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Re: Europa-List: Naca vents

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Naca vents
From: Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:12:40
Bob and Pete

They work fine if adjust them just with a bit tender!

It is very easy if same time have a bit imagination that (The Knob) is a 
sweet clitoris. Do not broke it! 

Maybe that (ability to use those Naca vents with Russian vertical 
spiral) is deep inside in a Finnish nature: we have lived thousands of 
years just west from Russia and our borderline is about 1000 miles long.

Raimo OH-XRT Finland

PS: if honest during the building phase I hated them. But there were so 
many things I would have liked to do otherway or change. But I had not 
competence to do so. And did not want to use even more money. Hey I had 
a complete aircraft kit they said!  So I decided to go on with those 
vents. And using them gently they have worked just fine. If I remember 
correct these are new ones ' I also did broke them when trying them 
first time...and that is why I strenghtened them some how ' maybe by 
using large area washers or so.

RT

do archive!


From: Robert Borger 
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Ball Joints

Raimo, 

On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Raimo Toivio wrote:


  One limitation: we call that plastic screw =93fucken Russian vertical 
spiral=94. The end stops are weak and will broken easily.


That's why we dislike them.  Cheep, crapy, miserable adjustments.  They 
broke the first time I attempted to open/close them (thankfully, before 
they were installed).  And they are not repairable.  So they went into 
the dust bin and I bought outrageously expensive but completely 
functional vents (Ultimate Ventilators) from ACS.

Bob Borger
Rebuilding the instrument panel and working on a major weight reduction 
program for The Little Dragon Lady.  She has to loose about 50 lbs 
(that's 3 Stone 8 for you guys in the UK).  And the CG has to go back 
into the middle of the range.  A new, light weight, low power, panel 
along with removal of the big alternator should take care of most of 
that.


Cel 817-992-1117



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