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Two Brand New VW aero engines for sale— See my auctions on eBay for all descriptions and pictures: ...
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Jun 27, 2001
2:31 pm
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Hi. I'm selling two brand new VW aero engines. One of the engine auctions that I previously posted, has changed links. I was forced to restart the auction...
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Jun 27, 2001
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... Hi, Brad (and everyone else). Yes, I too purchased a set of Hummelbird plans and am ready to dive in. I see that this egroup is a (tongue-in-cheek) very...
Edward Newbold
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Aug 14, 2001
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Hi, Ed Bill Spring's plans for the Sprint WS-202 are excellent; I have not seen his HB plans, but he definitely does good work. I am the same size as you, and...
Hemmer, Joe
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Aug 14, 2001
4:28 pm
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... I did, and it's very tight. Another gent, however, named Bob (in the Yahoo 'homebuilt' club) showed pictures of a 4-cylinder version of the bird, and I've...
Edward Newbold
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Aug 16, 2001
12:26 pm
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Hello Ed, I had the luxury of having the reproduction department at work make two full size copies of the sheet/s that had the bulkhead outline. I would cut...
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Aug 16, 2001
2:37 pm
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Hi again, Ed For former templates, the usual way is to blow up the drawings to full size, if they are not already, and spray-glue them onto whatever surface...
Hemmer, Joe
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Aug 16, 2001
3:44 pm
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... Got it. This would mean the destruction of my plan set, so I guess the best thing to do is go to Kinkos and have a copy made of the pages containg ...
Ed Newbold
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Aug 16, 2001
3:59 pm
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Hi, Ed I would not destroy the original drawings; you might want to sell them to me! Kinkos will probably be 4 or 5 dollars a sheet to copy them, but if you ...
Hemmer, Joe
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Aug 16, 2001
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... Hehehe. I'll remember that when I get to the fed up stage! ... Very good idea. Thank you. I'll get a load of tracing paper from the local art store...
Ed Newbold
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Aug 16, 2001
6:16 pm
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Gents, Can anyone tell me if this is a one day or two day affair? (Aug 25 & 26?) Thanks, Taras...
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Aug 16, 2001
8:29 pm
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I don't get on the site very often, but just wanted to let you know that a 4 cyl in a Hummelbird IS a viable alternative! We did it, flew it, and it flys...
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Aug 18, 2001
4:45 am
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Hello Everyone, I have a request: I live in Iowa City, Iowa and I am considering building a HummelBird. Reading what I can find in the internet, I have found...
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Aug 23, 2001
9:36 pm
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Hi Joe, ... Tonight I'm going to cut out a cardboard mockup of the basic fuselage formers, try to hook it all together with some 1x1 wood strips, set it up on ...
Ed Newbold
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Aug 27, 2001
3:12 pm
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Hi, Ed I very much like your idea of a mockup. Maybe get some thin lath strips or baseboard molding to make lots of lines to make the airplane fit you. And ...
Hemmer, Joe
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Aug 27, 2001
5:44 pm
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Hi Joe, Just thought I would let you know ther is an easier way to get a 4 cyl to stay within CG than by moving the wing. That is to move the enging closer to...
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Aug 27, 2001
7:34 pm
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Dale, I did not realize that there is room to move the engine back! Great! Yes, that makes life a lot easier. And if you have already done it, then Ed and I...
Hemmer, Joe
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Aug 27, 2001
10:12 pm
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Joe, If you go to the 'group/hummel' site and check out the Files section, you will find photos under 'bobs construction-4cyl'. Bob and I spent a lot of time...
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Aug 28, 2001
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Very interesting thoughts about a 4 cylinder engine. I assume that your talking about a vw engine? I really like the 4 cylinder idea and am interested to know...
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Aug 28, 2001
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... Dale, where is this 'group/hummel' site you're referencing? I just checked under 'Files' in this group and found nothing. Is there another group I don't...
Edward Newbold
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Aug 28, 2001
11:15 am
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Hi Ed, Yes there is another group site for the hummelbird. The one we are currently on is "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hummelbird", the other one is...
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Aug 29, 2001
12:30 am
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Iam getting my web site up. Got the message boards going. I just need to add more content. Thanks, Donnie www.ultralightworld.net...
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Aug 30, 2001
4:07 am
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Hi Joe, glad you got into the other site. Yes, I have been involved with N38RT for a lot of years. Bob had already gotten his plane on the gear (tailwheel...
DALE MOONEYHAM
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Aug 31, 2001
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... Hi. I'm still in the cutting wooden formers starge of the game and was wondering if you made any notes or have any construction-specific infomation to...
Ed Newbold
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Sep 5, 2001
5:11 pm
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Hi Ed, Yes,I kept notes and pictures during construction. I'm trying to figure out my new scanner (I'm pretty new to all this computer stuff) so I can get...
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Sep 6, 2001
2:39 am
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... Thanks VERY much for the information, Dale. It's been a terrific help to me. Tonight I'm going to draw up some new bulkheads on some cardboard to the ...
Ed Newbold
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Sep 6, 2001
11:38 am
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Ed, I'm looking for my notes on just how much I raised A & B, and the engine center line. I think it was 2.5", 3.5" & 2"-respectively, but I'm not positive....
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Sep 6, 2001
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I finally got pictures scanned and uploaded of our 4 cyl VW Hummelbird. Take a look under 'files'. I tried to group them by subject, but the program chose to...
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Sep 7, 2001
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... Awesome, Dale. Thanks VERY much for the pix. They're great. Ed Newbold Columbus, OH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get...
Ed Newbold
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Sep 7, 2001
2:14 pm
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I just wanted to share this with the group after the World Trade Center attack, in case you haven't seen or heard it yet. A lot of food for thought! Dale...
DALE MOONEYHAM
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