My Haynes for sale

[gaz05]

Originally Posted by rpjg1975

Step away from the Mark Evans 'is born' dvds !!! Plane or chopper???

Russ

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

I have been contemplating a mini max build in my garage. With the advent of single seat deregulation you can build some cool aircraft and no dreaded iva!

It's unlikely to happen in my case . There's just so many things to overcome, the biggest if which is insurance. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to insure a plane that's been knocked up in someone's garage. Finding a lightweight yet powerful enough engine is still a huge problem facing people trying to go the SSDR route. Rotax seem to have cornered the market but their two strokes are notoriously unreliable and their four strokes start at £15k!! And they're still relatively heavy for a SSDR.

But never say never. The British hang glider pilots association membership apparently covers SSDR now so you never know.

[twinturbo]

I like it, but I kinda wana finish mine...


TT

[gaz05]

Car now sold

[norton]

Hey, I know this is cheeky given you've moved on from the car, do you have any pictures of make the ally rear and side panels?

[gaz05]

I haven't sorry. The main thing is to keep annealing it with a blowtorch to soften it up in the areas you're going to bend. Clamp to the frame using a long solid block of wood and slowly pean it over with a smaller block of wood. You may have to keep taking it off to anneal it again as it hardens when you're working it. Don't be tempted to bend it where you don't have a good wooden support. Best of luck

[wylliezx9r]

I've made a drawing for the side panel in aluminum which is dimensionally similar to the fiberglass type. I can email to anybody who's interested. Worked a treat on my car. I got a local firm to cut and bend them for me to the drawing, cost me 120 quid including the material. Then I covered them in vinyl, look and fit much better than the fiberglass ones I had previously.

[norton]

Thanks gaz!

Wyllie, yes please!