There is a 4130 steel tube airframe construction dvd that’s very informative at black hills airports.com. He goes through the whole process in the dvd.
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We had the same problem and made a plywood ramp that we would drive the plane over. The ramp is placed so that when the nose wheel is on top of the ramp tail is going under the door and doesn't come down the other side of the ramp until the tail is clear in the hangar. We also had a tug to push...
I'm most familiar with 9303 because it is what the structural repair manuals for the Beechcraft King Air, 1900, and Cessna 208B call out for when bonding metal to metal structural joints. I do know from experience 9309 bonds very well to aluminum. I'm not sure how it reacts to unleaded fuel. I...
It lost part of one blade. The investigation found a bullet hole through one of the blades at the break that had been filled in with bondo or something to conceal the damage. I don't remember all the details exactly but it was a bad deal.
I don't believe he was lost. He made more then one attempt to land at City field in the fog. Everyone in town heard him circling around trying to get in before he headed east down the coast where he finally lost it for some reason. Lots of unanswered questions at this point. City Field is not...
Just read on ADN that Marcus Pain died in a plane crash today while performing in a Oregon airshow. I sure learned alot from him and he will be missed. The Valdez flyin will not be same without him.
Marty I use one sump on the tanks i built. I located them in the aft inboard corner (lowest point in of the tank when installed on the aircraft). Some thing to keep in mined while your fabing up your tanks if your not a welder is the welds shrink when they cool. This shrinkage is what cause...