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  1. Alky6

    Help! Making landing gear

    When steel is rolled through dies, it is done either hot or cold. Hot is cheap and usually has a dark crusty finish and os inconsistent in its sizing.. Cold rolled is the same process but the steel is formed cold. Takes a heck of a lot more pressure and work to form the steel into the determined...
  2. Alky6

    Help! Making landing gear

    If that gets brazed to the axle support that goes vertical including the washer, I wouldn’t worry about it cracking a little bit. And further with the struts included, you should be fine with mild steel cold rolled, IMHO.
  3. Alky6

    Help! Making landing gear

    If you stick to about 1.5 x the diameter in radius you should be ok. At 5/8” that is 2x. You may wish to consider some mild steel cold roll rod versus the piano wire or drill rod. Less tendency to crack in those tight bends, but you’ll have less “spring” available to you before it takes a...
  4. Alky6

    Help! Making landing gear

    Thinking @Bipeguy03 is your man!
  5. Alky6

    Hello from Walnut Creek, CA

    Welcome!
  6. Alky6

    DA50 help

    Whoa! Badaasss!!!!! :on_the_go:
  7. Alky6

    DA50 help

    Hi Bartman: you are technically correct. However, I believe @49dimes is referring to another phenomenon that occurs, and usually much more pronounced in an alcohol engine that has a much wider range of stoichometric ratio. Essentially, the fuel is acting as a cooling process. A little more rich...
  8. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Ha! Do I sense a high performance upgrade coming? Maybe a little more than a carb???? C’mon! Make it a racing cub, :yesss:
  9. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Looks great Rob! Rubbing alcohol is really only going to be good to remove plant based and people based oils (works great for castor oil removal... I know Rob....shudder..... hahaha). Acetone or lacquer thinner - but not sure about removing or harming the existing finish. Be sure you don’t get...
  10. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Thanks! Happy could bring back some good memories. I am blessed my dad is still around and is also involved in this project. My dad has been working with my younger son rebuilding a go-cart that he built when he was 12, then my brother and I had, now my boys. Absolutely ecstatic they are so into...
  11. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Lots of updates. Mojo 25 done and flown (quite a bit actually). It has a lot of coupling in knife edge. Also needed down and right thrust added to it. The SKF 3536 is way overpowered for this but is fun to fly. I think if I could get the wing loading down, it would help considerably. Fun...
  12. Alky6

    Dalton Aviation is now a Division of JTEC Radiowave

    Awesome! Congratulations! this is great news for the kit building community.
  13. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    That unit is on my bucket list!
  14. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Sorry about that. Should have known... JTEC Radiowave has carbon tubes and sleeves. http://www.jtecrc.com/carbonfiber.html
  15. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I have really good luck with goodwinds. They are primarily a kite building parts house. Have received great service from them every time I order. https://goodwinds.com/
  16. Alky6

    Cool Tucson IMAC 2018 March 10-11 Big Prizes!

    Awesome! Hope to make it down there sometime. Most likely will have to wait until the kids are out of the house, though. Maybe I’ll be ready for a freestyle by then too! ;) Special thanks to all the sponsors!!
  17. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Do it! :laughing:
  18. Alky6

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Sounds like you need a pic of pinball machine on it then! LOL ;)
  19. Alky6

    TAS 2017 Video

    Believe that is Carlos “Tuny” Silva.
  20. Alky6

    AutoCAD Tips and Tricks

    Thanks Chris. I learned some new stuff here. The newer versions of AutoCAD are surely much more friendly than what I am accustomed. Most of what you did, I do you using commands in the command prompt. Very interesting and simple way to set up a single viewport. Thanks for sharing! Good luck Snoopy!
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