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Z-13/8 is an exceedingly robust system that should
handle everything you or I would want to do at
reliability levels that far exceed those of the
certified ships that we're ALREADY using do do t ...

Out of curiosity Bob, would you then mainly advocate z-14 for new designs with a 20A alternator. In the past it seems you have suggested z-14 over z-12 for people in the planning stages (correct me i ...

Frank,

Welcome to the list. As far as the fuselage frames are concerned, I cannot help you with the other methods but I can describe a little bit about what I did. For every builder, the best met ...

Well since nobody responded, I'll share what I've found.

It seems like Sequoia is the best place to get bronze bushings. The manual says that they supply plated bushings of the right type cheape ...

I've been pondering trying to make some of the tail hinges. Does anyone know a good place to get 2024-T3511 extrusions and bronze bushings in small doses?

I don't even know what T3511 means. I ...

Jeff,

It sounds like you have a good approach and if you haven't already, it's good to look throught the mil-spec document on aircraft spruce. I think it's mentioned in the manual, or maybe an EAA ...

I was browsing around looking for the Navy course mentioned on the site and in the forums, and I found another location online at:

http://www.tscm.com/reference.html

down the page a bit named, N ...

I've been emailing various folks when I have questions, and I get various answers along the way. Here are some of the questions I had along with answers I'm using. I'm currently just scratch buildin ...

I have a bunch of pictures and videos up on my website from the 2006 West Coast Falco Fly-In. Mostly just aerial shots from my experience last weekend but there are some cool videos that should inspi ...

Has anyone packed it for moving like that? I'm just trying to figure out the magnitude of the effort, and if it's worth it.

-Ryan

Graeme,

Thanks for responding. My question is more about moving the completed fin/stabilizer from one location to another. What if I needed to move it 500 miles by truck, will it survive the jou ...

I'm almost finished constructing all of the wood tail parts. After that, the only wood parts I have to construct are the wing ribs and spars (not a small job, I know!)

I've been thinking about p ...

See if I can get some responses in here...So what are you other builders working on at the moment. Are there any other builders reading this list?

I'm currently building myself a 12 foot table s ...

To introduce myself, my name is Ryan Vaughan. I started working on my Falco about a year ago. I'm making the wood parts from the wood to size kits from western aircraft in Canada. I've finished the ...