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  1. Marty_d
    Ah - just found this advice which also meshes with yours. "The manual states never to hit the prop shaft with a hammer (regardless of size or composition). Correct procedure is to lightly coat the bores of the prop hub with anti-seize as well as the lugs themselves. Using an M8x1.25 bolt (for the metric lugs 842634) and a deep 3/8 drive socket, draw the lugs into the hub by tightening the bolt. This will get the lugs in 99% of the way. Once the prop is installed and torqued to its specification, the lugs will seat themselves 100%. "
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    Thanks Bob. I bit the bullet and bought them from Bert Flood, and they're sitting in my freezer now. I assume when you talk about pulling them into place with bolts and spacer, the spacer is a large socket or similar with the bolt and washer going through it, into the threaded insert on the back of the flange and tighten the bolt? Also assuming it'd be wise to buy separate M8 bolts for this process and not use the ones that are going on the prop?
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    Not a bad looking design for something that was on the drawing board close to 100 years ago. Tailfeathers look very similar to DC3/C47. Overall it looks like someone got a generic fighter, scaled it up a bit and filled the front fuselage with passengers. If they'd put on a canopy for the pilot (and yes, cabin heat) it'd be a bit better.
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    Northrop YC-125 Raider

    Marty_d commented on red750's aircraft in Warbirds

    Looks like it's about to give birth.
  5. Marty_d
    I feel a bit sorry for whichever passengers get the first seat, they're about half a metre away from the big radial.
  6. Marty_d
    That sounds intelligent. Easy to read and it'd never over-read, only under (if you let your finger slip a bit).
  7. Marty_d
    If you lightly oiled it, would it still work (and not wick?)
  8. Marty_d
    Here you go. May not stop the W calls though. https://www.skyshop.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=1534
  9. Marty_d
    Similar problem down here in southern Tas. I'm going to want to find my plane somewhere to live in hopefully the next 12 months. I'm on a waiting list for a short strip nearby (Sandfly) but it's very limited in the number of planes they allow there and also a strip which requires a bit of experience to use (I think they require 200 hours). My only other option currently is park it in the open up at Tunbridge, about 1.5 hours drive away.
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    Hey all, I want to mount the Bolly soon and looking at the hardware included - there are 6 bolts from hub to engine (drilled head M8x75), but no inserts for the prop flange. So are those press fit things? Where does one get them - are they a Bert Flood thing? Thanks for any advice. Cheers, Marty
  11. Marty_d
    Definitely don't covet my neighbour's ass. His wench's ass, now that's another matter.
  12. Marty_d
    Beautiful. Interesting footage of the takeoff - assume drone - hadn't seen a plane take off from that perspective before.
  13. Marty_d
    Why are tailwheels solid - is it just the size? I would have thought a pneumatic with lower tyre pressure would prevent this. Disclaimer - I know nothing about taildraggers.
  14. Marty_d
    I thought it was only his wenches!
  15. Marty_d
    I want his workshop. Those benches are beautifully made.
  16. Marty_d
    Thanks Danny, I need to install a couple of them.
  17. Marty_d
    Sounds and looks brilliant. Well done Baz!
  18. Marty_d
    TWO planes and a motorbike in the garage! Lovely.
  19. Marty_d
    Is there a best practice for aircraft weighing, on normal scales?
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
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    I was lucky enough to buy a second hand, but unused, one for $300 a couple years ago.
  24. 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?)
  25. Marty_d
    We lived in Hervey Bay for a while when I was young. Too hot. Went back to Tassie.
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