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Not arrived yet, don't care what it looks like as long as it performs. Hmm, I've said that before after a few drinks ... More on the Elevators today, made the ribs up, and started adding the hinges .. . .

It's a PIA!! The laser shop is still closed of course, and my newly ordered CNC Router obviously has been delayed to be built because they are obviously closed as well. I'm hoping the CNC Router will eliminate the laser shop completely.

Made a start on the Elevators today .. .

I haven't even posted in this thread, therefore, by your logic, I must own Jabiru.

On February 6th, there were 25,000 infected and 500 deaths On February 13th, 60,000 infected, and 1400 deaths. Today, February 20th, it is 76,000 infected and 2200 deaths, and that is with all businesses closed and everyone staying indoors. There is no cure at this time, and it ain't stopping. The UK seems to be the only Country taking it deadly serious. Japan doesn't want to say a thing because it's concerned about the affect on the Olympics, which may yet have to be cancelled. America, well they're Americans: "Our Flu is bigger than your Flu, and stop eating bats ....". Anyway.... I am traveling straight to my factory on deserted roads, and straight home again, with no human contact otherwise. So today ... Bob the Plane gets a bum steer ... Never thought about it before, but a rudder is a "bum steer", literally! My laser and sheetmetal fold shop are still closed at the moment, won't be open for another week apparently, so still bringing out the old skills and making my rudder by hand. So time for ribs. No, not the ones you eat, though I am feeling hungry now thinking about them.... Anyway, drew up and drilled a master pattern cut out 7 more clamped them together and match drilled them with my drill jig as one. Stuck them in my temp folder and they turned out fine after a bit of persuasion here and there. Riveted them into the rudder, and all seems fine, but I admit I don't much like it very much after being so used to the precision now with using cnc laser, so will be happy to get back to that shortly. I think I have a callus on my hand, just like a worker, that will require plastic surgery, I'm certain. .

. I had to count my money last night to make me feel better, the champagne bath was soothing too.. .

I was delighted that some piano hinge got through to me that allowed me to make a start on the Rudder and after that, the HS Elevators. But the laser and sheetmetal shops are closed of course, so I am having to slum it and cut, drill and fold with my hands, MY HANDS! just like a Peasant, oh the humility, I'm glad my Grand-Mother isn't around to see how low I have fallen ... Loosely mounted with a couple of rivets, tomorrow some ribs for it and the lower ventral fin ......... MY HANDS!!!

It's all give and take, not a problem for me :-) Some supplies got through to me yesterday, so I'm back into it. I didn't have any piano hinge left that I thought I did (well I can't find it in the factory anyway) and as simple as no titanium oxide to spray between the assembled parts for ant-corrosion is what was stopping me the last week and a bit. Yesterday I hand made (laser and sheetmetal shops are closed of course) the VS lead edge fairing, if for no other reason than for the people who keep asking me if I'm leaving the lead edge flat like the 3D drawing, sigh ...

No, I told you it's a rapidly spreading, it's not taking it ages at all. You walked into that one, hehe. (summed up in Marty's Johnny joke).

. Well China just closed for business. For the next 2 weeks, everyone must shut shop unless a medical or essential foods supplier, and it's by law too. The last 10 days was an extension on the Spring Festival National Holiday. This is due to the unabated rapid spread, and easy transfer from person to person, I forgot the word for that .. .

The link I will get, eventually, is one of the highest rated pure medicinal propolis honeys in the world, and it's from Stradbroke Island. Stradbroke honey has the lowest rating of chemical residues of any honey ever tested in Australia, simply because of where Straddy is. Pure as in from the hives, spun and warmed, not boiled (most are), and importantly, not cut (many are, Capalino is cut with Chinese honey, which is cut with glucose, yet they claim 100% Aus). The people, close friends, are setting up their website right now, was supposed to be done today.

