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RLCarter

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  1. Several years ago we had a Biblical rain, ended up with 11+ inches of water in the hangar. 2 airplanes so a dozen wheel halves, everyone of the had pits in the same place (not from the flood) some worse some not to bad. When I asked the IA about them he said if everyone replaced their wheels for pitting outboard the bearing it would take Cleveland years to fill all the orders….Ended up Bead blasting, primer and epoxy paint
  2. Congrats….
  3. The Cessna 172-G uses a BA-6108 at 12.50, Mooney M20E use a BA-6305 at 24.50. I keep a spare for both but order them at annual and rotate the spare into service….generally one of the local A&P / IA’s uses my spares and just replaces them so my stock stays fairly new….
  4. Bracket is very common, although the replacement filter is twice that for my buddy's 172, Donaldson(?) is another not sure on prices but Spruce should have them both. What does it have now?
  5. Sounds like Dye Penetrant maybe, I thought that was for cracks, corrosion in the bore of the prop flange is a big issue and on the Piper PA38 (tomahawk) it’s pretty common from what I’ve heard. If it’s not real bad there is a repair that is approved or at least for the Piper
  6. That and it looks way too thick to me. Regardless of how good/smooth it looks, thick paint chips off really easy
  7. I’m 425nm due south of Denton…… My hangar partners son will be going to UNT this fall, so I’m sure I’ll be flying him up there…. Bunch of little airports up there so hopefully you’ll find something
  8. Ask them to send a photo
  9. @Perri Dyer where in Texas?
  10. Years ago I needed to get fingerprinted so I called a buddy with the San Benito PD to see if he could Hook me up, SBPD had moved into their new facility which was on the edge of probably a 250 acre field of Hemp….. not sure if the farmer had a sense of humor or what, but it sure was odd seeing all that faux pot surrounding a Police Station
  11. lol….. maybe with the push for renewable energy, they’ll bring back “Old Sparky” either in a Solar or Wind version
  12. Remove them and find an upholstery shop that does custom/hot rods interiors
  13. @JayMatt I’m not a professional painter by no means but in high school I worked for one of the local FBO’s and stripped several aircraft while there. Over the years I have painted several custom motorcycles and I’ll throw in my $0.02, pick a system (PPG, DuPont, etc) and use their entire system, don’t mix brands unless your 100% sure they are compatible. The biggest consumer of time is the prep… any flaw only grows when painted, and should an insect decide to land on your wet paint, LEAVE IT until the paint has cured then pick it’s carcass out (trying to remove it from wet paint makes a big mess). Don’t skimp on supplies, use quality tape, masking paper, tack cloths etc… Remove as much as you can, control surfaces, fairings, inspection panels, etc…. Mask off ALL the openings created from the step above. Practice on the inspection panels as they are small and easy to start over if needed, working your way up to bigger parts..ie wings and fuselage should be last. Serval light tack coats (hardly any coverage) helps with sags and runs followed by a wet coat. Follow the recommendations for overlapping when spraying (overlapping prevents “tiger stripes”) HVLP (high volume low pressure) spray guns rock, spend the money on a good one, primers and paints should use a different needle/nozzle, a removable cup makes it nice on larger areas, have a buddy mix a new cup while your spraying, swap it out a keep painting. Use a regulator/water separator at the compressor and a small disposable separator at the gun (replace daily), drain your compressor daily before spraying. A good respirator with replaceable filters is a MUST, change those filters daily as well. Orange peel and dry spots will be your biggest issues, these are gun settings an technique for the most part, as the area being painted gets larger settings/technique changes. Edges and sharp corners tend to wick the paint away, leaving a thin coat, this can be avoided some with multiple tack coats on the edges before the wet coat. It’s been 12yrs since I’ve painted anything of value, the tread above mentioned 2 grand for tools & supplies, my guess is if you have to buy everything it would be closer to 6k. The better the prep work the better the outcome, it’s a fine line between not enough paint (dry spots) and too much paint (runs/sags), get it just right and it will flow nice and smooth (little to no orange peel) so practice, practice, practice and take pics, we like pics. So have fun and keep us posted
  14. Caliper might be cocked on the pins or the caliper piston is hung up in the bore..
  15. As far as I know there is no FAR saying you can’t cross a runway by any means at a non-towered field, BUT the airport itself may have a rule against it. At my home drome you can’t cross the runway which is a real PITA if you need on the other side, it’s a minimum 5 minute drive longer it traffic is backed up
  16. If I go to my notifications there are 7 or so pages of past notifications were someone quoted me, liked something or posted in a forum / thread I follow…etc……. I still want to get any new notifications like those but would like to be able to delete some of them as well, for example, I post in a thread and someone likes it, I then get a notification saying so and so like your comment. That notification really has no value once I’ve read it so I’d like to delete it
  17. I wasn’t real clear, wanting to delete past notifications
  18. A little off topic, but is there a way to delete notifications? Individual, all or a whole page
  19. Their wings go faster than their fuselage…..
  20. I rolled my own, store bought 303 hoses were just north of $1100, new 303 hose, fire sleeve, mandrels, fire sleeve dip and clamps was just south of $600. Seem to remember 11 hoses under the hood, took better part of a day to make the hoses over 2 days, had to let the fire sleeve dip dry.
  21. Sounds like you got it, might increase the vocabulary a little if your doing your own work . I’ve removed mine twice , it’s a pain
  22. Sets up harmonic vibrations is what I was told
  23. even though I have one of these in my hangar I’ve never used it (storing it for a buddy), the last 7 or so sets of tires I’ve just placed the wheel assembly on a piece of carpet and stood on it (both feet) to break the bead then flip it over and do the same for the other side…. I always apply pressure with my hands 1st, sometimes it takes very little to break the bead
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