OSH '05

Hey... you forgot the gate pass so we don't have to deal with the gate
Nazi!


I think that'll be Ryan's job... Heck, maybe he can even get us a REAL one?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Remind me to find an orange rotating beacon for my Tahoe and to buy a couple
pair of cheap FBI look alike sunglasses.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:t4KHe.213032$_o.117494@attbi_s71...
Hey... you forgot the gate pass so we don't have to deal with the gate
Nazi!


I think that'll be Ryan's job... Heck, maybe he can even get us a REAL
one?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

A good engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition.

A GREAT engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition -- just barely.

The point being ... anybody can toss out a number that is so overdesigned
and so heavy that it will stand up. The proof of the pudding is in the
field testing. Yes, I used 3/8" ply and yes, it has a permanent bow to it
now but it did NOT break. After a week's thunderstorms, wind, heat, and
moisture, it came home just fine, thank you.

I'm sorry Jack's plywood cracked. I have no idea what an empty Arrow
weighs. I know what an empty 182 weighs and did my calculations based on
that number. YMMV.

Will I use 3/8" next year? Probably not. I'll up it to 1/2" and see if I
still get a bow. If so, I'll up it to 3/4".

The BlueOnBlue 182 was parked where it has been parked for the last 15
years...down in the classic parking, row 132 (North FondDuLac). Several
people saw it and commented that it was a hell of an idea. The idea just
needs refinement, that's all.


Jim



"john smith" wrote in message
.. .
Jay Honeck wrote:
This year, we learned that 3/8 inch plywood is too thin for parking
airplanes on, motorized scooters are dangerous when they travel in herds,
and we learned that we should post the location of our campsite on the
group during the week.

Hey, don't blame me!!!
I posted 1".

It was that know-it-all Weir who said that was too thick. :-))
He suckered all of us into bringing 3/8" wood.
Makes you wonder why none of us could find the BlueOnBlue 182 to check
what his airplane was sitting on?

RST Engineering wrote:
A good engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition.

A GREAT engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition -- just barely.

I knew there were some whitizisms I was forgetting. :-))

("RST Engineering" wrote)
[snip]
A good engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition.

A GREAT engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition -- just barely.


Sunday morning at 1 am (before my 6 am drive over to OSH last week) I
spotted Dad's old wheelchair ramp end piece - ramp was disassembled for the
house sale. Green treated 3/4 inch ply, 3' x 2' ...with a ramp lip. Hmm I
thought.

So I fired up the circular saw ...when I should have been sleeping. I cut
three 1-ft wide pieces x 24" deep. Then I thought, hmm? I recall reading
1-ft x 1-ft, so I cut them in half . Mistake.

18" length would be a minimum.

A small strip, or small chock block, would also be good. We kept pushing the
dang plane off the front end of the small 1' x 1' pad. Doh! :-)


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
Sunday morning at 1 am (before my 6 am drive over to OSH last week) I
spotted Dad's old wheelchair ramp end piece - ramp was disassembled for
the house sale. Green treated 3/4 inch ply, 3' x 2' ...with a ramp lip.
Hmm I thought.
So I fired up the circular saw ...when I should have been sleeping. I
cut three 1-ft wide pieces x 24" deep. Then I thought, hmm? I recall
reading 1-ft x 1-ft, so I cut them in half . Mistake.
18" length would be a minimum.
A small strip, or small chock block, would also be good. We kept pushing
the dang plane off the front end of the small 1' x 1' pad. Doh! :-)

So Paul, how many sets will you be bringing to sell next year? :-))

Oops, pic url is http://www.geocities.com/viewptmd/3BrotherswP40.jpg not
that anyone would want to see it...

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
No, I never even thought that some secret message might have been left.
Actually, since we were leaving later that evening, we wouldn't have been
able to stay very long, or drink much beer. However, it would have been
nice (best adjective?) to have met some of you folks face to face. ...And
not have have had to cook, which was the main reason we wanted to find the
party. The Chilcoat boys have never been shy about eating someone else's
grub (see photo at http://www.geocities.net/viewptmd/3BrotherswP40.jpg
;-)

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote

Well, Jay, I sure wish that you'd given out a cell phone number.
Brothers
Ed, Dave and I walked (actually, Dave drove his electric wheelchair)
over
from the other side of Aeroshell Square to come to the party. We had
your
tail number, but the North Forty locator shed was closed. We asked
around
to see if anyone knew how we might find you but no one could help.

Betcha you didn't look on the side of the garbage can next to the north
shack. I left a coded message for RAH scum, thinking the side of a
garbage
can would be the first place scum looks to find a home!

Actually, they wouldn't let me put it on the building, itself. g
--
Jim in NC

We got there and building was closed. Decided to jump on the bus and
just look for the banner. As bus pulled out of the circle, there it
was on the side of the garbage can ... RAH. Jumped off at first stop,
walked back, read location, waited for bus, got back on, short ride and
BAM there it was at the end of the row. Couldn't miss it. Thanks for
the note ... warm fuzzy that we wouldn't be riding around the camp all
night looking for a banner we'd never seen before.
Jeff

Morgans wrote:
"Bob Chilcoat" wrote

Well, Jay, I sure wish that you'd given out a cell phone number. Brothers
Ed, Dave and I walked (actually, Dave drove his electric wheelchair) over
from the other side of Aeroshell Square to come to the party. We had your
tail number, but the North Forty locator shed was closed. We asked around
to see if anyone knew how we might find you but no one could help.

Betcha you didn't look on the side of the garbage can next to the north
shack. I left a coded message for RAH scum, thinking the side of a garbage
can would be the first place scum looks to find a home!

Actually, they wouldn't let me put it on the building, itself. g
--
Jim in NC

RST Engineering wrote:

A good engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition.

A GREAT engineer can build a bridge that won't collapse under any known
condition -- just barely.

Will I use 3/8" next year? Probably not. I'll up it to 1/2" and see if I
still get a bow. If so, I'll up it to 3/4".

Just use the other side every other year! That is what CREATIVE
engineers do... :-)

Matt

Does the term "bending fatigue" strike a familiar note?

Jim



"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

Will I use 3/8" next year? Probably not. I'll up it to 1/2" and see if
I still get a bow. If so, I'll up it to 3/4".

Just use the other side every other year! That is what CREATIVE engineers
do... :-)

Matt