What tools do you take?

[Michael Horowitz]

What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike

[John E. Carty]

Emergency relief jug & toilet paper :-)

"Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
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> What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike

[Sage Telecommunications Pty Ltd]

Duct tape and a hammer.
If it moves and it shouldn't use the duct tape, it it doesn't move and it
should use the hammer.

"John E. Carty" > wrote in message
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> Emergency relief jug & toilet paper :-)
>
> "Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
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> > What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
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>

[Brian Cox]

Michael Horowitz > wrote in message >...
> What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
I have a canvas tool bag that includes:
An ACE hardware 1/4" drive socket set
A crescent wrench
A set of combination wrenches (box and open end)
Screwdriver with two sizes of phillips and flat head bits
Two stubby screwdrivers, phillips and flat
Small conentional and needle nose vise grips
Tire pressure gauge
Vacuum pump wrench
Safety wire wrench and safety wire
Multimeter (volt, amps, ohms
Bicycle tire pump

I also carry some spare parts, just in case I get trapped at an out of
the way place:
V-belts for the generators
Spare vacuum pump
some day want to get a spare starter
Several quarts of oil

[Bob Kuykendall]

Back when I regularly rented a Tiger to carry friends cross-country, I
carried:

* wrench, 3/8" box+open end
* wrench, 7/16" box+open end
* wrench, 1/2" box+open end
* wrench, crescent, to 1"
* socket, 7/8" hex-top deep
* safety wire, 4 feet
* vice-grips, small
* multi-bit screwdriver
* electrical tape, 1 roll

The only tools I actually used on such trips were the 3/8" wrench and
the screwdriver.

Bob K.

[Jay Beckman]

"Sage Telecommunications Pty Ltd" > wrote in message
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> Duct tape and a hammer.
> If it moves and it shouldn't use the duct tape, it it doesn't move and it
> should use the hammer.
>

Oh great, now I have iced tea in my keyboard...

Great Answer...ROFL!!!

Jay Beckman
Chandler, AZ
Student Pilot - KCHD
3.2 Hrs ... Nowhere to go but up!!

[Don Lewis]

A good list... Add 2 spark plugs( KNOWN to be good) & wrench...


"Brian Cox" > wrote in message
om...
> Michael Horowitz > wrote in message
>...
> > What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
> I have a canvas tool bag that includes:
> An ACE hardware 1/4" drive socket set
> A crescent wrench
> A set of combination wrenches (box and open end)
> Screwdriver with two sizes of phillips and flat head bits
> Two stubby screwdrivers, phillips and flat
> Small conentional and needle nose vise grips
> Tire pressure gauge
> Vacuum pump wrench
> Safety wire wrench and safety wire
> Multimeter (volt, amps, ohms
> Bicycle tire pump
>
> I also carry some spare parts, just in case I get trapped at an out of
> the way place:
> V-belts for the generators
> Spare vacuum pump
> some day want to get a spare starter
> Several quarts of oil

[damron]

Cell phone and a credit card.

"Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
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> What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike

[David O]

"Sage Telecommunications Pty Ltd" > wrote:

>Duct tape and a hammer.
>If it moves and it shouldn't use the duct tape, it it doesn't move and it
>should use the hammer.

Very good, Rod. :)

I have aluminum heat shield tape wrapped around the bottom of my Long
EZ main gear legs to shield the fiberglass legs from brake disk heat.
A number of people have mistaken the aluminum tape for a duct tape
"repair". <sigh>

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com

[B2431]

>From: "Jay Beckman"

>
>"Sage Telecommunications Pty Ltd" > wrote in message
...
>> Duct tape and a hammer.
>> If it moves and it shouldn't use the duct tape, it it doesn't move and it
>> should use the hammer.
>>
>
>Oh great, now I have iced tea in my keyboard...
>
>Great Answer...ROFL!!!
>
>Jay Beckman
>Chandler, AZ
>Student Pilot - KCHD
>3.2 Hrs ... Nowhere to go but up!!
>

If it's unsweetened tea you have no problem. If it's sweet you have ants on the
way.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[B2431]

>From: (Brian Cox)

