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Hangar Flying / Keeping your feet warm on long trips in winter.
« on: July 08, 2006, 01:47:17 AM »
In one of the other forums, I read that somebody used heated socks. I found a couple of pair on ebay that are powered by D cell batteries, so bought em and have been trying them over the past month. My personal feeling is that these socks don't work at all. I bought some chemical heat pads from the pharmacy and they worked way better.
Anybody have any other solutions?

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Hangar Flying / Bugs
« on: July 08, 2006, 01:41:16 AM »
Uh huh! Its probably called something else over here.

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Hangar Flying / Bugs
« on: July 05, 2006, 04:25:01 PM »
What's Bounce?

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Hangar Flying / Brakes and Rudders Question
« on: July 05, 2006, 04:17:01 PM »
Thanks for the advice fellas.
Sounds like it might be an idea to simply replace the discs and pads and try again. However, I've read a few articles on-line which suggest that a 0-320 Long typically loaded with full fuel and the landing speeds of the Roncz canard needs a lot more than the 117,000 KE rating of the standard Cleveland brakes. I guess I'd like to know has anybody here had the experience that you can have too much brake. Some of the fields I'd like to fly into are a little on the short side and I don't really feel that I want the experience of re-building a melted gear leg.

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Hangar Flying / Brakes and Rudders Question
« on: July 04, 2006, 04:46:36 PM »
Hi All,
I am a new Long-EZ owner (non-builder) and feel that my brakes (Cleveland) don't have the stopping power my aircraft needs. I'm very close to ordering a set of either Matco or Groves with around the 300,000 KE rating. An aborted take-off and a scary ride to the end of the runway prompted this decision.
My aircraft also has the old stlye small rudders. Doing some crosswind take-offs the other day I noticed that I was using a fair amount of brake to hold the thing straight. My questions then are:
(1) Will I be constantly locking brakes and scrubbing/smoking tyres during crosswind take-offs with the new brakes?
(2) Is it possible, if so how big a job is it, to modify the vertical stabilizers to the newer, larger rudders? And will that make a noticeable difference to crosswind ground handling control?
I look forward to your wise counsel.
Cheers,
Don

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