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  1. Marty_d
    I thought it was only his wenches!
  2. Marty_d
    I want his workshop. Those benches are beautifully made.
  3. Marty_d
    Thanks Danny, I need to install a couple of them.
  4. Marty_d
    Sounds and looks brilliant. Well done Baz!
  5. Marty_d
    TWO planes and a motorbike in the garage! Lovely.
  6. Marty_d
    Is there a best practice for aircraft weighing, on normal scales?
  7. Marty_d
    Was there an alternative to lockwire? I have a vague recollection of someone saying some sort of welding wire was exactly the same and much lower in price.
  8. Marty_d
    Not an expert here but I assume the design of the aircraft itself would have some impact on your regular angle of descent. Drifter vs plastic fantastic, kind of thing.
  9. Marty_d
    Yes, it's in my plane now. Sorry! All I can suggest is put up wanted ads here and on every other aircraft forum - maybe Facebook marketplace etc too - someone in Aus might have one they're not using.
  10. Marty_d
    I was lucky enough to buy a second hand, but unused, one for $300 a couple years ago.
  11. Marty_d
    Second jury strut done. (Which is when I discovered I've run out of AN3-6A bolts, and the AN3 washers. Where's the best place to get these in Aus?)
  12. Marty_d
    We lived in Hervey Bay for a while when I was young. Too hot. Went back to Tassie.
  13. Marty_d
    I think both of you mean "brazed" unless you're talking about meat.
  14. Marty_d
    That's a beautiful landing.
  15. Marty_d
    Thanks Mike, that's a great idea.
  16. Marty_d
    The developer may have written the article themselves and sent it to the magazine. I worked with a bloke whose wife sent a couple of articles to the local rag, they were just published without contact or fact checking.
  17. Marty_d
    Thanks Planey! Got one jury strut done today, the lessons learned from that should make the other one easier.
  18. Marty_d
    This has been a great long weekend so far - Anzac Day, most of Friday and today I worked on getting the wings on properly. As of this afternoon they're both supporting themselves with the struts and wing bolts in. Still got the jury struts to do (bit more work in them, have to make the steel brackets) but it's a fantastic feeling to see her sitting there with wings! Feels nice and solid too. There's no slop at all - if you move one wingtip, the whole aircraft rocks.
  19. Marty_d
    Well, it's his choice to remove the earth spike, but he has to live with the consequences!
  20. Marty_d
    Commissioned by Elon.
  21. Marty_d
    Wings!! Bloody annoying trying to get them on and off by yourself, without dropping, scratching, bumping or otherwise damaging the buggers. No wonder all the advice I read says to get 2 people on it. Trouble is I'm generally working on the plane by myself (except for @nomadpete's invaluable assistance with electrical stuff), so I really needed a way to support the wing and be able to shift it up to the fuselage by myself. Some measuring and half an afternoon's building later, the wing tower is born. Braced in all 3 planes and designed to sit on the wheeled dolly that holds the wings when they're off. It's the right size on the top to support the wing cradle, which can be slid back or forward to get some fine adjustment in the vertical height (it's angled to give incidence). I only had time to drop it up to the shed and put the wing on it, didn't have time to attempt a fitting, but it moves ok and seems to put the mounting points at the right height and incidence.
  22. Marty_d
    Ya know, them chemi... chemic... stuff things that like give ya that Cowvid and shit.
  23. Marty_d
    Not surprising, they've elected some real nut jobs. Some of the stuff Marjorie Taylor Greene spouts goes way beyond tinfoil hat.
  24. Marty_d
    Pardon my ignorance here as someone who is not yet flying - but if you currently hold an RA-Aus pilot certificate because you fly your Aeropup or Jab or whatever, doesn't that cover a 95.10 aircraft too? Or do you need type training, and if so, how do you get that in a single seat ultralight anyway?
  25. Marty_d
    Wright Cyclone-powered RV... can you imagine the maintenance and running costs of a Sikorsky S-58?
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