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

[stangflyer]

Well, it's official. Removed the 111 from the 107" Pilot Edge this evening. It's getting a retrofit. A shiny brand new red jugged twin to yank this bad boy around. I do likes me those red headed 3w's.

 

[49dimes]

Clear packaging tape over the top of your decal. Heat gun or iron set to medium low heat. Warm the decal just a tad to soften the adhesive. Hobby knife to gently lift the edge of each numerical or letter. While pulling the tape, work your decal up. It can be monotonous, but hey, cheap is cheap right? Place decal on your desired placement and gently pull tape off decal. Slightly warm decal with iron...done. That's about it. About 5 to 10 minutes per decal.

You just had to do that didn't you???.

Ok Ok.

Rewinding a motor with the common "Y" wind.......

1) First have your favorite hard beverage available next to you ( Cuervo happens to be a good choice . ).

2) Get a set of "micro wear" glasses so you can see deeply into the existing motor windings and identify the numerous lead outs that combine to form C1 C2and C3. You can also scribe a mark to the location of the start point and return points of the individual winds per coil.

3) Take a good stiff snort of that favorite hard beverage because you going to need it......

4) Repeat step 3 several more times......

5) After letting the hard beverage take the proper physical affects look through the "micro wear" glasses in to the mirror you just happened to forget to bring with you..

6) Now that you can "clearly see" your intoxicated just forget the whole damn thing and wish for some super servos instead.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Thanks guys off to Toledo in a couple of hours not much sleep but see if I can find those hinges. Needs them for the viper not a lot of space between the hinge line and the tube on the elevator. Great thanks guys.

If you don't find them in Toledo let me know. I have them in stock.

 

[pawnshopmike]

You just had to do that didn't you???.

Ok Ok.

Rewinding a motor with the common "Y" wind.......

1) First have your favorite hard beverage available next to you ( Cuervo happens to be a good choice . ).

2) Get a set of "micro wear" glasses so you can see deeply into the existing motor windings and identify the numerous lead outs that combine to form C1 C2and C3. You can also scribe a mark to the location of the start point and return points of the individual winds per coil.

3) Take a good stiff snort of that favorite hard beverage because you going to need it......

4) Repeat step 3 several more times......

5) After letting the hard beverage take the proper physical affects look through the "micro wear" glasses in to the mirror you just happened to forget to bring with you..

6) Now that you can "clearly see" your intoxicated just forget the whole damn thing and wish for some super servos instead.

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[ChickenBalls]

You just had to do that didn't you???.

Ok Ok.

Rewinding a motor with the common "Y" wind.......

1) First have your favorite hard beverage available next to you ( Cuervo happens to be a good choice . ).

2) Get a set of "micro wear" glasses so you can see deeply into the existing motor windings and identify the numerous lead outs that combine to form C1 C2and C3. You can also scribe a mark to the location of the start point and return points of the individual winds per coil.

3) Take a good stiff snort of that favorite hard beverage because you going to need it......

4) Repeat step 3 several more times......

5) After letting the hard beverage take the proper physical affects look through the "micro wear" glasses in to the mirror you just happened to forget to bring with you..

6) Now that you can "clearly see" your intoxicated just forget the whole damn thing and wish for some super servos instead.

View attachment 53582

Bwahahahahasounds like a perfect "SYSTEM"

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Not my work shop, but been contemplating this for a while now..... Some really crappy, light weight 5/8" thick ply that I got from work, a little bit of aluminum dowel, a lathe and drill bits. This is what I come up with. It is a 1 off, and wont be made for anyone else. I made this one specific for a friend of mine.

I kinda went off in my own direction for this mount, basing it off Terry's idea with dowels. But the crush is what concerned me, with lighter weight plywood. The crush usually happens right in the area of where the bolts mount up to the firewall. I want to totally eliminate that, without having to go with the added expense of a full aluminum mount.

 

[Xpress]

Not to stray too far off topic, but I hate the IRS with a flaming passion. They make it about as complicated to pay your taxes as possible. Why can't they just leave me alone and let me play with my toy airplanes

 

[stangflyer]

Not to stray too far off topic, but I hate the IRS with a flaming passion. They make it about as complicated to pay your taxes as possible. Why can't they just leave me alone and let me play with my toy airplanes

Copy that! I say we just quit paying taxes and buy more planes.

 

[HRRC Flyer]

Good luck with that. . . LMAO

 

[combat chicken]

Need to form the giant scale milita and revolt!