Saturday Feb 4 Work Party

[John DeRosa]

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

[John Phelan]

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)

[John DeRosa]

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:

[cornelis van de klippe]

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

[Greg Palmer]

[Steven Snyder]

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

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Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 3:50 PM
To: Smsrsnyder@comcast.net
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[John DeRosa]

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:

[cornelis van de klippe]

One small step for men…

Cornelis van de klippe

[ANDRZEJ CHICEWICZ]

On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 06:38:54 PM CST, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:

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[Petr Folwarczny]

Now I have something to shine my light on again

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Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 3:50 PM
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