AHHHHHHHHHH.....another beer circle story for next year's gathering. How many days?
Mark Jones (N886MJ Wales, WI -----Original Message----- From: Brian Kraut [mailto:brian.kr...@engalt.com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:16 AM To: KRnet Subject: KR> Embarrasing moments in airplane building If so many of you were not good friends I would keep quiet, but here goes. I was working on the canopy latch on my Midget Mustang last night. It will have two 1/4" locking rods like a Schweizer sailplane (I will use the same arrangement on the KR and post some pictures). I had an aluminum block mounted to the canopy frame and one mounted to the top of the fusalage. I needed to drill the one on the fusalage with the canopy closed from inside so it would be perfectly in line with the hole in the block mounted to the canopy. Half way through the drill bit got stuck and my flex shaft arrangement broke. Well here I was with a 1/4" drill bit locking pin holding my canopy locked closed and no tools to get it out. After about five minutes I realized I had my cell phone and I had to call my answering machine in the house about 15 times to wake up my wife so she could come to the garage and get me a pair of pliers to pull out the drill bit. I had a hell of a time getting her to wake up and was about to call Dean Cooper and ask him to drive over and get me out. Don't try this one yourself. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
