1:4 1928 RRG Professor

[ARUP]

I flew so much Thursday and Friday my feet were hurting. I probably got 20 flights in each of those days. I got about 10 or so flights in Saturday before the wind blew just too hard for my ability. I landed short in the soybeans once the first day and short in the corn once the third day... both with the Eaglet. No damage done and I was astounded thinking I had plenty of altitude to make the field.

[LRFitch]

Mike, Thanks for the additional info. I'll order one today.
Glad you made it to Horizon. It sounds like a good event again this year.

[ARUP]

Larry- I just got back from the Horizon Hobby Aerotow so sorry for the delayed response. The saw shown in a previous post is not a 'folder'. It has a plastic blade protector that slips over the teeth of the saw. The handle can be removed from the blade by turning the red plastic head on the metal screw. I highly recommend getting one of these. They are very flexible ...physically and for different applications. Mine stays very sharp. I've even used it to relieve excess wood when installing windows in a house built in 1907!

[LRFitch]

David, No I don't have a Lee Valley shop near me--but I do have their catalog. Good idea and source. Hope to see you at Agassiz in a month or so.

Thanks,
Larry

[mogman]

Do you have a Lee Valley Tools shop in your area?

Awesome array of good and some quite unique tools.

[LRFitch]

Mike,
Did a quick search and found several flush cut pull saws. Thanks!! However, yours appears to be a "folder" and that style I didn't find. Is Amazon holding out on me, or do you have a better source?

[Joespeeder]

Awesome work Mike !!

It's like old home week here on this thread. lol... I used to be a 3000+ mile a year cyclist and each year completed the season with a 100mile per day 4 day trip from Lansing to Mackinaw. Now I'm old. slow and fatter. Really lost my interest in F1 when the sound regs changed things. Was a huge fan from before Prost and Senna. Attended the Detroit GP each year and was in turn 1 for every year the circus came to Indy. We went all three days to the US GrandPrix every year. Then to sound changed... Did lots of Daytona24's and the 50th Anniversary Sebring 12hour. Prefer Vintage now mainly, when I can get a chance to see one. At a vintage race even the parking lots are full of really interesting stuff. lol Funny, I was in the Waterfortd Hills paddock last month with lots of fancy cars around and one of my old students came to watch in his new car.... A 2Cv.... I loved that thing more than all the cool big hardware floating around that day.

If you guys get a chance Flat Out Flat Broke is an interesting book. Perry McCarthy's story is something else. His ego gets kinda hard to take later in the book but the journey into F1 is very interesting.

BTW, Looking forward to flying with you at Frankenmuth but not in shape to be part of the line up if you decide to show your Magic Mike skills after hours... You're on your own there. Big Grin

Joe

[LRFitch]

Mike, Thanks. I'll see if I can find one.
Larry

[ARUP]

I looked up 'Magic Mike' on youtube per joespeeder's suggestion (or was it Mark9?) I don't meet 'specs' for 'Magic Mike' in that format. Larry, the saw is an awesome tool! It is a 'Japanese flush cut pull saw.

[ARUP]

Both of y'all need to talk with Swiss1, Jeremy. He is really into F1 racing!

[LRFitch]

ARUP, or Magic Mike--which ever fits,
On 5/28/18 you posted a picture showing the cutting lose of an aileron with a small saw. Can you share who makes the saw. That looks like a tool I could really use. Al 3 of mine are "strong back" style, and not very useful for this type of job.

Thanks,
Larry Fitch

[Dion Dunn]

At the same time HAAS brought their upgraded car and went from mid pack to deplorable.

[Mark9]

It's never a good idea to rush a project to meet a perceived deadline, IMHO. There are many examples through out history. Look at Mercedes, for one, they ran the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday with out their "upgraded" engine and were second class at a track they have dominated for years. Their reason was a potential durability problem later in the required life of the engine. Still looking forward to your completed project.

[ARUP]

This model received undivided attention toady! From 6:00AM until 11:00PM. The tail feathers got covered. The wings are ready to be covered. I forgot the gussets so spent a lot of time putting them onto the wings and ailerons. The fin still needs to get attached to the fuselage and some ply needs to be added around that junction when that is done. Looks like I won't have it ready for Horizon. That's the second time I've miscalculated (fancy words for being a slacker!) lol

[Swiss1]

Keep going Jelly, no time to rest!

Jeremy
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