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"Take care and appreciate the joy of building.... there's nothing better in life. ".…"

John Austin replied Mar 21, 2019 to You're going to kill yourself!!

 55 Oct 11, 2019
Reply by Brad Payne

"Steve, I think either flap switch will work just fine.  I flew with slats for a whi…"

John Austin replied Mar 19, 2019 to Flap switch???

 18 Mar 20, 2019
Reply by Steven Ward

"BTW, a tip for scuffing the metal before paint: Presta makes "Scuff Stuff," which i…"

John Austin replied Mar 14, 2019 to Painting your Zenith Aircraft

 46 Apr 1, 2019
Reply by Carl Orton

"Easy for me - I only had to do a few dozen ... not a few thousand! LOL!"

John Austin replied Mar 11, 2019 to Painting your Zenith Aircraft

 46 Apr 1, 2019
Reply by Carl Orton

"Carl, 1. I brushed the paint on.  Actually, since the rivet heads are so tiny, "brus…"

John Austin replied Mar 11, 2019 to Painting your Zenith Aircraft

 46 Apr 1, 2019
Reply by Carl Orton

"John,  I didn’t mean for my pictures to show up like that so it’s obvious I’m a dumm…"

John Austin replied Mar 10, 2019 to Painting your Zenith Aircraft

 46 Apr 1, 2019
Reply by Carl Orton

"I completely assembled my 750, then broke it down for painting (hired a pro - epoxy…"

John Austin replied Mar 10, 2019 to Painting your Zenith Aircraft

 46 Apr 1, 2019
Reply by Carl Orton

"I'll bet that even if it was successfully "flattened," it'll take some machining to…"

John Austin replied Mar 5, 2019 to looking sources for Jabiru 3300 parts

 7 Mar 5, 2019
Reply by Don Burkholder

"Ditto Gary and Mike's comments, questions and suggestions! Nick Otterback would lik…"

John Austin replied Mar 4, 2019 to looking sources for Jabiru 3300 parts

 7 Mar 5, 2019
Reply by Don Burkholder

"Ditto Dave's advice.  It would be much more practical to pickle the engine.  Once ai…"

John Austin replied Feb 22, 2019 to engine test bed plan

 4 Feb 22, 2019
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