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by bradbrady
Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:47 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Brake Disc Scoring
Replies: 4
Views: 2760

or an incoreclty set rivit.....you should dissamble and check.
brad
by bradbrady
Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:43 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Indiana Fly-In
Replies: 10
Views: 5424

Ive always wanted to go to Lee Bottom......Sounds like a good reason....I'm in.
brad
by bradbrady
Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:17 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: MAGNETO REPLACEMENT BENDIX
Replies: 22
Views: 19021

John I think the last post I sent might be missleading.. sorry about that :oops: ...In actuality what I ment to say is that I have all the equiptment to overhaul bendix mags..... I have none for the Slicks... and probaly never will! By the time you buy all the parts for either mag the cost will be a...
by bradbrady
Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:59 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Purple Rolls Royce
Replies: 13
Views: 7466

Is that a slam aginst Aztruck drivers?....
by bradbrady
Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:52 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: MAGNETO REPLACEMENT BENDIX
Replies: 22
Views: 19021

John, I was of the same thought as you. But slick mags can be rebuilt. altho it costs less to get new mags than it costs to have them rebuilt! The 500 hr is just a referance point, just as brought up before. 500 Hrs or five years is the way I look at mags. when I worked at a university the mags were...
by bradbrady
Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:49 pm
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Purple Rolls Royce
Replies: 13
Views: 7466

I painted a 175 in 1997....I thought it was the most hideous thing that I ever did (just following the owners orders)....yet the next year it won best of type at Airventure.....I guess my taste is just in my mouth.....
brad
by bradbrady
Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:06 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Which Engine analyzer?
Replies: 17
Views: 19444

Re: Which Engine analyzer?

Mark Harwood wrote:I am considering installing an engine analyzer. I would like to get some input from those that have them, which one you have, and if you would reccommend the one you have. Thanks Mark
Mark,
Which ones are you looking at and what do you want them to do?
by bradbrady
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:29 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Elevator bellcrank bracket
Replies: 7
Views: 3797

Jim.
what part number bellcrank brackets are you talking?
brad
by bradbrady
Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:55 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Hand propping can be VERY dangerous ...
Replies: 20
Views: 22275

so can be jumping out of a perfictly good aircraft...............
by bradbrady
Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:51 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: If you have installed a baggage door...
Replies: 8
Views: 4310

Blueldr, I was just woundering. because dad's plane has a 180 baggage door and as I rember (this is thirty years ago) the time was astromical! of course this door has the interior button on the pilot side of the door frame and a clean apperance on the outside! The 172, 175, 182, and newer 180's will...
by bradbrady
Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:43 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Ever wonder how a 4-stroke engine looks from the inside.
Replies: 5
Views: 4335

Some cams are lobed to open the intake just before the exhaust closes. This is called "overlap" and is done to take advantage of gases flowing out the exhaust in contributing to creating an impetus for the in-rush of fuel/air from the intake valve. Think of it as the exhaust gases leaving...
by bradbrady
Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:07 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Ever wonder how a 4-stroke engine looks from the inside.
Replies: 5
Views: 4335

very cool! .... what I didn't see, because they kept cuting away....is the intake valve opening just befor the exhaust valve closed... or am I looking at is bass ackwards?
brad
by bradbrady
Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:58 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: If you have installed a baggage door...
Replies: 8
Views: 4310

Iceman.. what door are you putting in?.....172?
brad
by bradbrady
Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:12 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: DOLLAR VALUE OF LOG BOOKS, ENGINE & AIRFRAME ORIGINAL
Replies: 40
Views: 44484

Just got my CD from the FAA. Interesting reading. Cost is now $10. They can be obtained from http://162.58.35.241/e.gov/ND/airrecordsND.asp Good article in the Oct. EAA Sport Aviation magazine on this. Now, I gotta contact Mort...... gone up form 6.25 that is to bad. I need to contact Mort too! brad
by bradbrady
Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:37 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: DOLLAR VALUE OF LOG BOOKS, ENGINE & AIRFRAME ORIGINAL
Replies: 40
Views: 44484

Full logs do add to the value and (cost) of an airplane! I'm curently working on a Ballanca that has full logs! Good is another subject! I think that the FAA (not becuse of me) will violate the last person that singed the logs of this aircraft! Logs have to be put into perspective... do you know the...