Firstly, great job Marty, although I didn't realise you were going straight to IFR flying, brave man. I first trained as an Apprentice Motorcycle Mechanic in the 70s, and when I took a 'slip in' carby off like yours, I would just grab it and a couple of wiggles later it was out without loosening the clamp. For racing we would always run tie wire from the carbs to holes in the cylinder fins as a safety backup.

No, I'll give you a link later today for proper medical grade. It's expensive but you only take a half teaspoon per day and there is no shelf life for honey.

Every household has just been told to stay indoors, only 1 resident from each household can leave 1 time every 2 days to buy supplies. If you have to go to work, you need a letter from your company to leave you housing compound. Essential Gov services are one person per office, one day per week for each relevant employee. There's over 40,000 cases, and over a 1000 dead now (we know here that there are people unaccounted for), worst of all, WHO are reporting cases of people infected in other countries who have not been anywhere near China, Chinese or infected people, which would suggest air-borne. I seriously suggest you all start taking 500mgs Vitamin C and a teaspoon of propolis honey each day to strengthen your respiratory immune systems. I know you're a long way away, but the way this is going ... and it's already there. Hoping for Australia to find a vaccine sooner than later, the world leaders in vaccine development thanks to all Oz things that can kill you. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/900-dead-china-coronavirus-outbreak-200209233734869.html

. Bex ok, you best friend mine, worry no, he report soon comrade. .

In case you're wondering why no updates, it's because of the Wuhan Virus, China is completely shutdown, and that has just been extended another 8 days. I simply can't buy some simple supplies even to make some parts by hand, darn it.

Plenty, and it's growing. Go to the Facebook page I linked. People are starting to come together with mounts, filters, PSRUs (Mohawk and Trax at the moment) etc. won't be long before single point sales will be happening. As it is now, they are all very friendly and will all direct you to who's got what. Way, way overdue, real engines at proper prices are on their way. All the fruit costs around $5K USD, and engines with low hours can be had anywhere between 1 to 3K USD. Likely not many snowmobiles in Australia .... jet skis yes, but more work involved apparently. Steve Henry uses one, and has done for some time, very well known in the USA, and STOL comp winner at Oshkosh a few times with the Yamaha. He has a turbo on it now, but before when he won the comp, it was a standard 140hp (rev limited) spec. - funnily since fitting the turbo he has only come second! https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve+henry+stol 77kgs, 145 hp - like their motorcycles, the Japanese increase the power or lower the weigh year by year to have new sales claims, but regardless of year, they are all going to be somewhere around those figures.

Yamaha snowmobile, 80kgs, 160hp, sub $10K https://www.facebook.com/groups/164864990778457/

Interesting the comments I've had when you consider Whittman, Murphy, Davis, Bede ect, and of course the best selling Zenith 700 series .. One guy is referring to it as the "Tesla Cyberplane" ..

Yup, same as a Morgan, Vans RV12 ect ..

I had a shave.

HS Skins on, bent and drilled by hand as all the shops are closed for the holidays. Happy my metal working skillz are still there. Held on by a few rivets while I make decisions about the D-box and Elevator hinges.

I first went to Gaokin almost 10 years ago when they were setting up to assemble the 650cc single. I have been there again since. The engines are of AVL Austria design, they only assemble them, components are made somewhere else in China, and the components shared with a few other companies who do the same. They have a 80hp 1000cc VTwin also. Their engine sizes are of no interest to me for my projects. Have no idea of freight costs.

I raced Classic Motorcycles for about 10 years, and used methanol. At first I would turn the fuel tap off, pull the line, get my little bottle of petrol/oil mix and run it through the carb till it almost stopped from being so much richer, Over the years I got lazier and lazier, and sometimes would leave the bike as raced straight off the trailer into the shed, where it would sit up to around 2 to 3 months. The bike would start just fine, there was no gumming, the small amount of fuel in the tank never went off, the occasional re-ring showed no pitting or any of the oft stated downsides of methanol.