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

[Snoopy1]

Well the Pro60 is back and up and running ready to go flying again rudder back on thanks to @pawnshopmike. Do not know why but all of a sudden GSN will not let me up load pictures they are saying the picture is to large. It worked yesterday and I am still using the same device????????
Well got it to work but still do not know why.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Well the Pro60 is back and up and running ready to go flying again rudder back on thanks to @pawnshopmike. Do not know why but all of a sudden GSN will not let me up load pictures they are saying the picture is to large. It worked yesterday and I am still using the same device????????
Well got it to work but still do not know why.
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Looks good as new!

 

[stangflyer]

Well the Pro60 is back and up and running ready to go flying again rudder back on thanks to @pawnshopmike. Do not know why but all of a sudden GSN will not let me up load pictures they are saying the picture is to large. It worked yesterday and I am still using the same device????????
Well got it to work but still do not know why.
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Looks really nice mister snoops! I have had the same problem occasionally also. When I try to upload photos, it says file too large. What I do is log off and then log back on. It seems to help every time.

 

[Snoopy1]

Looks really nice mister snoops! I have had the same problem occasionally also. When I try to upload photos, it says file too large. What I do is log off and then log back on. It seems to help every time.

Ok that is what I did, I said I will try later and it worked, but do not why.

 

[49dimes]

It's data gremlins in the server! Russia hacking ya know...........

 

[49dimes]

My incidence meter came in handy whilst mapping timing points on the DJ72V2. With the sensor pushed up against the mounting screw ( rotating sensor counter clockwise looking at the shaft end of inverted engine) puts the timing @ 20 degrees BTDC. Going to see if this helps take out some of the shake this beast of an engine makes.

I used the meter to measure each graduation by zeroing the level each time I rotated to the next mark on the scale I had made adding the number of degrees measured to the previous readings since the scale on the meter only reads to +-10 degrees in either direction. I then made a conversion chart denoting same.

 

[Snoopy1]

My incidence meter came in handy whilst mapping timing points on the DJ72V2. With the sensor pushed up against the mounting screw ( rotating sensor counter clockwise looking at the shaft end of inverted engine) puts the timing @ 20 degrees BTDC. Going to see if this helps take out some of the shake this beast of an engine makes.

I used the meter to measure each graduation by zeroing the level each time I rotated to the next mark on the scale I had made adding the number of degrees measured to the previous readings since the scale on the meter only reads to +-10 degrees in either direction. I then made a conversion chart denoting same.
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Ok agree with on all the math and set up but one thing that escapes me is to know when the spark occurs, all the timing units I have all require that it rotates at some speed so it difficult to determine when it occurs to set the timing accurately.

 

[49dimes]

Ok agree with on all the math and set up but one thing that escapes me is to know when the spark occurs, all the timing units I have all require that it rotates at some speed so it difficult to determine when it occurs to set the timing accurately.

Best to just put the finger of the sensor directly over the magnet. Some semi conductors will fire just before and some just after the center of the magnet. This difference is "negligible". It is known as "Hysteresis" and it can also change with rpm.

 

[Jetpainter]

Here is an upcoming workshop project. My 94 year old father dropped something on Miss Moana and poked a hole in the painted Solartex covering on the left elevator.

 

[49dimes]

Ouch! Hope the old fella does not worry to much about it . Because there is a younger / older fella that will have that looking good as new .