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Old May 17th 05, 03:22 PM
Ron Wanttaja
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On 17 May 2005 02:23:41 -0700, "Flyingmonk" wrote:

Sorry to hear that Ron, but I'm happy to hear that you didn't give up
and that it didn't cause any injuries or major damage. Good luck with
putting her back together. While she's grounded, might as well look at
the rest of her eh? Wouldn't hurt and I know you enjoy working on her
as much as piloting her.


Not like it's really grounded, since all it needs is a replacement bolt. Got
the spacer block and a selection of bolts in the ashtray of my car.

Looked at the failed bolt under a microscope, and it appears that the bolt
itself had a flaw in it. There was a faint "worm track" of corrosion across the
plane of the break....its width was about 5% of the diameter of the bolt, and it
ran about 3/4ths of the way across the cross-section.

Ron Wanttaja
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Old May 19th 05, 03:29 PM
Flyingmonk
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Glad she's not grouded Ron. Looked at the bolt w/ a microscope huh?
That's too technical for me Ron. I have a hang glider, propeller from
Tenn Prop, a Zenoah 22hp engine, three wheel barrow wheels, and I still
can't put a trike together. Had them for awhile now. I thought I'd
start with a trike, then get me a kit of something like a Fisher 101 or
a MiniMax or a Parasol. If I can only get started with this trike.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

 




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