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Got the T shirt?

Jim, If you haven't yet got the "Old Fart" T- shirt, please let me know. I'd be happy to buy one for you. I may send it to you in a soap box....with a step for easy access. Al 45 head-shrinks

By kittleson1@... · #5636 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Just to emphasize that I'm NOT one of the "guilty" Jim, I wrote:

By Chris Adkins <ccadkins@...> · #5635 ·

Re: Got the T shirt?

kittleson1@... writes: I'll take... I'll take it all. I have earned it. But you should see the shirt one of the guys wants to make for you! Yipes! j.

By JAMES MASAL · #5638 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

ccadkins@... writes: Chris you should be a poster child for "Builder Doing It Right." I like the term used in corporate mergers where one company is looking over another for a buyout : Due

By JAMES MASAL · #5637 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

dave@... writes: The nice thing about the internet, Dave, is that it is easier to ask 45 questions on email than to do your homework and read (ohmygod) paper. Proof that literacy

By JAMES MASAL · #5634 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Actually, Neil, there is a way to get those lower bolts with the heads in the engine compartment instead of the cockpit. I documented that procedure in issue 90 of Q-Talk. Dave

By Dave Richardson <dave@...> · #5633 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Thanks Dave, Bob Farnum, et. al. I'll just "experiment", and quit asking silly questions!!! Chris

By Chris Adkins <ccadkins@...> · #5632 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Good point, Dave. My experience is with the O200 only and all the nuts are accessible from the engine side. Bob F. N200QK Dave Richardson wrote:

By Bob Farnam <bfarnam@...> · #5631 ·

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By Dave Richardson <dave@...> · #5630 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

You cant "get" the bottom bolt in any other way, than with the nut on th engine end. evben then its a struggle. The top bolt, I can't remember which end the nut is on...will have a look if you wnat. I

By Neil Jepsen <jepsen@...> · #5628 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

I'm an FAA Mechanic (well no longer; I'm too smart to be working there now!) but the conventional wisdom of the FAA is that bolts placed headlong into the slip stream and head above gravity will

By KTSENYA2@... · #5629 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Chris, have a close look at the bolt, grip and see where that interacts with the rest of the structure. you may find that if you reverse the installation, the radial loads are being borne by an

By jtenhave@mets.mq.edu.au <jtenhave@...> · #5627 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

I spent 8 hours over two days getting the nut on the two lower bolts because the rubber mounts would not compress and it was so close to the aft surface of the engine. If I have to remove the engine

By Dave Richardson <dave@...> · #5626 ·

Re: Propellor Needed

Just a thought on this accident, with over 500 hours on Q1, Q2 and Q235 and having flown six of the airworthy examples in the U.K., I often describe the action of the elevator as more akin to that of

By Belinda Glover <belinda@...> · #5625 ·

Re: Engine mounting bolts...

Chris, If you put the head of the bolts on the cabin side and secure them so they can't turn or fall out, then the bolts can stay in place all the time and you don't need two people to torque them

By Bob Farnam <bfarnam@...> · #5624 ·

Engine mounting bolts...

I've just finished reading every single Quick Talk / Q-Talk ever published (whew!) Not in one sitting, but WHEW! anyway! My question to the group is this: In one of the more recent issues of the

By Chris Adkins <ccadkins@...> · #5623 ·

Re: Qlist Ready!

Jesper - I flew G-BPNL some years ago. Happy to spend some time with you - I'll fly my Q1 over from Cambridge to meet up as soon as I've done my permit renewal, if that's OK? Is it at Bristol

By pwright5@... · #5622 ·

Qlist Ready!

Dear members After a one year rebuild of G-BPNL I'm ready for taxi trials. I bought BPNL with a broken tail and prop! I've rebuild the revmaster, installed dual handbrakes, reflexor and done the

By jesperrosenberg <jensen@...> · #5620 ·

Re: Looking for George Ingram

I'm looking for information on George Ingram from Homosassa, FL. His last Q-Talk was returned and I want to see if anybody knows if there is a new address for him. Thanks, Dave Richardson Editor,

By Dave Richardson <dave@...> · #5619 ·

Re: Mike Conlin/ Waddelow canard info

Yep, Bruce, almost everything I know about Q's is printed in QTALK somewhere and so was that discussion. It was one of the eye-openers learned from NASA as was the fact that his test "saddle" wasn't

By JAMES MASAL · #5621 ·

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