old timers look here must be 50+ years only
07-26-2016, 10:21 AM
#2826
There's a Fred Novack in Facebook, don't know if that is him. You could check his Facebook page, if that's him, message him. Don't know if you'll get a reply though, last post was April 2015.
07-26-2016, 11:17 AM
#2827
Last night I got ambitious while watching a new show on TV and decided to do a little more work on the DR.1. The new show was a family comedy. It had the usual kids who act up, goofy adults, and a grandfather who was a real curmudgeon. I don't think it will last any longer than that NYC Crime Family comedy they had in the same slot last week, the show had a weird name it was called "The D.N.C.". Did I mention I'm here all week?
Now before someone hands me my hat, here is what I got done yesterday and over the weekend. I laid up the tail skid, built the Rudder, Horizontal Stab and the elevator.
Now before someone hands me my hat, here is what I got done yesterday and over the weekend. I laid up the tail skid, built the Rudder, Horizontal Stab and the elevator.
07-26-2016, 02:53 PM
#2828
Thread Starter
Post # 2799 reminded me of a 60 size super kaos I built for a friend. He was very enthusiastic and came by my house on three occasions for assistance, each time upon removing it from his car he struck the vertical stab with a load cracking sound, each time I remarked he should take a good look at it, needless to say he flew it and the vert.stab departed for the nether regions and the plane was just short of being destroyed.
Need I say who got blamed for building a piece of junk?
I was surprised to see the game of lawn darts is a internationally popular sport, many appear to be very good at it. ......almost as good as I.
Need I say who got blamed for building a piece of junk?
I was surprised to see the game of lawn darts is a internationally popular sport, many appear to be very good at it. ......almost as good as I.
07-26-2016, 04:55 PM
#2830
As stated in this saying,
Originally Posted by Theodore Roosevelt
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
07-26-2016, 09:08 PM
#2831
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Good day gentlemen!
Concerning the three engines I bought at the vide grenier, I took your advice and boiled the OS40SR and the Enya in anti-freeze for an hour and a quarter yesterday. Previously I had taken FlyerinOKC's approach with seized glow engines and just put them into a hot oven for half an hour to soften the congealed castor oil. I do not have a spare crock pot, known as a "slow cooker" in England, nor a spare coffee perculator but I used to work as a painter and decorator whenever something more remunerative was not available, so I boiled up the engines in an old paint kettle. The antifreeze certainly cleaned up the outside of the engines but they were still a bit stiff to turn at first. With the engines still very hot I managed to get a prop bolted to them by holding on to the mounting lugs with a pair of pliers. Continued movement with the addition of lots of light oil eventually produced that satisfactory plopping noise which marks the well-compressed two stroke! However, the barrel on the throttle of the OS was pitted and while it would turn when the engine was hot, it would not turn once it had cooled down. I tried to dismantle it but could not remove the barrel. I have left it soaking in thinners overnight, minus the O ring, and will try to take it apart again if I get the time later today. Otherwise I could remove a carburettor from another engine, I have an Irvine and Super Tigre 40 sculling about somewhere and use a carburettor from one of those to test the engines. I have an old bolt-on Enya silencer which will do for test purposes.
The rear exhaust OS requires no such treatment because it's free and clean. I have found a tuned pipe among my souvenirs which at 40cms in the length was probably intended for a 60-sized engine but it fits and will do for test purposes.
Concerning the three engines I bought at the vide grenier, I took your advice and boiled the OS40SR and the Enya in anti-freeze for an hour and a quarter yesterday. Previously I had taken FlyerinOKC's approach with seized glow engines and just put them into a hot oven for half an hour to soften the congealed castor oil. I do not have a spare crock pot, known as a "slow cooker" in England, nor a spare coffee perculator but I used to work as a painter and decorator whenever something more remunerative was not available, so I boiled up the engines in an old paint kettle. The antifreeze certainly cleaned up the outside of the engines but they were still a bit stiff to turn at first. With the engines still very hot I managed to get a prop bolted to them by holding on to the mounting lugs with a pair of pliers. Continued movement with the addition of lots of light oil eventually produced that satisfactory plopping noise which marks the well-compressed two stroke! However, the barrel on the throttle of the OS was pitted and while it would turn when the engine was hot, it would not turn once it had cooled down. I tried to dismantle it but could not remove the barrel. I have left it soaking in thinners overnight, minus the O ring, and will try to take it apart again if I get the time later today. Otherwise I could remove a carburettor from another engine, I have an Irvine and Super Tigre 40 sculling about somewhere and use a carburettor from one of those to test the engines. I have an old bolt-on Enya silencer which will do for test purposes.
