13 years ago. Some research I did sometime ago also led me to US snowmobiles... a Polaris or something was a Robin derivative as a source of new barrels and pistons. Hey FlyerMe I'll have to look you up sometime for a chinwag. I am building a Sonex which is keeping me busy, and not FLYING! Hence the idea of getting tho old beast runnning again. I reckon I might have spoken to the Loxton fella bout his Robin at Truro.. picking up a near new Robin with 17 hours, thats gold! Cheers Richo
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    Pretty cool! I have a Robin powered 95-10 homebuilt that I haven't flown for 5 years.. you've inspired me to think about getting it airworthy again. Have you been able to get spare parts for the Robin, mine's nearly 30 years old!! Cheers Richo from Strathalbyn SA
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    Something rolling. I don't know what it is but it has been to YNRG a few times.
    CT4 also affectionately(?) known as a Plastic Parrot
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    Perhaps in the meantime you could refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B and delight in the mathematical formulas presented?
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    Another Horscott's inquiry coming?
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    Mmm.. with a name like Roger Ralph Dickie.. an incidaent waiting to happen? "I say.. that takeoff was a bit Dickie, Roger.. "
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    Heres a later photo of the RP-4 Thing! Stretch-limo of the skies... er tarmac
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    Andy, you got it one, blame the Unions! They were behind a concerted effort to keep ex-military personnel out of the airline industry. They were declaring with exodus of RAAF personnel leaving (post Vietnam wind down and attrition in the late 70's early 80's) we'd come in and take the members protected jobs, so they campaigned military training was basically task orientated and not a trade per se, therefore not comprehensive enough to be a LAME. The only pathway open, as you know, was to redo ALL the theory exams from scratch.. no full or partial RPL credits at all. At Parafield TAFE around that time, ex RAAF blokes were teaching the modules for guys to retake the exams!! Has kind of back fired a little on them in the last decade or so, with the industry complaining about a lack of LAME personnel but there you go. With the amount of turmoil in the Industry since deregulation in '89, glad I kept out of it! Richo
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    A simple method of fabricating streamlined strut fairing is to cut up some sections of 16 thou 2024 or 6061, make 2 bends and wrap the section around the strut.. a handful of rivets - viola instant streamlining. The bends are designed to hold it together under spring tension, giving the streamlined shape. The rivets stop it from springing apart. Its a method I used on my own designed 95:10 machine on the 4 lift struts with great success. It made a big difference in handling with a few knots gained, and it actually glided like a winged brick instead of a standard brick.. you can just see them in the photo. pdf file shows the basic folding. Dimensions are adjusted for your diameter tubing. (Struts are 32mm) streamlinestrut.pdf streamlinestrut.pdf streamlinestrut.pdf
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    Hi Andy, about 90% done, 90% to go... you can see it here http://sonexaus.wikispaces.com/Tony+%28Richo%29+Richardson+Sonex+813 life keeps getting in the way.. but I manage to do something every week. Have you retired to Coffs? Cheers Richo
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    Yep.. especially when its behind you
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    Tailwind + short strip in a slippery Sonex... wouldn't be good as demonstrated
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    PS Latest incident in QLD was a C182 birdstrike on the 15Oct11.
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