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  1. eightyknots
    They look like big scooping air intakes. As Bob said, flow-thru air is the key (avoiding the flow-around paths). I hope you have that well sorted. One day, when you fly your aircraft to Australia, you'll still have plenty of cooling capacity to keep your engine at the correct operating temperature.
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    I am not sure how strong the connection (that tailwheel = manly and nosewheel = less-than-manly) really is. Is this a more recent propaganda campaign? When I was doing my flight training at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, the flight school was owned by a female and operated two tail wheel aircraft, a Piper Super Cub and a Piper Pacer. There were both male and female students and male and female instructors. Never did the tailwheel = manly connection ever come up in any conversation.
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    You will have to change your Rec Flying name from sain to satin as punishment.
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    Fantastic!
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    I agree. Here it is the direct link to this fantastic resource: John Brandon's 'Fly Safe!' tutorials
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    This is a weighty subject.
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    I agree. It looks like an attractive proposition, price wise too.
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    Congratulations Guy!
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    Is the purpose of the new wingtips to make the plane a bit lighter?
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    The Harvard graduates are the lawyers who make money out of divorce cases and therefore Harvard graduates do not want the divorce rates to go down.
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    I am sorry Skee, it is not all that clear to me. Are those measurements square centimetres?
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    Just 308 kg is pretty impressive considering that it includes large wheels and a 'chute! What kind of engine do you have on your S?
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    Hi Mark, what do you think is the minimum amount of paint weight that you can get away with?
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    Depending on who you read (on other forums) people who do not paint their Zenith CH-701s seem to save between 12 and 25 lbs of weight, which approximately 5-12 kg in our language. This is quite considerable, especially at the upper end.
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    Yes, that worked fine with the right search words string. The link is here: Elevator Hinge Reinforcement Some sage advice well worth following.
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    Things are moving forward quickly!!
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    Hi panicmouse:
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    Would you be able to include the link? I don't seem to be able to find this.
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    Pantyhose are good in NQ too, when wading into box jellyfish infested waters.
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    Despite what ICP says about the XL or S models (i.e. that they are essentially the same weight as the VG) I am somewhat sceptical. Most tend to reach 305 kg without the larger wheels. XLs and Ss seem to pan out close to 315-320 kg so it seems ...and probably a few kg more with larger wheels.
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    Perhaps a paintable silicon-based filler?
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    I believe it will. I am not quite up to that stage but I would love to kick off on an aircraft build next year.
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    That is informative (i)Bob. Thank you.
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    I wonder why the ICP aircraft company does not use the Hoerner wing tips on the Savannah, in the same way as they are employed by Zenith aircraft such as the CH-701?
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    IBob wrote: ...which is exactly what I was wondering too. Even with large air inlets, there will be minimal airflow if there is no good air exit point. Where does your hot air exit?
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