zodiacjeff(at)msn.com
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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: ping pong balls, expanding foam, shrinking memory |
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<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> Would have sworn it was Jim Hoak who recounted filling his No Step area (old HD, HDS builders only) with expanding foam, looking at it next day and pronouncing it 'good.' Went away for a few weeks and when he returned the foam had continued to expand ever so slightly, but still sufficient to balloon the fairing and elongate rivet holes. Had a 'do-over' on his hands.
Jim claims it wasn't he and since he's more than willing to share his wing rebuild miscue with the Zenith building fraternity, I believe him.
Now...if you were standing in the shade of the 'fish restaurant' tent at OSH during that overly HOT convention of 1999 and recounted this story to a few other builders, please let me know or I'm racking it up to a brain fart. The only other builder I remember in the group was Bill Nichelson and he is no longer on the list.
Jim did recount the story of the very, very prepared ultralight flier who flew to OSH a few years later and, because he had to cross a few sizable lakes, filled the zippered compartments of his craft with inflated condoms - hundreds of them.
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