Hi Bob
Just a minor correction. According to Daryl M., the spring gear is 18-22
lb. heavier than the bungee gear.
Have not had any issues with the spring gear re: failures etc. Most of my
landings have been reasonably soft although a couple of times I have very
ungracefully slithered off to the side of the runway and you could hear the
tires etc. voicing their strong disapproval of my lack of crosswind
technique!
Regards
Brian #328R
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Patterson [mailto:
bob.patterson@canrem.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:00 PM
To: Murphy Rebel Builders List
Subject: Re: Spring gear
Hi Rick !
Glad you found your way to this list ! I remember our flight - sorry
to hear about your friend. Thanks for the kind words - we all do what
we can to help other Rebel builders....
There haven't been ANY problems develop near here with the spring
gear, factory stock, so anything you do will be helpful. Of course, there
aren't too many Rebels with spring gear in Ontario ;-)
(mostly because I really couldn't recommend it to builders when it was
first introduced - there have been many improvements since then...)
Have to admit, I STILL prefer the bungee gear - it's
28 lb. lighter, stronger, and less expensive - and can be cleaned up
quite nicely with decent fairings (made of 1/32" Lexan).
You mentioned earlier that you were thinking of lowering your seat.
Unless you've grown to over 6'6", that isn't necessary. When I had my
seat cushions made, I specifically asked for the foam to be about 8"
thick. I wanted the seat to be high enough so that I could slide in and
out of the Rebel without raising my voice a couple of octaves on the
seat belt attach fitting ! :-)
A few builders here have had the foam sculptured to be 6" or more
out in front of the seat pan, to provide extra support under the thighs.
This is easy to do, and does help. The fellow who did the seats uses
2 different densities of foam, harder on the bottom, then softer, then
an inch or so of Confor foam (or equivalent) on top. This makes for a
very comfortable seat ! (One builder even had an ObusForm back support
built right into the seat back !)
.....bobp
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At 07:12 PM 1/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
Hello,
Regarding the spring gear outboard bolt problem. I riveted a 1/4"
aluminum plate on the top of the tubes and was hoping that the lower
reinforcing plates would provide enough support for the lower tube.
Would it be a bad idea to rivet the upper spring saddle into the
carrythru tubes using a few c'sunk rivets(Stainless)? This might provide
some load sharing duty and relieve the tube edge from doing some of the
work. Maybe make thicker upper saddles and c'bore for some domed high
shear stainless rivets as I don't think they make a c'sunk 3/16 dia
rivet. Just a thought. Any comments?
I have another idea that I would like to share with builders. Many
of the archived messages contain messages with multiple topics. I set up
a folder in Microsoft Word under "REBEL" and then when I see an item of
interest in a message I highlight the area of interest and copy it over
into a Word document. My naming convention for topics is an
alphebetically based index for example, a topic about engine mounting
gets this name: E. engine mounting offset. This allows me to see many
topics without opening a lot of individual folders. I am also in the
process of compiling an ANNUAL INSPECTION check list. This will be a
very detailed series of papers defining the usual inspection issues,
Rebel specific issues, and my Rebel specific issues. As I work my way
through the archive messages I am sure to find many items to add to the
list so be sure to contribute if you can.
And Wayne O'Shea, thank you for the hints for installing the engine
as I am sure that will be very helpful to many rebel builders in the
future. Paul Poperezny of the EAA should honor guys like you for your
dedication and commitment to grass roots and spirit of experimental
aviation. Keep up the good work. You are a breath of fresh air for me
and this project. I'm sure other readers of this site feel the same.
Bob Patterson, thanks for your input and commitment to all the east
coast builders. I don't know if you remember me but I met with you at
Kingston, Ont in '94 and you gave me a demo flight in C-FOKM and the
flight convinced me to go with the Rebel. The other person that you were
gracious enough to give a flight to was my friend Ken Lance from
Watertown, NY. As it turns out it was to be his only flight in a Rebel.
He was battling cancer at the time I met him and he was about 90%
complete on his Rebel. Unfortunatly, he passed away a couple of years
ago and in my last correspondance with him he noted his fine flight with
you.
Bye for now,
Rick D.
Rebel S/N 446
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