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Hi,

I was searching the archives for a good alternative to cleaning parts before priming (indoors) and found John Bolding's writeup below.

So, what is a good, safe cleaner that I can use indoor ...

1. Go to harborfreight's website.
2. Click on the link to the left that reads "Order from Printed Catalog"
3. Enter item number 92851-3RTH
4. In the next screen it wants to sell you 1 and ...

I graduated a physics (electro-optics) major some 18 years ago. Didn't find a job that paid enough to play with lasers and make holograms all day long, so ended up an electrical engineer (power system ...

Bryan,

Did you go with a 45* rabbit ear or 90*? What length? How is the reception?

Thanx...Eddie

I have a home-made VOR antenna mounted on top of the rudder on my XL.
I have test flown t ...

I was looking for an interior primer sealer for where the parts contact each other and for under/around the rivets. Something that won't come off later with Corrosion X. I am not convinced self etchin ...

Has anybody used POR 15 as a primer sealer or tested it against other corrosion proofings?

Thanx..

Eddie
(Trying to build a 601XL)

Question: When you remove the slats, you're decreasing the empty weight by X amount. So when you're doing these comparisons, do you need to add X amount of dead weight to the plane so that you're not ...

Carlos, thanx for pointing to the Aeroelectric list! I hadn't noticed it before!!!!

Eddie

Greetings,

Is there one or two good books or videos that you folks can recommend on VHF antenna basics, selecting and installating antennas on metal-frame aircrafts, avionics, connectors, wiring, e ...

Asking a point and shoot camera to capture 10 megapixels with a small 1/2.5" to 1/1.8" CCD might be too much right now. Most of them do better in the 8 megapixle or less range. Megapixles is ...

I just received my "The 912 Competition" video. It shows how Rotec is put together. Nice workmanship. Looks like almost everything is CNC'ed at their shop. But the planetary gears looks a bi ...

See 1st and 5th bullet from the top. Rotec has a 3:2 Planetary Speed Reduction Unit.

http://www.rotecradialengines.com/specs.htm

Eddie

Eddie,
Niether the rotec nor the Jabiru have GEar red ...

You mean like this?
http://www.rotecradialengines.com/customers/MickDye.htm

Two other things to keep in mind when chosing Rotec vs an engine like Jabiru: it uses reduction gear and I think it on ...

Can a pair of whip antennas be mounted inside the horizontal stabilizer's tips, connected with a coax cable and tapped off in the center? Or is the distance between the two whips and the impedance of ...

I got some info from Sanchem today, but wasn't much help. Do you clean with Safeguard CC-6100C and then apply AFS gray, or do you apply CC-6100A+B after the CC-6100C and before AFS?

Thanx...

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