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Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids.

Friday, June 29, 2007

AV - Midnight Turning

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It’s twenty-three minutes past midnight, Thursday the 28th of June, 2007. (Better make that Friday the 29th.) I’m just out of the shower,...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Crank Basics - II

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(Be sure to read Crank Basics - I http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/crank-basics-i.html ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - As you can see ...

AV - Found in a Barn

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More of a shed, actually. On top of a cabinet. Under a carton of magazines tossed up there about twenty years ago, now glued into a solid ...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

AV - Found in a Drawer

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The smartest thing about a riveted fuel tank is that they usually weigh less than a welded or soldered tank. Welded tanks usually use some ...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

AV - Prop Hubs

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It started with this. At the end of World War II Type 82 Kubelwagen s littered the European landscape. In many cases the vehicle was undam...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Full-flow Oil Filtration

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There’s still lots of people who simply Don’t Get It when it comes to full-flow oil filtration. They like to point to older aircraft engine...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

AV - Reliable Ignition

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Thanks to space-age electronics the ignition system on most modern-day automobiles can deliver 100,000 miles of service - - about 2,000 engi...
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No, not THAT Bob Hoover :-) (ie, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover from Tennessee and perhaps the best pilot in the history of flight.) The problem is that all Roberts get Bob-ed at birth and there isn't much we can do about it. When posting something about aviation I generally use 'R.S.Hoover' to prevent confusion.
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