Saturday Feb 4 Work Party

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- Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 at 5:00 pm #13148
  
  John DeRosa
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  There are plans to work on removing the Pawnee struts, test them, and then reinstall them. Some heavy work is involved so having a few extra hands would be useful.
  
  See you there.
  
  – John “Strut” DeRosa
- Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 at 5:03 pm #13149
  
  John Phelan
  Participant
  
  And how do we test a strut?
  
  There are plans to work on removing the Pawnee struts, test them, and then reinstall them. Some heavy work is involved so having a few extra hands would be useful.
  
  John F. Phelan
  (S20 Mobile)
- Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 at 8:41 pm #13150
  
  John DeRosa
  Participant
  
  The testing is done with a special punch like tool to help detect internal corrosion. More details here – https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2020/Dec/SB_0528D.pdf.
  
  To do the test we have to remove the strut which is the tedious part of the process because they are heavy. So its handy to have extra hands available to prevent dropping a heavy strut onto the fabric wing which is considered NON-OPTIMAL.
  
  After the test we put some special oil inside each strut to prevent future corrosion.
  
  We hope to do both struts on Saturday but this all depends on how quickly things go. We did it two years ago so it won’t be totally new.
  
  John H DeRosa
  
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  On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 05:03:55 PM CST, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
- Friday, February 10th, 2023 at 11:12 am #13180
  
  cornelis van de klippe
  Participant
  
  Tomorrow, Saturday Feb 11th, will be a work day at Sky Soaring.
  
  We will do the 2nd strut of the Pawnee.
  
  Regards,
  
  Kees van de Klippe
- Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 3:49 pm #13183
  
  Greg Palmer
  Participant
- Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 4:18 pm #13184
  
  Steven Snyder
  Participant
  
  In addition to the flag raising the fabric for Stars and Stripes was glued on and needs to be shrunk (shrunken, shrinked), the struts for the Pawnee were tested and reinstalled and several other smaller tasks were completed. Much appreciated to all that assisted.
  
  Steve
  
  From: SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com>
  Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 3:50 PM
  To: Smsrsnyder@comcast.net
  Subject: Reply To: Saturday Feb 4 Work Party; By Greg Palmer, [Sky Soaring]
- Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 5:34 pm #13186
  
  John DeRosa
  Participant
  
  Good shot! It looks a little like you had just summited Mount Everest.
  
  John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)
  
  West Dundee, Illinois, USA
  mailto:john@derosaweb.com
  http://derosaweb.net
  
  “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert Einstein
  
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  On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 03:49:58 PM CST, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
- Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 6:38 pm #13187
  
  cornelis van de klippe
  Participant
  
  One small step for men…
  
  Cornelis van de klippe
- Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 8:18 pm #13189
  ANDRZEJ CHICEWICZ
  Participant
  On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 06:38:54 PM CST, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
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- Sunday, February 12th, 2023 at 11:32 am #13190
  
  Petr Folwarczny
  Participant
  
  Now I have something to shine my light on again
  
  From: SSI [mailto:webmaster@skysoaring.com]
  Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 3:50 PM
  To: petrfolw@comcast.net
  Subject: Reply To: Saturday Feb 4 Work Party; By Greg Palmer, [Sky Soaring]
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