rusty - I rebuilt the rudder = on my -6a=20 because the original builder had built it crooked by 5/8ths of an = inch. it=20 made no difference in speed of course, but I would think if you can = salvage the=20 rudder spar, that would save a lot of work in getting the new one to = fit. =20 maybe stepping up to -4 oops rivets or just making a whole new set of=20 holes. on my -8 I am building I have also glued all the skins with = a 3M=20 epoxy. overkill perhaps, but I liked the idea since a 20B was = going to be=20 installed. that might work for you. the glue has = something like=20 5000psi shear strength, I forget, it was a year ago. it peals = fairly=20 easily, but shear is very high. apparently rocket builders are = using=20 it.

I live in = Portland, so=20 van's is a local phone call away. if I can help let me = know.

Kevin Lane Portland, OR
e-mail-> n3773@comcast.net
web-> http://home.comcast.net/~n3773
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----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Tracy = Crook
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Tuesday, September 28, = 2004 9:03=20 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = SERFI

I had planned to attend a couple of fly-ins during the = next 6=20 weeks.   Won't be doing that due to hurricanes, possible = floods,=20 power out, etc.    The rotary roundup fly-in is still = planned=20 but it depends on what the river does. It will take at least 2 = weeks to=20 get an accurate idea of what will happen. Takes a long time for = the=20 water to get here from Georgia   Stay tuned.

Tracy

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Russell Duffy
Sent: Monday, September 27, = 2004 11:00=20 AM

To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = SERFI

Sorry to hear about the = damage to your=20 aircraft. Sounds like it could have been worst - small = consolation as=20 it is.

Thanks Ed, but you're right, it WAS = much worse for=20 a lot of folks.  I can fix the rudder and aileron in = a good=20 weekend of work, and should have the parts by mid week. Total = cost=20 $150 :-)

The cowl is a bit rougher than = before. It wasn't=20 on the plane (when is it ever <G>), but was just sitting = in the=20 middle of the floor. When I first saw the hanger after = the storm,=20 it was sitting right where I left it, even though the walls and = doors were=20 blown open. I thought that was mighty odd, and later I noticed = that it=20 looks like I tied it to the truck, and dragged it a few miles. = Apparently, it departed the hanger, and tumbled for some distance = across the=20 ramp. Someone downwind recognized it, and put it back in my = hanger=20 before I got there.



The Kolb Slingshot is out of the picture as=20 well, and I've actually surrendered the data=20 plate, airworthiness cert, and registration to the FAA due to = the=20 damage. The plane will be rebuilt, and flying again by about = next=20 Summer.  Again, this is not so bad, because it will = actually be=20 easier, and cheaper than building from scratch, which is what I had = planned=20 to do before I found this one for=20 sale.

   I presume this = effects your=20 attending the SERFI at Evergreen,AL next week end. I think I = am going=20 to try to make it. I know Tracy had intended to attend at one = time but=20 that could have changed given all you Florida folks have been = through.

You presume correctly.   My = current plan is=20 to forget all the fly-ins, except for Tracy's. There's still a = possibility I'll make it.

Cheers,

Rusty

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