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    Hmm, whist day dreaming in a stationary traffic jam this morning a thought came into my head. I have a few old 12v air compressors laying around that won't pump air any more. So the basic idea is remove the pump form it plastic box, Take the head off and make a bracket that is secured to the piston and it will also need to have a way of holding a jigsaw blade, then get some flat wood with a hole cut for the saw blade to pass through and then uses the original head bolt holes on the pump to secure the flat wood/ table to. ( LOL) cant' wait to see the response   Edited By bert baker on 09/12/2014 11:08:59 Edited By bert baker on 09/12/2014 11:10:23
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    Cool, Subscribed.. one of my long term dreams. I would photo copy the metal sheets,
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    Yeah my local list's the clamps but has Hellis They have about ten hellis at Tovil store
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    All exited I just went to my local Lidl, found the Hellis but no clamps or saw's
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    SBGB Publishing Its a book on on Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, The poor mans Spitfire. Found it with Google
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    Hi James Thumbs up to fuel proof. Fuel proof needs loads of time to go fully hard, the longer you can leave it to cure the better, its not a great time of year in cold shed to fuel proof ( in my opinion ), I would be thinking of cure time of weeks rather than days, it is good stuff and will make a big difference when cleaning down. Warning,,,,,,,Some paints - fuel proofers can react and cause the painted bits to pickle up.
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    Yes get map gas, It is surprising how little silver solder you need when using the right flux and a good flame. It is well worth the expense to get a torch that will last for years unlike the cheaper butane torches. Map gas apparently gives about 25% extra heat, The refrigeration technicians use it where I work, and they do loads of silver soldering.
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    Cool no worries. I must admit that after all the years messing with Stampe's this is the first time I have notinced the back stay on the undercarage. lol
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    Stearmanandy Is that airfoil shape plastic on your under cart actually plastic book bindings you know the stuff that the pages fall out when trying to read the booklets. Hmm now that's a thought, I shall have to go to Staples at the weekend and have a look.
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    I have always had problems finding springs up to the job. Nice to see different ways. You chaps must treasure your Stampes way more than me. My old club was not cross wind friendly, and it often suffered from down drafts, strange thing to see a plane doing well on finals then being shoved into the runway, its a bit like watching cars on a exposed bridge in high winds. Its always windy at my new club, and cross winds quite often, so you have to just get used to it . The only saving grace is that the wind tends to be steady and does not do anything nasty. With Bi-planes I have found that on windy days at a good height not to far from edge of runway pull the throttle back to idle and set the plane in a steep approach angle, you should get a nice draggy decent that feels solid and controlled Then round out and land, only need a short section of runway as well, The tri plane is near on a vertical dive at the threshold no need to go to far out. Let the drag of airframe and propeller do the work. Do it on a light wind day and you will overshoot works well for me, none of this hauling it up to the runway from eye squinting distance being bounced around wondering how its going to end.
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    Petrol 180 cool. Not sure how the DLE fitting is going havent seen the chap for a while, can't be that hard. with a genaral purpose wood saw. Has anyone tried a redution unit in the 1/4 scale Stampe's on a Zenoah 20cc ish, I seem to remember reading about a small reduction unit some time ago Possibly Ian Redshaw. I was half tempted to chuck my spare Dle 30 in the Precedent Stampe, but but but, I flew my Db SE5A with Dle 30 against my old Fokker Tri with a G38 more wings more drag thats what I thought but hey with the SE5 flat out I could not catch that Fokker. So on that and that alone I have decided to carry on with the G38 fitting. I am thinking of a Practical scale Tiger moth with the Valach 60 for my 2015 bulk build. I did look at the Fighter Aces Stampe but loads more cash and close to being in LMA territory
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    Quite fancy a Proxxon Jigsaw, not sure I would buy one but would make a good pressie
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    The wing reminds me of the Veron cardinal 35" ish wingspan. Looks nice. Perhaps a Mills .75 engine would look the part upfront
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    Go for the 180. if glow four stroke is your thing. I have flow many on a Laser 150 good fun but it would have been nice to have extra power. The Flair Tiger moth sprung undercarage kit was a good mod, but the standard works well, keep it simple. Be sure to duct the cooling air through the fins as in the Laser instructions. I have been putting a G38 in a very old one, my mate is doing the same and another club member has opted for the DLe 30cc. My Svenson Stampe has so far been the heaviest stampe I have owned. found this pic on the net
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    Nope, I haven't but I do recal seeing it done on the Mark Evans Plane is born series, it was used to store the laminating resins and hardners in. That's all I know, don't ask what bulb size long forgoten Best of luck Bert
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    Posted by john stones 1 on 29/11/2014 14:33:19: Hi All I like to build my own sports designs but have never done a bipe. John Cool what fun, I suppose being an own design, it will depend on what you want it to do and look like. I think more info on how you intend to build it would help. Foam veneered wing, sheet wing, built up. depron. The little Toot is sporty and only has lower ailerons as do Tiger moths, the original Avicraft Panics had lower ones only. If it is intended as a quick to put together plane when weather is pants, i would stick with lower ones What size were you thinking of Bert Edited By bert baker on 29/11/2014 19:38:17
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    Hmm, read with interest, why does my tri-plane have ailerons on the top wing only. and it still performs rolls.
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    I got a cheap vibrating scroll saw from our local Aldi shop a few years back, cheap to buy and has the little puffer tube to keep blade clear, it works well apart from the side plate rattles. Horses for courses when it comes to band or scroll, you cant cut internal shapes on a band saw without cutting a slot from the outer edge, also on a band saw the depth of the blade can limit how tight a curve you can cut without multiple passes. I borrowed a Spiralux variable speed scroll saw before I got my own and did not find the variable side of things very useful, apart from changing the noise from it. I would say in my opinion heavy machines are better. Edited By bert baker on 29/11/2014 00:13:18
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    Svenson Stampe, been there done that, the flying wires were spring flat steel like the old style flair flying wire kit . Worked well apart from when it came to storeing them, as they were all joined together with the cross braces. Edited By bert baker on 26/11/2014 00:17:50
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