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With enough power, almost anything can fly......
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As mentioned, it is all technique. With the weight of this bike I was concerned about this when I was looking at buying it. The salesman was all of 5' 6 and maybe 120 lbs of skin and bone. He popped it up on the center stand no problem. He was so small he had to get help to push it out of the showroom so I could sit on it. When I got it home I could not for the life of me get it up on the center, till I figured out the technique described above. Now it is so easy a caveman can do it.....
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I sent the eBay seller an email and asked if he has any rotor sets for a '88 Venture. He said that he only has these fronts. He does not make a rear disc to fit an '88 at this time.
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If the owners manual says to run premium then you may have an engine option that needs it. Usually if premium is required it will also say so on either the gas gauge or gas cap. First thing is get the code read, write down what it is, and then have them clear the code. Maybe it will stay gone.
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Fallen Gears when I removed the cover.
Flyinfool replied to a topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
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That radio will most likely be fine for you to get your feet wet. One big thing to watch for is that it has reduced range. They claim 200 - 400 meters. That is under optimum conditions that are seldom found in the real world. So don't let it get to far away. Some day when you move up to a full featured radio it will have more than a mile of range and a lot of fine tuning features to make flying easier.
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Go to an AutoZone and they will check the code for free. That will at least let you know what the engine is complaining about. If the check engine light is flashing, it is something serious and should be dealt with immediately. If the light is on steady it is usually something minor. We could all sit here and guess at stuff all day long. Go get it checked for free and let us know what the code is. +1 more, don't wast your money on premium gas. Premium will not fix anything.
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Make a friend out of this new neighbor before the other neighbors find him. Since he is looking to make something that will get hot and be used for food, most of the good suggestions above just went out the window. Next best idea I can think of is stainless pads between the dissimilar metals and stainless hardware. stainless and aluminum are still dissimilar metals but not as bad as steel to aluminum.
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Fora bunch of years when I was having money issues, most of my planes came out of the trash can at the flying field. Other people would consider it totaled and throw it away, I would take it home and fix it and show up at the field with it the next week. After your first crash, don't panic, take it home and look at it logically, no matter how bad it looks, it may still be an easy fix.
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Freezing will only hurt a discharged battery. The solar tender (or any tender) will keep the battery charged and prevent it from freezing. The battery has not been out of my rv in 10 years and it was never bothered by even -30*F, same for my bike truck and cars. They all have solar tenders except the truck which is my daily driver in the winter. In the 35 years that I have been driving in Wisconsin weather I've never brought batteries in the house. As I said the key is to keep them charged. A discharged battery will freeze and can be destroyed. I learned about that too.
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Where do you live?
Flyinfool replied to slim_32's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Where do I live? Sometimes in the house, sometimes in the dog house......... I went to the toy store today (Hobby Shop) so tonight it is the dog house. -
Unless you have something that is drawing power on the bike, the solar will keep up with no problem, even in the worst of winter weather. I have a solar charger on my rv battery and even in the winter it finds enough light to recharge the battery after light use.
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For a while Spectrum and JR were in bed together, Jr made the radios and Spectrum made the 2.4 part. They have recently gone there separate ways and now that JR is not making the transmitter for Spectrum the quality has dropped. The older Spectrum is much better than the new stuff. I am sure that in another year or so Spectrum will have the bugs worked out of their new stuff.
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I did buy plans for building an ultralight that I could build in the basement and still get out the door without knocking down any walls. I is an engineer too so I checked that all out ahead of time.
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If I remember right it was a MIG 21.
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You can drain the oil into a clean pan and pour it into a clean bottle to reuse if it is brand new.....
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The biggest recommendation that I can make for If you think you are serious about getting into flying is to get the best transmitter that you can afford. My recommendation is to get at least 7 channels, 2.4GHz, and one of the name brands, (In my personal order of preference, Futaba, JR, HiTec, Airtronics, and if you are in Europe add Multiplex to the list) The Futaba / JR debate is just like a Ford / Chevy debate, at the end of the day they are both still good equipment and each has advantages and disadvantages. The HiTech and Airtronics are aslo very good radios but they are not as popular so it might be a little more difficult to get help with setting things up at the flying field. Many, but not all, of the cheap ready to fly stuff on the market use a proprietary transmitter that will only work with their own stuff. This means that if you want to move on to something bigger or better or even just different, you throw everything away and start over.
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In theory this would work BUT The expanding water would be very hard to control. The ice will push on everything, not just the dent. You would stand a good chance of splitting the tank.
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Those are always fun to watch. Cross wind landings are taught from the very beginning of flying lessons. I had to have them mastered before I was allowed to do my first solo. While they look very hard to do, they are really pretty easy. In the "facts" section of the article it says My opinions are in red Gotta love the creativity of reporters.
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We need Pics. It is so much easier to asses the damage when we can see it.
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First and obvious question. Is oil leaking out? If not then you have a better chance of it being ok.
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Its the part that goes over the fence last.....
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If you want to do a LOT of reading there is a group similar to this one where you can get a ton of good info, it is http://www.helifreak.com. But as with any site you must have your BS filter running full blast and remember that the person with the most posts in not necessarily the most knowledgeable. It is pretty easy to figure out the ones that do or do not know what they are talking about. All of the videos by Finless Bob are great instructional vids. You will learn a lot from watching them.
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Well if we are going down the road of hitting the loto. I would get a refurbished MIG. The Mig can be bought from Russia for $50K, for an additional $250K they will factory restore it to new specs, less armaments and classified systems. There is a guy in Chicago that has one, he said it took him 12 minutes to fly from Midway to Milwaukee for armed forces day, and it took a half hour in the pattern to land.