Fairchild Club Forum

'To follow up on Bart's point - the F24 fin is offset to compensate for a clockwise rotating engine.Frank Cox On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 at 22:06, 'Bart R.J. Decock' c47fleetmaster@yahoo.co.uk [fairchildclub] wrote:   The Vedeneyev M14P turns counterclockwise. This might impact stability along the longitudi...

'I do Bart - I have fitted diagonal ones for the front seats. If you would like photos I will send some when I get home on 25 October.Frank  Sent from my iPhone On 15 Oct 2019, at 13:49, 'Bart R.J. Decock' c47fleetmaster@yahoo.co.uk [fairchildclub] wrote: ?   Folks, Has anyone experience with instal...

'Thanks everybody,If Jim comes up trumps then I am in luck - otherwise the o-ring route seems the most feasible.Cables are not an option on the UC61K as they have rods operating through 3 bell cranks.Frank On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 17:32, dave@hadfield.ca [fairchildclub] wrote:   I found an O Ring of t...

'Tony, I put diagonals in my UC61K as being far better than no shoulder restraint at all. They were easy to do and the 'Gods' here in UK approved them.Also they do not detract from the originality too much.I am on a 'Permit to fly' which entails more oversight than your 'Experimental' but way less t...

'No because the weight of the aircraft is sitting on the spring Frank On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 20:18, dc871f@yahoo.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   But it doesnt need to be compressed to relieve any tension from the spring to disassemble? Thank you. '

'With a pin spanner/wrench - spring is at the bottom of the oleo. Frank Cox On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 19:52, dc871f@yahoo.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   What the best method of unscrewing the top cap? Does the strut need to be compressed a little to remove the top cap, or can you just start removing it un...

'Have you thought of these? - I swapped out the original heavy leaky valves on my Argus (UC61K) for a couple of these and had them modified to fit the original operating levers so no one would know that these valves were there. http://www.andair.co.uk/category/fuel-selectros-three-eighth-inch/ Spruc...

'My  Argus (UC61K) S/N 43-15025 has laminated spars - perhaps it was a military requirement? Frank Cox On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 08:06, Cyle Nienaber cnienaber@hotmail.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   I am also interested in the Spar’s.  We are rebuilding two 24’s and the wing spars May be a bit tired.  Has...

'I am told by those in 'The know' that the secret of powder coating longevity is good priming (I don't know with what) before they spray the powder. I have noted that the powder coating on some of my agricultural machines flakes off one week after the warranty expires! - no primer under it. Frank   ...

'I did - UC61K (Argus) - the difficulty I had in UK was finding a company with a large enough oven to take it. Frank Cox On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 18:33, michael_thomas8@yahoo.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   Has anyone powder coated an airframe.  I am considering having my F24w40 bead blasted and powder c...