The rear exhaust OS requires no such treatment because it's free and clean. I have found a tuned pipe among my souvenirs which at 40cms in the length was probably intended for a 60-sized engine but it fits and will do for test purposes.
07-27-2016, 06:02 AM
#2833
I found a blast from the past in my Inbox today that almost made me spit my coffee out my nose. These was the first servos I ever owned.
http://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=97136
http://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=97136
07-27-2016, 07:22 AM
#2834
Thread Starter
Telemaster
I found lacquer thinner does a excellent job removing the sludge from engines.
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07-27-2016, 02:11 PM
#2835
I know you didn't want to hear about control lines. But an interesting crash and retrieval happened in Vietnam at my Marine Air Base. Several of us flew aggressive dog fights with streamer tails on our u-line planes. More power than what was necessary but we made due with what we had. My grossly over powered plane plane broke it's lines and flew out side the Concertina Wire, by quite aways. I stripped down to my skivvies and clawed through 5 rows of wire and back. I wasn't sure if there were any old land mines out there but the plane was most important.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
07-28-2016, 01:20 AM
#2836
I know you didn't want to hear about control lines. But an interesting crash and retrieval happened in Vietnam at my Marine Air Base. Several of us flew aggressive dog fights with streamer tails on our u-line planes. More power than what was necessary but we made due with what we had. My grossly over powered plane plane broke it's lines and flew out side the Concertina Wire, by quite aways. I stripped down to my skivvies and clawed through 5 rows of wire and back. I wasn't sure if there were any old land mines out there but the plane was most important. With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
That's quite a story, Rocket-J, enjoyed reading it; quite a feat to get your plane back. I still fly CL, have a Ringmaster with a McCoy .35 Red Head and Ringmaster Jr. with an OS Max .15FP-S that I still fly.
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07-28-2016, 04:50 AM
#2837
Thread Starter
I know you didn't want to hear about control lines. But an interesting crash and retrieval happened in Vietnam at my Marine Air Base. Several of us flew aggressive dog fights with streamer tails on our u-line planes. More power than what was necessary but we made due with what we had. My grossly over powered plane plane broke it's lines and flew out side the Concertina Wire, by quite aways. I stripped down to my skivvies and clawed through 5 rows of wire and back. I wasn't sure if there were any old land mines out there but the plane was most important.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
What year were you dancing in your scivvies amongst the concertina wire?
07-28-2016, 05:42 AM
#2838
1969 in Dang at Mag 16 near Marble Mountain.
I also built a u-line, twin engine scale of our OV-1 Mohawk that we flew. My plane had a 15" wingspan. My wife sent me two Baby Bumble Bee engines. I had to fly it in the Hangers due to the wind and it's small size. The hard part was fueling them after starting to make sure the outboard engine runs out first to keep the plane from turning into the u-line.
Wish I had photos.
I also built a u-line, twin engine scale of our OV-1 Mohawk that we flew. My plane had a 15" wingspan. My wife sent me two Baby Bumble Bee engines. I had to fly it in the Hangers due to the wind and it's small size. The hard part was fueling them after starting to make sure the outboard engine runs out first to keep the plane from turning into the u-line.
Wish I had photos.
07-28-2016, 06:33 AM
#2839
I know you didn't want to hear about control lines. But an interesting crash and retrieval happened in Vietnam at my Marine Air Base. Several of us flew aggressive dog fights with streamer tails on our u-line planes. More power than what was necessary but we made due with what we had. My grossly over powered plane plane broke it's lines and flew out side the Concertina Wire, by quite aways. I stripped down to my skivvies and clawed through 5 rows of wire and back. I wasn't sure if there were any old land mines out there but the plane was most important.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
With only minimum blood letting I got it back in about 2 hours with repairable damage. No photos available.
