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leinad

Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 283
Location: Central Virginia

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: Odd materials sources

Before I go to Zenith, I thought I'd ask here.  Where do you get the following.

Nyloil

cork stips

dzus strips (do I make these?)

.090 acrylic (for landing light cover)



Dan (central Virginia)

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject: Odd materials sources

Dan:



I bought cork in a sheet from a local craft store and cut it into strips as

needed.  Good luck on the other stuff.



George



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bryanmmartin

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: Odd materials sources

I got the acrylic for one of my landing light covers from Home Depot.  

They gave me a scrap piece of Lexan that I used to make the other  

light cover. I got a roll of cork sheet from Ace Hardware when I ran  

out of the cork strip sent with the kit. I attached it with double  

sided carpet tape. (I also got some red silicone rubber sheet gasket  

material  from Ace that I used on the main landing gear mounting  

instead of the split rubber hose provided by Zenith.)



Aircraft Spruce and Wicks Aircraft (and probably others) have nylon  

material as well as acrylic and Lexan but unless you are buying a  

bunch of stuff, the shipping may be nearly as much as the order.



Dzus strips? If you mean the springs for the dzus fasteners, these  

are also available from the usual online sources.



On Sep 26, 2006, at 7:08 PM, leinad wrote:



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 Before I go to Zenith, I thought I'd ask here.  Where do you get  

 the following.

 Nyloil

 cork stips

 dzus strips (do I make these?)

 .090 acrylic (for landing light cover)



 Dan (central Virginia)



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leinad

Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 283
Location: Central Virginia

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Odd materials sources

[quDzus strips? If you mean the springs for the dzus fasteners, these 

are also available from the usual online sources.ote][/quote]



On the plans for the optional wing locker they specify dzus strips.  I assume these are metal strips with reqularly spaced dzus spring fasteners, but the plans are no more specific.  They may intend that I make these.



I especially want to find a source for the nyloil.  This is oil empregnated nylon, specified for the nose gear bearings top and bottom.

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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: Odd materials sources

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On my plans, the Dzus springs are mounted on standard (.025?) 
	


aluminum strips.  The builder has to fit the strips to the wing 

locker opening in the skin and locate the springs in the right places 

to match the Dzus "Screws" in the locker cover.  I used tiny soft 

solid rivets to hole the springs in place -- in much the same fashion 

as nut plates.   I don't have the dimensions handy, but if you need 

them, I can get them out in my shop (where my plans are).



It is a little tricky to make holes in the strips match the holes in 

the locker cover, but the process I used was similar to the Match 

drilling and Line drilling used for rivets.



Paul

XL fuselage





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		  quDzus strips? If you mean the springs for the dzus fasteners, these

are also available from the usual online sources.ote] 	




On the plans for the optional wing locker they specify dzus 

strips.  I assume these are metal strips with reqularly spaced dzus 

spring fasteners, but the plans are no more specific.  They may 

intend that I make these.



I especially want to find a source for the nyloil.  This is oil 

empregnated nylon, specified for the nose gear bearings top and bottom.



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