old man emu

When I was running QED Hardware, our aim was to assist the homebuilder. With that in mind, I always tried to keep postage costs down. I figured, "Would I be happy forking out lots on postage if I didn't need to?" I always got good service from Austpost. In three or so years, I can only recall two problems. Once the package came open - I reckon I was to blame for packing nuts and bolts in a soft package, and another time Austpost sent the receiving post office did not let the recipient know that the parcel had arrived - small town post office.

I had frequent bitches to Spruce and Specialty about stupid packaging causing expensive postage costs. The Yanks pay bugger-all for shipping within their country, and the picker/packers in the mail rooms don't comprehend International postage rates.

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When I was running QED Hardware, our aim was to assist the homebuilder. With that in mind, I always tried to keep postage costs down. I figured, "Would I be happy forking out lots on postage if I didn't need to?" I always got good service from Austpost. In three or so years, I can only recall two problems. Once the package came open - I reckon I was to blame for packing nuts and bolts in a soft package, and another time Austpost sent the receiving post office did not let the recipient know that the parcel had arrived - small town post office.

I had frequent bitches to Spruce and Specialty about stupid packaging causing expensive postage costs. The Yanks pay bugger-all for shipping within their country, and the picker/packers in the mail rooms don't comprehend International postage rates.

OME

Yeah touch screens are shockers for it. I even accidentally agreed with FT once:whistling:

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I wonder what the absolute minimum hangar design would be. At Bankstown, I've seen something akin to a carport for protecting planes from the sun. I reckon that the minimum would be a "planeport" set out at 90 degrees to the prevailing wind and with a wall at the windward end. Does tend to force hangars to one side of an airfield, and probably would require the grading of taxiways.

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Just to clarify the Part Numbering.

AN165 is now MS21254 (Same dog, different collar)

-16 is the minimum breaking strength in pounds (Not used now)

R indicates a right hand thread. If you are screwing these Clevis Ends into a normal nut, or threaded hole, you would use a right hand thread. When used in a turnbuckle situation you would have one of these on each end of the turnbuckle, one with a right hand thread and the other with a left hand thread.

S & L indicate the distance between the centre of the through hole and the end of the shank/beginning of thread. In the AN 165, the S and L were always the same (S = 1-1/8", L = 2"), but under the MS system the lengths increase as the Clevis End gets thicker.

PLEASE NOTE:

Although the LEGAL measurement system used in Australia is the Metric system, aircraft hardware described using one of the AN, MS or NAS systems is IMPERIAL (based on the inch in 1/32" sub-units). In practical terms, unless you are working on aircraft components made in Europe, you always measure in Imperial. So, get yourself a 6" rule graduated in 1/16" for measuring the length of parts, and a Vernier caliper that measures in 1000ths of an inch. Here's a conversion chart: https://www.specialtauto.com/delorean-parts/images/inch-to-metric.jpg

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Alan Joyce, the man who does it for QuantAss.

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I agree with SrPilot about the use of stainless steel for fasteners that are subjected to high stress and strain loads. CRES (Corrosion Resistant) fasteners are really only good for holding non-structural things like panels and upholstery. Use the AN eyebolts because are made from the same steel as bolts, nuts and washers. If you are concerned about corrosion, and it looks like you've got it, then dab some paint on the fasteners after they have been fitted.

I also agree that it wold be a good idea to balance the forces on that strut bracket by putting the eyebolts on either side.

And again ... If you look at the AN style eyebolts you will see that the end (where the bolts which fastens it to the strut bracket go through) is flat, giving you a larger contact area between the head of the bolt and the eyebolt, thereby allowing the compression forces to be spread over a larger area.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/eyeboltsan44.php?clickkey=26589

BUT HOLD ON!!!!!

I just had another look at the original eyebolts. They don't have much in the way of unthreaded length (called grip length). The AN style eyebolts are designed to go through a structure, such as a trailing edge spar. They as fitted with a washer and nut on the back side of the spar, so they have a lot of unthreaded length.

If you use the AN eyebolt, you are going to have to measure how long a Grip you can get away with before the eyebolt becomes thread-bound. Wind an AN bolt into the nut on the jury strut and then bring the strut into position with the bracket, and measure the distance between the bracket and the start of the thread on the bolt. This will give you a Grip Length value that you can use to select the correct AN eyebolt.

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Why is it that we are free to laugh at that joke, but if I wear this T-shirt:

I can be accused of racial vilification?

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I think I have a copy somewhere. I'll get back to you tonight.

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Let's not have fun at his expense. I bet he'll be one pilot who will never fly into Cumulo-granitus.

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I now got too look deeper as first time thought carb ice second found choke not shutting off...

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Do these pages help? You might find that you have to "Save image as" and look at them in you photo viewer.

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Before you get thinking about a complete engine rebuild, remember that most intermittent problems can be traced to a simple cause. The first thing I would think about is lack of spark, so trace all your wiring from battery to spark plug, looking for loose wires, or chaffing allowing a short. I'd pay attention to any physical interaction between the throttle cable and electrical wiring as the movement of the throttle cable or the cable outer could be causing chaffing. Also check that the HT leads coming from the distributor are pushed home tight, as is the HT lead from the spark maker.

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Bet it was shocking for him.

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There only seem to be two aircraft shown, one each for the Germans and Japanese. The German photos seem to show the airplane in German hands and later in US hands after its recapture.

One would think that with all the B-17s that went down, the Germans could have cobbled a few together, but I suppose that when you have your back to the wall, you don't have the luxury of engaging in airplane restorations. I recall a photo of Adolf Galland demonstrating attack approaches to other pilots by using a model of a B-17.

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It have not got wings OME, it have some sort of strange spinney thing.

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LOOK! Up in the Sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a Bulldog?

Quick Jimmy! Into the Spansex and bring back the latest news. It's August and the bird should be on the wing!

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Have you got your copy of Old Man Emu's Blue Bible CD with the Guide to the Modified Seine Stitch inclusion?

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For those of you wanting to access a wider field, here's a link to the Popular Science archive:

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gCkDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1

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I'm so happy to have helped at least one person.

It is also possible to highlight a number of files at the same time before clicking the resize button and the program will do the job on each one.

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You can't get angry at the operator of Goulburn for restricting a runway's availability while some filming is done. Camden Airport Limited used to close down the main runway and associated taxiways at Camden for the filming of episodes of the Australian version of Top Gear.

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Buy a plane and you'll suffer chronic hip pocket nerve pain.

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By the way my grandfather was a timber cutter on the Nullabor. Nobody could say he wasn't efficient!

And after finishing that job, he had a career selling elephant repellent to Eskimos. And he was successful at that, too.

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Not a great deal wrong with that sentence although I am not sure that your choice of "more correct" is appropriate. "more appropriate" would have been more appropriate.

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then you have to upload it too the internet!

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