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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III  Posted: 12 Oct 2014, 14:29 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've seen one of those orange hammers have the head break off and become useless when it was used to try and break through the canopy of an inverted DA20 at -20 Celsius. Plastic was too fragile in the cold. Something to think about if you're flying in cold weather...
He ended up using the aluminium control lock to bust through... Where was the tool located?? It seems to me that the tool properly stowed in the cabin where you can immediately reach it would be cabin temperature which is at least 50-60F. Furthermore, the canopy should be brittle at those temps. I wonder if the tool was damaged in some way prior to the incident?
The hammers are kept behind the right seat, within reaching distance, in the cabin, so it would have been a relatively moderate temperature... It wasn't damaged prior, but it's possible that there could have been an error in the plastic molding process - we'll never know.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 13 Oct 2014, 20:48 |
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Username Protected wrote: I thank God for giving me the opportunity to own such an awesome machine that I can enjoy and share with others. I am truly grateful for this! Hallelujah 
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 00:11 |
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Username Protected wrote:
Wow, that's awesome. Where was this? Down here in South Florida?
Yep, I-95 SB coming up on Hillsborough. There was already about 10 people standing around the car rocking it to try and flip it back over with the person still trapped inside. I snuck in to the car cut the belt and he fell on my legs, pulled the guy out and gave him a quick check, left the scene about 5 minutes after I arrived, not even sounds of Police/Fire around yet. Of course, there were also about 20 other people filming it with their cell phones instead of helping. A few months ago I had a similar run in with a car fire in a strip Mall. Crowd formed, cell phones in hand.. I put on gloves, ran into a restaurant to grab to fire 2 extinguishers, put it out and left before Fire dept arrived.
Who are you really? batman? Well done sir!
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 11:10 |
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Username Protected wrote: ...A few months ago I had a similar run in with a car fire in a strip Mall. Crowd formed, cell phones in hand.. I put on gloves, ran into a restaurant to grab to fire 2 extinguishers, put it out and left before Fire dept arrived. Wow, very impressive. You sound like a super hero to me!
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 21:59 |
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Username Protected wrote: If I saw Marcus coming up to my car with a knife I would get out of it somehow. He is a big boy  Didn't even have to open it, the seatbelt cutter is completely contained in the handle.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 16:31 |
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Username Protected wrote: The fun begins. This is the reason I bought this machine. I know it does not look very good here, but this airplane was built to superior standards. The wiring is superb: Very exciting! Keep us posted!
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 22:02 |
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Username Protected wrote: That looks to be infinitely easier to work on than what I'm dealing with in/on/under my Mooney panel currently. Funny you say that. This shop says that Mooneys are the hardest to work on. The good thing with mine is that they get to start from scratch with all new matching Garmin equipment that all works together without much effort. Everything comes out including the vacuum system. I'm looking forward to it being done. Just ordered a new Hartzell Scimitar prop as well. This plane will get expensive if I do not keep looking for more speed and gadgets.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 22:17 |
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Username Protected wrote: That looks to be infinitely easier to work on than what I'm dealing with in/on/under my Mooney panel currently. Funny you say that. This shop says that Mooneys are the hardest to work on. The good thing with mine is that they get to start from scratch with all new matching Garmin equipment that all works together without much effort. Everything comes out including the vacuum system. I'm looking forward to it being done. Just ordered a new Hartzell Scimitar prop as well. This plane will get expensive if I do not keep looking for more speed and gadgets.
Mooney's are easy 
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 06:25 |
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Username Protected wrote: That looks to be infinitely easier to work on than what I'm dealing with in/on/under my Mooney panel currently. Funny you say that. This shop says that Mooneys are the hardest to work on. The good thing with mine is that they get to start from scratch with all new matching Garmin equipment that all works together without much effort. Everything comes out including the vacuum system. I'm looking forward to it being done. Just ordered a new Hartzell Scimitar prop as well. This plane will get expensive if I do not keep looking for more speed and gadgets.
Cool beans!
Now that my panel is 99% Garmin, I agree with you 100%. Also, being in an industry where we need different brand electronincs to talk to each other (agriculture: tractor, implement, GPS receivers, electronic scales, etc...) it's MUCH easier when they are all from the same mommy and daddy.... It's enough to make you pull your hair out sometimes. And the finger pointing gets old......
We're just big kids with expensive toys, aren't we.
Between you and Tom, it's hard to tell who is having more fun..... 
Have a great weekend.
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