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    Eureka! Made contact today. Thanks all cheers Riley
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    This is obviously a pre-scripted video set-up. In real life she wouldn't have delayed so long in reversing to allow him in and the geezer wouldn't have left her enough room to get both his and her vehicles into the single parking space. Sham says the naysayer. cheers Riley
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    Nareman I reckon you've been working too hard. I seriously doubt that flyerme's 'off the cuff' entry will serve to hasten any poor individual's decison to pull the chain on themselves. Accept it as it was tendered - a bit of light-heartedness (and also accept our thanks for the tough job that you do on a volunteer basis). There aren't specific answers to all questions in this life. cheers Riley
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    Tried before & just tried again - no joy. Hoping flyvulcan's SAAA connections might come up with the goodies. Thanks anyway. cheers
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    Mike, would you have contact details for Philip Ritchie? I left a request on his blog page but so far, no response. Any help would be appreciated. Tks Riley
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    The failed 1/2 wheel is/was an early (1000lb load rated) 6" Cleveland Model DMB. Via the Aeronca fraternity in the USA I've been fortunate in rounding up two used replacements (one will have to be good!) but have been advised to be on the lookout for later, higher-rated, ex-Citabria wheels with hyd disc brake fitments. Apparently there's an STC to suit. Many thanks to everyone who tried to assist in resolving my dilemaa. Depending on Mr Postman, I hope to be back in the air shortly. Riley
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    Tks Mike, I'm unto it. cheers
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    Gawd, I can't imagine how many cubic meters of blue pills would be required in either case. I believe the milking machine would still have to be the more erotic of the lot. Probably provide more warmth and comfort on a cold winter's night too. Now I'm outa here!
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    I've been advised that there has been an FFP 'Celebrity' 2-seat biplane advertised for sale in Australia during the past year but to date, have been unable to find any reference. Can anyone remember advertisement details or perhaps help with information as to whether such an aircraft exists and/or where an example may be hangared? Tks in advance. Riley
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    GG, you're doing the milking machine a dis-service.
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    Whilst fitting a new set of mainwheel tyres to the Aeronca Champ this weekend I discovered an extended crack (about 75% of the circumfrence and obviously quite aged) around the rim/flange of the inner 1/2 (brake shoe carrier) of the Cleveland 6" cast wheel (original casting flaw? extreme over-inflation of tyre press? multiple hard landings/skidding to stbd? or a combination of the lot?). At any rate, neither A/C Spruce or Univair show a specific part nr for this item in their catalogues and, subject to phoning either/both early next week, I am left hanging (but with a smile on my dial). Does anyone out there know of a source in Oz for anything Cleveland that might get me back in the air? I'll look at new (lol) or used, complete or just the relevant part. viz: innner 1/2 (back section with brake drum NOT disc) of Cleveland Aircraft Products item TC No 134, w/ max static load of 1000 lb, Model DMB. Any information of a possible source would be very much appreciated. In the mean time I'm happily doing mental sums on how I'm going to spend the money that I saved by not having a ground-loop, or an 'ass-over-teat' write-off because of the wheel self-destructing during my next arrival. Thanks folks. Riley
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    Much appreciate your response FV. Had viewed the previous thread on your project but didn't associate it with Airdrome Aeroplanes. Am I correct in thinking you are scratch-building from plans rather than assembling one of Baslee's kits? Given that I can make enough mistakes on my own without any possible 'built -in' anomolies, if some of his dimensions are 'approximates' I'm immediately gunshy. Hopefully other Forumites will fill me in on all plus and minus factors. Good luck with your undertaking and thanks again for your input. cheers Riley
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    Thanks Neil. I'll PM you. cheers Riley
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    Got fined 1 carton back at the clubhouse for not retracting his water rudder in flight! (envious as hell though).