>
>Michael Horowitz > wrote in message
>...
>> What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
>I have a canvas tool bag that includes:
>An ACE hardware 1/4" drive socket set
>A crescent wrench
>A set of combination wrenches (box and open end)
>Screwdriver with two sizes of phillips and flat head bits
>Two stubby screwdrivers, phillips and flat
>Small conentional and needle nose vise grips
>Tire pressure gauge
>Vacuum pump wrench
>Safety wire wrench and safety wire
>Multimeter (volt, amps, ohms
>Bicycle tire pump
>
>I also carry some spare parts, just in case I get trapped at an out of
>the way place:
>V-belts for the generators
>Spare vacuum pump
>some day want to get a spare starter
>Several quarts of oil
>
>
Modify an open end wrench that will that will fit no nut known to man to loan
to people who need to borrow tools.

Also carry some safety wire.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Big John]

Damron

I was going to suggest "cash" as you run into places who won't take a
CC.

For examp;e, a Taxi to get you to a Hotel to RON.


Big John


On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 01:37:18 GMT, "damron" >
wrote:

>Cell phone and a credit card.
>
>"Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
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>> What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
>

[jc]

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:05:49 -0500, Michael Horowitz
> wrote:

>What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike


Leatherman Supertool and cell phone.
cheers,
jc

[Bob Olds]

(Brian Cox) wrote in message >...
> Michael Horowitz > wrote in message >...
> > What tools do you take on a two day XC? - Mike
> I have a canvas tool bag that includes:
> An ACE hardware 1/4" drive socket set
> A crescent wrench
> A set of combination wrenches (box and open end)
> Screwdriver with two sizes of phillips and flat head bits
> Two stubby screwdrivers, phillips and flat
> Small conentional and needle nose vise grips
> Tire pressure gauge
> Vacuum pump wrench
> Safety wire wrench and safety wire
> Multimeter (volt, amps, ohms
> Bicycle tire pump
>
> I also carry some spare parts, just in case I get trapped at an out of
> the way place:
> V-belts for the generators
> Spare vacuum pump
> some day want to get a spare starter
> Several quarts of oil



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This list looks good - IF _ you're flying a Beech Super E-18 , or
something like that.
In my RV-4 I have one of those leatherette shave kit bags with
pliers,small vise grips,a 1/4" drive ratchet with screwdriver bit
holder and multiple types/sizes of bits,a lightweight plug-in bit
screwdriver(from Wal-Mart),an 8" Crescent wrench,small bit of safety
wire,roll of plastic tape,small aluminum angle pair of wheel chocks
and a few paper towels(No toilet paper needed).
With a 2" Velcro on the bottom and a matching strip on the front
tunnel top it stays put(while right side up).
Bob Olds RV-4 , N1191X
Charleston,Arkansas

[Wright1902Glider]

A pair of channel-lock pliers and something to cut safety wire (small pair of
dykes) are also very useful.

Most of the items in my kit are for dealing with pioneer-era aircraft, but if
you'll allow me a slightly OT post, here's what I pack for a weekend event with
my Wright glider:

14.4v cordless drill w/ 1/4" socket adapter
sockets for spar bolts
several "common" screwdriver bits for drill
ratcheting multi-bit screwdriver
pair of dykes (that'd be wire-cutters)
pair of slip-joint pliers
Swiss Army knife w/ sicssors
several sewing needles
coping saw w/ fine-tooth blade
hacksaw
4 3" c-clamps
400' roll of #12 waxed linnen cord
50' 15ga. spring-steel wire
1 spool of cotton thread
1 bottle of yellow glue
lots of spare 10-32 screws and nuts
2 yds. spare cotton fabric
several 1' long sticks of spruce and white ash
set of tie-down anchors and ropes

That is, of course, my kit for a weekend show. If I were going to Kitty Hawk
to fly the beast, I'd also drag along 2 spare front-skid assemblies, 2 spare
tail assemblies, a spare spar, and probably mount a vise inside my trailer. Oh
yeah, and a hellacious supply of beer to bribe unsuspecting spectators into
thinking that carrying the glider from the parking lot to the top of the dune
was just plane fun!

Harry