Mike
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07-28-2016, 09:55 AM
#2840
1969 in Dang at Mag 16 near Marble Mountain. I also built a u-line, twin engine scale of our OV-1 Mohawk that we flew. My plane had a 15" wingspan. My wife sent me two Baby Bumble Bee engines. I had to fly it in the Hangers due to the wind and it's small size. The hard part was fueling them after starting to make sure the outboard engine runs out first to keep the plane from turning into the u-line. Wish I had photos.
07-28-2016, 10:01 AM
#2841
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Got both of those OS engines going this afternoon.
On the SR 40, I needed to use pliers on the high-speed needle to screw it in far enough to get peak revs out of the engine.
The 40V is a beauty, a real screamer! At first I couldn't work out how to support the tuned pipe until I hit upon the idea of getting a fork out of the garage and attaching it to the handle with a cable tie. I plan to build a Peter Russell 363 for it over the northern hemisphere winter. The 363 is a 50 inch (1245mm) span delta,
I was unable to find a suitable nut to fit the crankshaft of the Enya.
Sorry can't upload the other pictures as they're too big. Can't seem to get into my Dropbox account either. I'm not much good with computers!
On the SR 40, I needed to use pliers on the high-speed needle to screw it in far enough to get peak revs out of the engine.
The 40V is a beauty, a real screamer! At first I couldn't work out how to support the tuned pipe until I hit upon the idea of getting a fork out of the garage and attaching it to the handle with a cable tie. I plan to build a Peter Russell 363 for it over the northern hemisphere winter. The 363 is a 50 inch (1245mm) span delta,
I was unable to find a suitable nut to fit the crankshaft of the Enya.
Sorry can't upload the other pictures as they're too big. Can't seem to get into my Dropbox account either. I'm not much good with computers!
07-28-2016, 10:05 AM
#2842
Had a similar problem with an Enya .35-III TV bought on E-Bay. Seller substituted an SAE nut, looked good in photo but did not fit. I replaced it with a metric, can't recall but think it was a 7x1.0 mm.
07-28-2016, 01:57 PM
#2843
Yes it was the .020 Baby Bee Cox engine. Half the size of the .049. My wife also sent a pair of small three blade props, one reverse pitch. I have no idea where she found them. Too many years ago for this old grey matter. I might have an old photo deep in my photos boxes. I will look. I know I had one sitting next to a Flip Flop, to show the size.
07-28-2016, 05:52 PM
#2844
Yes it was the .020 Baby Bee Cox engine. Half the size of the .049. My wife also sent a pair of small three blade props, one reverse pitch. I have no idea where she found them. Too many years ago for this old grey matter. I might have an old photo deep in my photos boxes. I will look. I know I had one sitting next to a Flip Flop, to show the size.
07-29-2016, 06:49 AM
#2849
Thank you. I was in Army Aviation stationed on a Marine Air Base. We all did the same job. Keeping our men on the ground safer.
We had no rules in or Dog Fights. The winner was usually the last one flying. Most competition ended as a lawn dart.
My favorite move was to let them chase me in an overhead arc back toward the ground and then a sharp 90, 2 feet of the ground. Most could not make it.
If they did I would do a fast loop in behind them again. It was a fun way to use any time off. We were very lucky to be where we were. Our Army Aviation
was much better Duty the most had in in Nam.
We had no rules in or Dog Fights. The winner was usually the last one flying. Most competition ended as a lawn dart.
My favorite move was to let them chase me in an overhead arc back toward the ground and then a sharp 90, 2 feet of the ground. Most could not make it.
If they did I would do a fast loop in behind them again. It was a fun way to use any time off. We were very lucky to be where we were. Our Army Aviation
was much better Duty the most had in in Nam.
07-29-2016, 08:47 AM
#2850
My No. 3 son was Army Aviation, helicopter mechanic before his injuries, he a DAV now. One his grandfathers (my father) was an Armorer in the Pacific for the 89th Bomber Group (Heavy) and his other grandfather built B-29s during the war. The later was 4F due to being death in one ear, even the Canadians wouldn't take him!