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2 Cylinder / Re: Spirit potential?

« Last post by pappyadkins on July 21, 2025, 06:12:58 PM »

They are setting up next to us at Oshkosh... Nice looking, someone said it was 10k for the engine alone. But I am impressed with the quality of their aircraft that they also just rolled out...

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2 Cylinder / Spirit potential?

« Last post by jrbirdman47 on July 21, 2025, 10:45:16 AM »

The mental gears are turning..........:  https://spiriteng.com/spirit-v2-engine/

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3 cylinder Radial / Re: Hmmm.

« Last post by Brock on July 19, 2025, 05:50:32 PM »

My local hose shop did want to reuse my unused fittings.  That's fine as I'm partial to AN fittings.  So I found this metric (10mm) to 4-AN fitting and installed it with Vibra-tite 460.  An O-ring would have worked on this fitting but it's not needed with the 460 goop.  Now to make a hose.

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Single Seaters / Re: Aluminum Wing Structure

« Last post by rki67 on July 17, 2025, 07:41:55 AM »

And what about a combination of tubular spars and wooden ribs or even capped foamribs as a wing structure?

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Single Seaters / Re: Current cost of tubing material

« Last post by Kamcoman77 on July 16, 2025, 12:05:43 PM »

Once you get the XL plans you will see there is a lot more tubing needed than something like an Affordaplane.

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Single Seaters / Re: Current cost of tubing material

« Last post by Paul_B on July 16, 2025, 08:44:19 AM »

Found this in the Downloads section.  It was uploaded by Dan_ so I'm sure it must be pretty accurate. Ninety-five feet of 5/8 x 0.035  .  Wouldn't have thought it.

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Single Seaters / Re: LE vs XL

« Last post by Paul_B on July 16, 2025, 08:12:25 AM »

It does seem to be the most popular model.  I'm guessing there's not a lot of difference in cost to build?

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Single Seaters / Re: Current cost of tubing material

« Last post by Paul_B on July 16, 2025, 08:10:26 AM »

Tons of builders out there... I've been taking lots of request all the time because of my videos < https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQJ4PdLg1HhIjizdwjRzulc6B1alf8kPB&si=EbH0w6ccBhiXoGAZ > Let us know if you decide to start the build, we'll help any way we can...

Thanks David.  I've already watched about half of your videos.  It's a great resource, thanks for taking the time to make them.

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Single Seaters / Re: Current cost of tubing material

« Last post by pappyadkins on July 16, 2025, 07:38:56 AM »

Tons of builders out there... I've been taking lots of request all the time because of my videos < https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQJ4PdLg1HhIjizdwjRzulc6B1alf8kPB&si=EbH0w6ccBhiXoGAZ > Let us know if you decide to start the build, we'll help any way we can...

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Single Seaters / Re: LE vs XL

« Last post by pappyadkins on July 16, 2025, 07:35:32 AM »

not really... Guess you can still fly after Thanksgiving, lol... Maybe resale... But I like the 'roomier' feel... Also note, you can make the XL any width you want - I made mine 22 1/4" instead of 24"... I recommend the XL, but either way - welcome aboard... Let us know if we can help...