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    I am looking with great interest at a couple of the abv-ref company's 2-place, full scale replicas (Baby and/or Schneider) as suitable and interesting carriages upon which to hang my Rotec R2800 radial engine. I'm advised that there are a number of their kit replica aircraft both in the air and in construction currently in Oz. Accordingly I would very much like to communicate with any and all Forumites who are either flying or building any 'Airdrome Aeroplane' kits or have knowledge of any one who is. I'll be back in OZ on 4th Sept and would welcome any contact. Thanks in advance. Cheers Riley
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    Crawled thru this very aircraft at Oshkosh in 2009 and it would be the same Lanc flight from Ontario, Canada to UK on which the Preservation Society auctioned a non-participating crewseat on ebay a couple of months back with a winning bid somewhere in the order of $75,000. I didn't bid.....being a pensioner is full of deprivations! Riley
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    .....and Chernikeef's ROTEC Radial engines.
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    FT. If this was Chicago in the '30s, someone would put a contract on your carcass! (but I gotta admit, based on your set points, it would be a thin thread at the outset). Top marks for stirring the pot. Let's revisit in 12 months and compare notes then. Keep smiling. Riley
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    You've either been smoking some good stuff or you have one hell of a sense of humour. We forumites could fill your lounge room with stories of registration delays - none of which were alleviated by sending in all required data and full payment weeks prior to the expiration date. You are 'spot on' in your suggestions/expectations though and we all live in hope of better things to come. cheers Riley
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    Greetings Jehtie In case you aren't aware, members of SLAC, a multi-disciplined club (fixed wing, weight shift, gyro copter, motor glider) fly off Bindoon airstrip about 85kms north of Perth and a visit up there any weekend when the wind isn't across the runway at +20 knots is bound to get you a flip in any of the first three categories of flying machines. Am out of the country on vacation at present so can't give you any contact phone numbers but a drive up there (right turn at the top of Bindoon hill and about three Km along Dewars Pool Road will get you to the airstrip gate. Wander in and introduce yourself to Burgie (trike driver) or anybody from Top Fun and they'll make you welcome. Good to have you aboard the forum. cheers Riley
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    Any interest in an aero-converted 3cyl, 4 str, 988cc Suzuki G10, liquid-cooled, 65hp driving a Brolga prop thru an "E' gearbox? All up weight = 77kg wet w/prop & elec start. Twice the thrust of a 582 at half the burn rate. PM if you want more info. cheers Riley
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    Looks good when splitting straight-grained Birch but I'd want to see it working well with good old Jarrah or red gum before I parted with $281. But then, eucalypts don't grow in Finland. Riley
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    At age 8 or so when old enough to trek the 2 miles thru the bush to go fishing off the float plane dock at the local air service, having to haul up my lines and step away whenever a flight arrived or departed. Beavers, Norsemen, Wacos, and numerous 2-place "littlelys". Occasionaly if the wind was wrong or the skipper stuffed up his taxi, being thrown a rope from the floats to assist with the docking - really made me a necessary part of the crew (I thought). I would have traded my biggest, most prized catch of that whole summer for an offer of a flip. Alas, it was another three years (a 1/2 hour birthday present flight) before I got airborne. Visited the location some 40 years later to find the whole bay area surrounded by suburbia. You can never go back but ya can't kill the memories. cheers Riley
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    Just last week I was given a budgetary quote to factory-rebuild a timed-out R912 80 HP at between 16 & 17 thousand. Picked myself off the floor, took three nitroglycerine tablets and requested a new price on the same unit. Immediate reply - $18 thousand! Have to guess that management policy of selling new engines for a few points more than a rebuild keeps their factories working. Anway, who needs economy - it's aviation, and everybody knows we're all rich! cheers Riley
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    One of the most respected propellor makers in Oz for years was Richard Sweetapple in SEQ? I'm advised that he has recently seriously retired (he tried a couple of times but I recall the market wouldn't let him) and has sold the prop fabrication operation but I don't know to whom. Perhaps other Forumites may be able to steer you unto the new operators. Failing that, try Arthur Marcel <<[email protected]>> who may have knowledge of the new owners. Happy hunting. cheers Riley
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