KR> Selecting an airport to be based at

2015-04-03 Thread brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com
Same logic that my homeowners insurance used when they could care less if my garage attached to my house and next to my bedroom had two cars and a riding mower with gas and all the gas cans I wanted, but they refused to insure my hanger separate from the house because it contained an airplane. Mak

KR> Fuel handling & leadded vs unleaded fuels

2015-04-03 Thread Jeff Scott
> > So, that begs the question, why is 200 gallons of fuel stored in the tanks > of an airplane more save than 20 gallons of fuel stored in approved > containers that are completely sealed? > > Fuel handling It isn't the storage of fuel so much as the handling. But by not allowing storage of f

KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings

2015-04-03 Thread Tony King
Why would corrosion in swaged stainless fittings be any different in Australia to anywhere else in the world? It's just that CASA (Oz equivalent of FAA) has issued an AD when others apparently haven't. Of course it's well known that the 'ASA' in CASA stands for 'Against Small Aircraft', so

KR> Selecting an airport to be based at

2015-04-03 Thread Dan Heath
So, that begs the question, why is 200 gallons of fuel stored in the tanks of an airplane more save than 20 gallons of fuel stored in approved containers that are completely sealed? See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 2015 KR Gathering - McMinn

KR> Selecting an airport to be based at

2015-04-03 Thread Mark Jones
>OZ wrote: >"A couple of 5-gallon totes of $2/gallon mogas in my hangar could bring those differences in value to the immediate forefront if they were to spill and ignite." >That comment puts a whole new light on the problem... ALSO, watch out for other vehicles in your hangar. Just two wee

KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings

2015-04-03 Thread Tony King
That's good to know Sid. I've been scratching my head for a few weeks wondering if that AD applied to me. Based on your info it doesn't. Happy days! Cheers, Tony Sent from my iPad > On 3 Apr 2015, at 4:48 am, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote: > > All of the control cable fittings called out in th

KR> Selecting an airport to be based at

2015-04-03 Thread Mark Langford
OZ wrote: "A couple of 5-gallon totes of $2/gallon mogas in my hangar could bring those differences in value to the immediate forefront if they were to spill and ignite." That comment puts a whole new light on the problem! Fortunately (I think), the only hangar near my hangar is my OTHER hangar!

KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings

2015-04-03 Thread Jeff Scott
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 6:53 PM > From: "Flesner via KRnet" > To: KRnet > Subject: KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings > > At 02:52 PM 4/2/2015, you wrote: > >As Sid correctly points out, all the listed fittings are Swaged > >fittings. When the cable is swaged inside a