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  1. Marty_d
    It also said "Rotors: 3 blades each" while in the top pics at least, my Mk.1 eyeball clearly tells me there's 2 blades each. Bottom one shows 3 blades and a different rego / colour scheme - so they made at least 2.
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    I reckon if you're pulling the guts out of a van you'd want to put in some steel frames anyway, much as Skippy did.
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    I figured that. Just looked funny on the trailer with wings out.
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    You didn't worry about her lifting off when you got to highway speeds Bernie? 😁
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    That's a lovely colour scheme.
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    Didn't our current monarch drive one of them off a runway once?
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    Is True airspeed indicated on any instruments or just calculated / shown on GPS? (Not that it's going to make much difference in a 701 😆)
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    Even for speed cameras?
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    Used to be, you could be certain of a "buffer" (usually 10%) where they wouldn't pull you over. So doing 106 in a 100 zone was pretty safe. I think the rot set in with Victoria first, pulling people over for 1 or 2 km/h over the limit. Now here in Tassie there's "Over is over" signs all over the highways promising zero tolerance.
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    Aeronca C-3

    Marty_d commented on red750's aircraft in Recreational (3 Axis)

    Not a fan of the look.
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    le cochon.
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    Looks like the love child of an AN2 and a Lysander.
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    Oil tank hatch

    Marty_d replied to Red's topic in Skyranger

    I had the same questions Red. Ended up making my own, worked pretty well. https://www.recreationalflying.com/forums/topic/28196-marty-ds-ch-701-build-log/?do=findComment&comment=541949&_rid=2988
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    She did extremely well.
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    "'Ere, what's Mabel wearing, Stan?" "I can't quite tell, Ed, but it sure needs ironing!"
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    Very nice. Lot of time and money went into that.
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    I'm a dad, I reserve the right to tell Dad jokes!
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    You canard-ly expect that not to be a problem.
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    The bloke who did the first inspection of my 701 advised me to get a spray inhibitor - think it was Cor-Ban - and said it misted so well that even giving a few blasts into the wings through the root lightening holes would give a good coating. Unfortunately I bought the wrong one by mistake - ended up with avionics corrosion inhibitor which doesn't mist well at all. In any case something like that or ACF-50 which seems to be heavily advertised when you search "Aircraft Anti Corrosion spray" could be an option. If you're rolling the black stuff neatly then maybe you could tape over it after it's dry and spray the rest of the part with either etch primer or a corrosion inhibitor.
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    Very rare that 0.016" is riveted to another 0.016". Mostly to 0.025", 0.032" or thicker.
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    Isopropanol is another name for Isopropyl Alcohol. Usually available in small spray bottles for cleaning small parts, but you can get it in 5L containers. Not sure how much postage would be so it'd be a bonus to have a local supplier.
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    Probably not uncommon. Work colleague has just come back from Canada a couple of weeks ago. He and his wife had a float plane tour from a town there (not Vancouver, although they did visit there too). He had a video of the landing from inside the plane (DH Otter) - just before touchdown the picture jolted as the pilot swerved to avoid a boat headed straight across the landing point. Couple of seconds later you see the boat scooting across the side window having done a tight turn to avoid the plane, then the plane touched down on the wake and bounced a bit. That scared him enough - I'll send him this video too, saying hey - it could have been worse!
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    Hi Christin, Have a read through Mark Kyle's thread below, I think around page 6 he talks about alodine. He mentioned an acid bath to prepare the pieces so maybe that helps remove stickers. You could always make tags with zip ties to reattach part numbers after alodining, or scribble them on the part itself with a marker.
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    That's where I ended up. The choices are endless - some people like full alodyning (or whatever the modern equivalent is - I think Mark did this with his new parts). Then there's priming, the black stuff (which probably has a name) and if you're building and flying in a desert, probably nothing at all. I believe 6061-T6 has some anti-corrosive properties anyway. So I decided to just use etch primer on the joining edges of both pieces, and where riveting. This will NOT be the right approach for everyone so don't take it as advice on what to do.
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    Yep that's correct. I've changed mine from the bungee suspension to the rubber "hockey puck" type - hopefully it works ok.
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