Flyinfool

I do not even have goats to let in the house, not that I would if I did. I also have no Rumba to attack things during the night. Beside if there was some mall thing roaming around the house at night I am pretty sure it would meet a 90lb dog that has big teeth. So I guess I will not get a $700 dog toy.

Does that mean he should bring her to MD? A couple days early??

I am getting pretty close to finishing the filling and sanding where I can shoot the first coat of primer on. Then I will see all the holes I missed..... I am getting close to that magical point of diminishing returns. You have to remember that this is an aircraft, weight matters and must be kept to a minimum. This means that the paint will have to be put on thin and correct the first time using a paint with good coverage so it only needs one coat of color. for the designs I will mask the areas for each color so that there is only one coat of color everywhere. and then just one coat of clear over the whole thing. I am being a lot more fussy on the top side that you can see. the bottom will only be visible going by at 400kts so not many people have good enough eyes to spot a blemish. I have started to design and cut out some more interior structural parts. This is one of those projects that you work like crazy, and then step back to admire your work and it looks the same as when you started. Building the internal structure is kind of like building a ship in a bottle but the bottle is opaque so that you are building by feel. At the end of the day all that work is internal so none of it is visible.

PARTY IN APPLETON!!!!!!!

You only thought it did, now it really is..............

85 not alive.............Said like "No5 is alive" from the movie Atlanta bridges falling down, falling down, falling down................ 85 FUBAR

Well if it comes in 3s then you are now good to go..........................

I did go back to my earlier post and fix the link. So yes you can still see it.

Since I can not get my bike out of its hole yet, go put on some miles for me...............

Sorry to hear of your last couple years of losses. I hope for smooth sailing ahead and that you enjoy your trip. With some luck we may cross paths somewhere.

I use either NAPA or O'Rileys. Just walk in and ask for an oil filter for your bike, the puter knows the P/N. It is not a Fram. The individual stores do not have it in stock but it is always there tomorrow. I would imagine you could call and have it there tomorrow also.

Well due to medical i$$ues this got put on hold along with everything else in my life. I am hoping that all of that is now behind me and I am getting back to flying again this year. With all the medical crap I have not even flown in the last 3 years other than a park flier a couple of times. I have started working on this project again, I think I now have everything I need to build this thing up. I am starting to acquire all the stuff needed for ground support. I cut the hole in the top of the fuse for the canopy access, this was the first time I got to see inside the plane. The layup is white gel cote, light glass cloth, then a layer of foam, then a heavy layer of kevlar/carbon fiber. Seems very strong. The particular plane that I bought was a "blem" and I got a significant price reduction so it will need a lot of extra TLC to get ready for paint, There were air bubbles in the gel cote. I have machined the engine mounts that will be needed. Since I have never played with a pulse jet I will be building up a test bench for it to learn how to work it without burning down the plane. This will still be a slow build. I have never been a fast builder unless I had a specific deadline to meet. I realized that it has been around 15 years since I built an airplane from a kit. Nowadays almost everything comes out of the box ready to fly. This is the first whole airplane that I am going to paint, just because it is all glass. My preferred finishing methods do not work on glass. The control surfaces are balsa so I plan to cover them with 3/4 oz glass cloth just so that everything will match for painting. It has been a LONG tome since I have painted anything and I have never painted anything this big. I spent the whole weekend filling and sanding and filling and sanding and filling and sanding................................ And I am no where near done filling and sanding. And this is just filling the holes I can see. There has got to be an easier way....?

I see a dealer that says "I don't know" may mean that it is a good dealer. I would much rather get an "I don't know" than a yes and spend a lot of my money to find out it does not work, Or the other way and get a NO and miss out on a good opportunity. "I don't know" is just being honest. Honest is good.

Also how old are the spark plugs. These bikes do like clean NGK plugs.

You loose that bet! Those extra holes in the tabs are just to prevent the tab from turning, there is a hollow pin on the back of the tab that goes into the extra holes in the shield. there are no threads in the tab or even holes in the the brace behind the shield. there are also no screw holes in the chrome trim piece. just the 2 screws at the back corners.

That is no excuse, I had work done on me so I was there in a cage the last 2 years. Just get there, it don't matter how.

Yes the tabs point down, but there is a difference left right top bottom and which hole the screw goes into.

I plan to post a lot of progress pics and details in the other thread.

But having someone 3D print the parts takes out all of the fun of being able to say "I made those". I think even if I had them printed in metal or plastic I would have to have them made oversize so I could get the proper final finish and tolerance. There are some really close tolerances in places like +.000 -.002 with a 32 finish. I still have to do the same setup to do the same final machining.

If it is just new plates binding a little. Go to a parking lot and do a bit of slow speed practice in the friction zone. I would want to be certain that all is good BEFORE I head out on a trip. Changing the clutch fluid was going to be my first thought also. At least it is cheap and easy to do as long as you do not accidentally add some air to the system.

The wind shield is the same but the mounting hardware is different. Yes the MKII has tabs that mount into both of those close together holes that hold the top of the headlight bezel in place. You have a 50 50 chance of guessing right on how they are positioned, I always guess wrong. If it ever stops raining while it is light out, I can go out and try to get a pic of how it goes. but it is not supposed to stop raining till Tuesday.

Interesting!!! The windshield is mounted different on a MKI vs a MKII NOw I have to see if I can find a pic of a MKII.........................

I have a carb body on the way. Thanks

I had not thought of 3D printing. Now ya had to go and bring that up, A 3d printer has been on my want list for a long time now....................... Just waiting for the right project to nudge me over the top to chase the moths out of my wallet............... I am not sure of the strength and heat resistance of the printed plastic. I have no idea what the temps are around the carbs nestled down in the V between the 4 heat generators. I also am not sure on the resistance to gasoline, oil, and ethanol of the plastics used. These parts will see all 3. From what I have seen 3D metal printing is very expensive. And then there are the tolerance issues. @CaseyJ955, I will be surprised if I can get this done for under $1500 not including my labor and tooling I will need to buy, (IF I make a couple of sets of parts it would help to defray the cost of the tooling) When you toss in that times 4 factor to convert 4 carbs, things start adding up quick, and some of the individual parts are expensive. I do not have any plans or desires to go into production on this. BUT then I never had plans to go into production on the valve tool either............... I am always looking for fun things to do.

For a Harley that is worn out.....................