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From what I saw at Punta Gorda, once the doors are gone, so is the
roof.
Do whatever you can to make the building wind tight.
The only damage
I've ever heard of at my hangers was a case where the door got sucked out
from the bottom, and fell inward on the plane inside. I just got back
from the hanger, where I drove wedges between the bottom of the doors, and
the outside edge of the tracks. This will keep the doors from moving, so
hopefully will keep them in place. Nothing else I can do but hope for
the best.
The power
company is saying that it will be 3 weeks before they'll get everyone's power
back on after Ivan. I sure hope I'm closer to the 3 day time, rather than
3 weeks. Fortunately, our huge subdivision has all underground electrical
service, so once they get the main line back on, we should be good to go.
If I had a good excuse to own a generator like Ed has, I'd have one.
One of my EWP
adapters leaked, so I took it home yesterday and re-welded it, then took it
back to the hanger, and it leaked worse than before. Took it home
yesterday afternoon and re-re-welded it, this time testing with air
pressure, and finally got it installed again this morning, with no leaks
yet. Of course I haven't run the engine to put it under any pressure yet,
but the EWP is working well, and I'm far happier with this
installation than I was with the original one. As most of you recall, this EWP is in series with the
stock mechanical pump.
Also, I got a
new double pulley from Racing Beat, and the shaft hole measures 15mm just like
the ND alternator shaft is supposed to be. Should fit and work fine,
assuming there's still a plane to install it on by tomorrow.
Cheers,
Rusty (two
flyable planes today, how many tomorrow)
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