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  1. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Wow, I see that it was discontinued in 2014, surprised you found it. Never needed or used it but have read it is the best for cleaning cans and pipes. I think if I ever need to clean out a can I would take it to the local speed shop for a hot tank cleaning. I have also red that antifreeze in...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Had to move the engine back another 5/8" so that the cowl will fit. This thing is shoehorned in to be sure. This resulted in the need of a 5/8" extension on the prop hub. Decided to make the extension bolt on to the existing tapped holes and drill and tap the extension for the prop bolts...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Now wait a minute, he's got two lathes and two milling machines, he should be making these parts!
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    The hose was captured between two shop towel sheets.
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Plastic drop cloth folded over several times then drill holes on approximately 1/2" centers. Release films are used when you don't plan to add any additional top layers. This was my first attempt and the I used 1/4" hollow core drill bit that ended up being too large. I did the firewall in...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Took a page out of Spoopy's build and decided to laminate the firewall. No carbon, Kevlar. One 6 ounce layer per side. It's all DIY stuff, plastic drop cloth for the bag sealed with caulking, home made perforated release film, blue shop towels as breather cloth, and fuel tube for the vacuum...
  7. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    That's one hell of a whooping!! Nice job.
  8. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    David, What is to finish on the OD of the material?
  9. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    That 11 x 30 looks real nice Steven.
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Did you fly it like you sold it?
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

    Learned something today. Didn't know there was such a thing. Wonder what that cost the taxpayers?
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Here's a short video from yesterday and the reason why I'm going down this route. It will idle just at 1000 rpms, I raised the idle here to keep the rpm telemetry active, using a Frsky SP-RPM sensor designed for electric motors so it drops to zero below 1000 RPM. The sensing wires are hooked...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Never ran it, thinking about putting in the next Cherokee. I have the Johnson mufflers but cut the stacks off to fit the scale exhaust in the Super Cub. All in weight, engine, mufflers, and ignition is 4.7#, over 1# lighter than the D&B 3.7 I was using.
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Pretty sure the spacers are there to make room for the ne Walbro Carb.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    The ring came off the cowl just fine. A new 1/4" plywood firewall was cut to the traced line then another 1/16" was removed to account for the glass thickness. The plans call for 2 degrees down thrust so that was cut off the fuselage sides. The new firewall was located by mounting the cowl...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Put two flights on the Champ today and the catch can is working perfectly, not a drop of oil on the landing gear strut.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    The new firewall will also act as the baffle between the high and low pressure zones inside the cowl. The shape of the cowl is quite a bit different than stock firewall. A dam was made out scrap wood, this was roughly fit using a contour gauge, packing tape was applied to the cowl for release...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    The firewall from the kit is three layers of 1/8" 3 ply plywood laminated together. I plan to use 1/4" plywood for the firewall. The 5/8" was laid out and cutting commenced. After trail fitting, decided to flush mount the firewall onto the 1/2" balsa sides rather than inset it into the...
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Got the bench cleared from the Champ repair and moved the Sub Cub fuselage onto the bench. First order of business clean off 14 years of dust. Next up determine if the Roto 85 with fit and what modifications are necessary. The plane was originally built using a 3W 56 CS engine, the exhaust...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Indeed!
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