On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:57 AM, randy snarr <randylsnarr@yah= oo.com> wrote:

For those of you that have the new over center link we b= uilt a few years ago with the bushing and steel sleeve, here is a 250 hour = update on my airplane.

I had my airplane up on jacks whilst rebuildi= ng the hydraulic cylinders. I checked for play where the nose gear drag lin= k connects to the oleo strut. ( the previous problem area) Mine had a very = slight amount. Not enough to replace anything but I wanted to pull it apart= and inspect it and report my findings to those of you that have these. It = looks like the updated part we made is working very well. The pre oiled bra= ss bushing had worn (slightly) as planned. I pressed in a new bushing, inse= rted the steel sleeve and the link is as tight as it was when it was new!= =A0 Time to replace was about 20 minutes and at a cost of $.63 for the stan= dard size bushing...

I still have a few of these links if anyone else wants one..
Please = contact me off line..
Attached is a pic of the part when I was doing the= bushing replacement.

Best,
Randy Snarr
N694RS
235/320

"Flight by machines heavier tha= n air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible"
-Simon Newcomb, 1902

--- On Thu, 1/20/11, rwolf99@aol.com <rwolf99@aol.com> w= rote:

From: rwolf99@aol.com <rwolf99@aol.com>
Subject: [LML] Lithium Batteries and New Ideas
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Th= ursday, January 20, 2011, 2:18 PM

Michael wrote:

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<<I do not want to start an argument,=A0 but it is frustrating f= or people to say they don't like ideas based on out-of-date or incomple= te data.=A0=A0 I am building an experimental aircraft to test and learn new= things, for the pure joy of experimenting.=A0 Please don't try to stif= le experimentation without doing your research.>>

No offense is taken.=A0 No argument is intended.= =A0 Just a clarification.

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My motivation was simply to point out that there= is a significant risk that needs to be researched and mitigated by anyone = who wants to make their own battery pack from new lithium battery cells.=A0= I thought the original poster of the idea might be unaware of this particu= lar risk.=A0 I think I qualified my statement by saying that modern lithium= batteries were outside of my area of expertise, and that while the risk/be= nefit of building=A0my own battery was not favorable for me, it might be fo= r him.=A0 That's all.=A0 I suppose I came across as a wet blanket, but = the downside risk is considerable in this particular case.=A0 He may be a p= rofessional battery engineer (or have a friend who is), knows that it will = take a huge amount of effort to get it right, but be willing to do it anywa= y.=A0 (Then he can sell his idea to a battery manufacturer and we'll al= l be buying his product, eh?=A0 Capitalism at it's best!)

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I'm doing some things on my Lancair that may= make another person squeamish.=A0 We all are.=A0 But they are different th= ings for each of us, partly based on our own level of comfort but also base= d on our own experience and knowledge.=A0 That's the beauty of the expe= rimental movement.=A0 We can do what we each think is safe.=A0 But I welcom= e anyone who says "this idea of yours may be dangerous, please check i= t out and make sure it's safe".=A0 That's all I was trying to = do.

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I was also trying to express a legal disclaimer = like Brent Regan's "I am an idiot,=A0I know nothing", which i= n Brent's case most of us don't believe anyway.

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- Rob Wolf

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