Brian, That was a good laugh.... You know, friends don't let freinds drill their canopy alone (or something like that :-) I would have been glad to come over and help you out, of course, I would have brought the digital camera for show and tell at next year's Gathering... :-) Just kidding.
Dean Cooper Jacksonville, FL Email me at dean_coo...@bellsouth.net See my KR project at www.geocities.com/djramccoop1/KR2_Home.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:15 AM 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 >
