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Re: Videos
Jon Finley
A little Q history for ya'll.
I don't remember the exact year but approximately twenty years ago Paul Fisher and I were messing with video cameras on our Q's. These were the latest and greatest "spy cams" that were super small, wired, and had amazing resolution - 240x160, if memory serves. I made a custom vertical fin "cap" that contained the camera and was aerodynamic. The cable ran from the tail all the way to the cockpit and was taped to the outside skin. It was connected to a camcorder inside the cockpit for recording. The results were AMAZING!!! Oh… wait… I WANTED them to be amazing - they were actually quite horrible. Awful resolution that lacked color, were like looking thru a straw, and had no image stabilization... But we celebrated anyway - it was all we had!
Our current ability to bolt on a relatively small camera and achieve pretty great results is not lost on me! As an aside, I'm now recording at 5k (5120 x 2880) and it still isn't good enough!! And... yes... I find myself giving more and more of these 'back in the old days' speeches. I'm not exactly sure why that is happening... ☹ Jon Finley Somewhere in the Southwest flying an RV-4
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
It’s really you! The Mad Scientist! John! Ah knew it along! What won’t you come up with next! Kin ah git’n auto-graft?!
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Bruce
On Dec 26, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Dave Dugas via groups.io <davedq2@...> wrote:
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Dave Dugas
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
Mike Dwyer
Very cool. Seems like the camera might vibrate but it looked good. Mike Dwyer Q200
On Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 6:27 PM Jon Finley <jd@...> wrote: Jim and Terry,
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
Jon Finley
Jim and Terry,
Thanks! That wingtip view is from my version of a camera on a stick. I'm using a GoPro Max 360, 5' of aluminum tubing, and some alum angles. It's a work in progress. Actually... the entire video thing is a work in progress! 😉😉 Jon 
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
Mike Steinsland
Merry Christmas everyone. You dont hear much from me but I'm building and reading all your posts. All the best!
On Sat., Dec. 25, 2021, 1:59 p.m. Jim Patillo, <Logistics_engineering@...> wrote:
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
Very Impressive Jon, how did you get those close ups? Was someone filming you?
Merry Christmas to all of you from the Snowy Sierra Nevada’s. We’re suppose to get a major dump. It’s cold and blowin’ pretty good here
Jim
N46JP Q200
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Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2021 6:09:12 AM To: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> Subject: [Q-List] Merry Christmas!! Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄
If you are looking for something to do today 😉 - here's a short video of some fog over the high desert!! https://youtu.be/41OOB31kNRY Get those airplanes out and do some flying!! Jon Finley Somewhere in the Southwest flying an RV-4
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Re: Merry Christmas!!
Cool beans!
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On Dec 25, 2021, at 11:07 AM, Terry Adams <terrywadams@...> wrote:
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Terry Adams
Merry Christmas to all.
Jon, Can you tell me how you have the camera mounted from your wing tip, what type of boom and how far out? Terry N41521 KSCK On 12/25/2021 6:09 AM, Jon Finley
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Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄 -- Communication ink and paper free
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Anthony P
Merry Christmas from cold, rainy, icy, and foggy New Hampshire.
Anthony -- Q2 N86KL
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Merry Christmas Jon! Great Video. Not at home this week so no air planing for me, but I really enjoyed your video. No wonder Santa chooses to fly. Season’s greetings to everyone!
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Cheers, Jay
On Dec 25, 2021, at 7:09 AM, Jon Finley <jd@...> wrote:
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Merry Christmas!!
Jon Finley
Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄
If you are looking for something to do today 😉 - here's a short video of some fog over the high desert!! https://youtu.be/41OOB31kNRY Get those airplanes out and do some flying!! Jon Finley Somewhere in the Southwest flying an RV-4
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Re: Axle Removal Problems
Mike Steinsland
Definitely lubricate it as you get it going Hopefully the lubricant works it's way into the wheel You may have to tap it back and forth a lot.....a little at a time, like rocking a stuck car back and forth
On Thu., Dec. 23, 2021, 7:25 p.m. Bruce Crain, <jcrain2@...> wrote: Maybe get someone to tap once on the outside and then tap the inside to see if that will loosen it. You could use propane to super freeze the tube and see if it can make it shrink enough to move it. Don’t smoke!
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Maybe get someone to tap once on the outside and then tap the inside to see if that will loosen it. You could use propane to super freeze the tube and see if it can make it shrink enough to move it. Don’t smoke!
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Ahhh….now I follow you. Yep, that makes sense! Thanks for clarifying.
-- Corbin N121CG
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Anthony P
I'm simply not being clear.
You correctly stated that it will/would be hard to keep the drift centered properly on the stuck pin when the end of the stuck pin is down inside the wheel. I was just making a suggestion for a quick and dirty tool that would help with centering. This depends on how continuous the bore is through the wheel/bearings. Think of a 3/8" dia. drift with a 5/8" O.D. soft bushing (hose or PVC) pressed onto the end of the pin. Then insert all of this into the 3/4" I.D. bore. The drift will be centered on the stuck pin without you needing to do anything. The purpose of the quick and lite taps is to reduce the loads that get put into the inboard vertical wall of your wheel pant. Otherwise, I fear you're going to need to create a C-clamp like contraption to push on the stuck pin while supporting the wheel pant wall. -- Q2 N86KL
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Anthony, I might not understand because wouldn't using the axle to try and tap the pusher rod back out do the same as you describe?
-- Corbin N121CG
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Thanks, Mike. I believe my pusher rod made it past the space and is about halfway through the wheel. But I follow what you are saying otherwise.
-- Corbin N121CG
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Anthony P
If the others' suggestions for gentle coaxing have not worked, try a short length (1") of hose or PVC with similar O.D. to your axle and place that over your smaller diameter drift. It will work as a centering jig during your quick and lite taps.
-- Q2 N86KL
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Re: Axle Removal Problems
Mike Dwyer
This is challenging to word properly. As the shorter steel tube is being pushed into place when it gets to a spacer, you have to hold upward pressure on the tire, otherwise as the steel shaft is going in and hits the end of the spacer it falls and jams. Look down either steel tube and if they are not lined up, then do what it takes to line them up. Also, in the future, put a campher(sp) on the end of the steel tubes so it self corrects the alignment. Also, I carry in my onboard tool bag the short axle made out of AL so that I can do tire work anywhere that I fly to. I carry this short axle and a spare inner-tube. I don't see a need to carry a whole tire! Mike Dwyer YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/FlyMeAirplane/playlists Q200 Website: http://goo.gl/V8IrJF
I’ve always had a bit of a headache removing the axle when needing to remove the tire. In one of the pics below, the darker steel rod is what I use to slide in and tap out the axle (which is the other pic). The axle will easily pull out from the position in the pic. However, the rod I use to tap out the axle is stuck and won’t move back out or further in.
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