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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject: Wing Center Section

I've added a fair amount to the page on the wing center section. 



http://www.ill-eagleaviation.com/WingCenterSection.htm



Scott

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: Wing Center Section

> I've added a fair amount to the page on the wing center section.

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 http://www.ill-eagleaviation.com/WingCenterSection.htm



 Scott


	




Looks good.



One of these days I must figure out how to repair the fairing that was made 

for my mkIII in 2000.



Let me know if you need the prop pitch tool back any time soon.  I have to 

send my blades to Warp Drive to have them refurbished before I can adjust 

the pitch.  Probably take a couple more weeks to get it done.



john h

mkIII

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JetPilot

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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Wing Center Section

Scott,



The is quite a nice center section, how long did it take you to do that entire process of making that ?   Did you make the mold, and then use that female mold to cast your center section after it was off the plane ?



John,



Are you using the Warp Drive tool to set your pitch ?  I thought you had a fairly new prop with tapered tips, why does it need to sent back ?



Mike

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: Wing Center Section

> Are you using the Warp Drive tool to set your pitch ?  I thought you had 

a fairly new prop with tapered tips, why does it need to sent back ?

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 Mike


	




Mike B:



I always have used the Warp Protractor, as long as I have been flying Warps. 

This time around I am going to do the final tweaking with a laser tool.



I have flown taper tips since day one in 1993.



Blades need to be returned to repair some small and a couple large dings I 

have accumulated since my return from Alaska in 2004.  That is when I 

replaced the old prop with the new.  Daryl will fix the dings, repaint the 

black and put me some nice white stripes on the tips.  Then they will be 

rebalanced.



I have done the same repairs, with JB Weld, in the past, including painting, 

which is done with a little masking tape and a can of flat black and one of 

gloss white from Walmart.  Only thing I could not do was precision balance 

like Warp can do.



Yes, stuff falls off my engine, mains throw up gravel and mud.  Sometimes I 

forget to retrieve all the stuff I have on the wings before I crank.   

Result, dinged prop blades.



john h

mkIII

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John Hauck

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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject: Wing Center Section

> Blades need to be returned to repair some small and a couple large dings 

I

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		   have accumulated since my return from Alaska in 2004.


	




The above is an error.  I replaced the prop blades and hub two years ago 

when I installed the new 912ULS.



Old age catching up with me again.



john h

mkIII

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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:56 am Post subject: Re: Wing Center Section

The entire process took a few weeks. All the steps were done on the plane. It was done basically in the same order as the pictures on the website. We made shape we wanted over the plane, then made our center section, then made a mold over the center section. There hasn't been a part pulled from the mold yet. If we decide to offer a few for sale then that would be next. 



Scott



 	  JetPilot wrote: 	
		  Scott,



The is quite a nice center section, how long did it take you to do that entire process of making that ?   Did you make the mold, and then use that female mold to cast your center section after it was off the plane ?



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icrashrc

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject: Re: Wing Center Section

John,



Hang on to the prop pitch tool for now. I won't need it again until the engine is back on my plane. There's the whole painting and covering thing between now and then.  

Tell me more about the fairing that needs repaired BC.

 	  John Hauck wrote: 	
		  > I've added a fair amount to the page on the wing center section.

 	  Quote: 	
		  

 http://www.ill-eagleaviation.com/WingCenterSection.htm



 Scott



	




Looks good.



One of these days I must figure out how to repair the fairing that was made 

for my mkIII in 2000.



Let me know if you need the prop pitch tool back any time soon.  I have to 

send my blades to Warp Drive to have them refurbished before I can adjust 

the pitch.  Probably take a couple more weeks to get it done.



john h

mkIII

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Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: Wing Center Section

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icrashrc" wrote:  << We made the shape we wanted over the plane, then made our center section, then made a mold over the center section. There hasn't been a part pulled from the mold yet. If we decide to offer a few for sale then that would be next. Scott >>  

   

Scott, and All –  

   

Nice work on your center section.  

   

I have always suspected that this junction on the stock Mark-3 – where he top of the windshield meets the gap seal – was a MAJOR source of aerodynamic drag.    

   

I noticed that on the Mark-3 XTra, there is a nifty little fairing that attaches at this spot, smoothing out the airflow coming up from the windshield and over the top of the gap seal.  When I called Travis at New Kolb if I could order one, he told me that it only fits on the Xtra, not the “Classic.”  Bummer.  I have zero composite/fiberglass building skills.  

   

And so … Scott – if you do decide to make more than one of these little beauties, I for one will be happy to buy one from you!  

   

Dennis Kirby  

Cedar Crest, NM  

   

      

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icrashrc

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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: Re: Wing Center Section

Dennis,



Thanks for the pat on the back. It was a lot of work but worth it.

Unfortunately [for you] we're building a M3X and our center section wouldn't fit the Mark 3 Classic either. The windshield and fuselage are shaped differently. Sorry,

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