Glue it to it

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:55:08 -0500, "J.Kahn"
wrote:

I've worked on three Fly Babies, two from the eighties and one from the
seventies. Their glue joints were sturdy, and one of them had had some
awful rough landings which broke the 4130 landing gear and ruined some
of the welded steel fuselage attach fittings. Best I could tell the
glue in all three was resorcinol. Pete Bowers is an honored immortal
for designing such a great little wooden airplane that can flare 20
feet off the deck and still remain intact.

Somewhere in Ron Wanttaja's literature I read of a Fly Baby
cartwheeling and the wings did not collapse. Fuselage was damaged but
the pilot lived to tell the story.

I once amazed myself by bouncing a Flybaby about 8 or so feet in the
air, which I thought wasn't possible with just tires for shock absorption

I pegged a 4-G g-meter on a landing once. No damage, and that was on a
gear leg
that had been improperly repaired from a crash 15 years earlier.

Ron Wanttaja

I've seen 2G's on landing, but never more than that. Of course, the RV's
gear probably has more spring to it than the Flybaby's tires, so my 2 G
arrival may not have any more energy than your 4, but 4??? Ouch. That's a
nice way to chip a tooth or something.

KB

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:44:47 -0500, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote:

I pegged a 4-G g-meter on a landing once. No damage, and that was on a
gear leg
that had been improperly repaired from a crash 15 years earlier.

I've seen 2G's on landing, but never more than that. Of course, the RV's
gear probably has more spring to it than the Flybaby's tires, so my 2 G
arrival may not have any more energy than your 4, but 4??? Ouch. That's a
nice way to chip a tooth or something.

My back hurt for a couple of days. I posted the story to RAH back then;
reproduced:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/stories/humility.HTM

I've got a couple of photos of the G-meter, been meaning to dig 'em up, scan
them in, and add one to the web page....

Ron Wanttaja

I've seen 2G's on landing, but never more than that. Of course, the RV's
gear probably has more spring to it than the Flybaby's tires, so my 2 G
arrival may not have any more energy than your 4, but 4??? Ouch. That's a
nice way to chip a tooth or something.


4Gs? That's just a good tight turn and you don't even need a G-Suit.

KB

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com