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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Auto conversion ideas.
    And a crankshaft grinder, a cylinder boring machine, a cylinder honing machine, and crankcase line-boring machine, valve seat grinding...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Who can do Rigging?.
    I never saw any Cessna SMs for free on their site. I'd sure like to know the secret formula.
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    Dan Thomas reacted to Bell206's post in the thread Who can do Rigging? with Like Like.
    Interesting. From my Textron account I can access most manuals except the maintenance manuals. And last I checked several months ago the...
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    Dan Thomas reacted to Klaus M's post in the thread Decaf coffee [NA] with Like Like.
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Decaf coffee [NA].
    Isn't the caffeine the whole point of coffee? Decaf tastes awful. Last resort coffee. About 35 years ago several of us went on a...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Who can do Rigging?.
    Yes. One can not only screw things up royally, but symptoms of serious trouble can be overlooked. I once was rigging the aileron system...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread What if... Modernizing GA.
    The planes that built GA were a lot simpler than current or recent attempts. Cubs, Champs, Luscombes, Taylorcrafts and a bunch of other...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread What if... Modernizing GA.
    So I did. Wiki has this to say about it: The company plans to build six to eight aircraft in 2019 and 24 during 2020, at its plant at...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread What if... Modernizing GA.
    Discussing the failure of the Skycatcher has nothing to do with this discussion of modernizing GA with affordable airplanes? Where do...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Who can do Rigging?.
    There are some free ones online. Just search for "Cessna 172 service manual" or whatever airplane you have, and see what comes up. If...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Oversized bushing.
    That aluminum casting starts with a steel bushing in that hole. It's the bushing itself that eats the hole bigger. 2000 hours on a 172...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Oversized bushing.
    This is what the 172R & S Service manual says: Replace as necessary. No different from the old manuals.
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Oversized bushing.
    Any rebushing oversize is sketchy and does not address the real problem. This is how it stacks up: The upper green line is pointing...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Oversized bushing.
    A new steering collar ("arm assembly") is needed. #27 here: That #27 is pointing at the hole that is worn. Very little margin around...
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    Dan Thomas replied to the thread Oversized bushing.
    A larger bushing OD implies a larger hole in the structure, which implies a weakened structure. I am familiar with that problem on...
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