Fun things you can do with composites:

Build ridiculously strong stuff

 

Take on what ever contour you want with hand pressure (no “ca-gillion” dollar metal mangling equipment)

 

Vacuum bag in your garage to near 1 bar

 

Easily achieve class A surfaces

 

Make complex brackets

 

Make composite rotor blades for your RC auto Gyro

 

Fix your Corvette

And much much more

This book has a broad range from Beginners to Seasoned Composite Designers & Fabricators.

Composite Construction can be an Idea Fabrication method for:

•Aircraft
•Cars
•Motor Cycles
•Boats

Work with a construction medium that will do want you want it to with out an up-hill battle to gain every inch.

Easily Achieve Complex Structures with minimal Tooling & Facilities.

In this book you will learn about:

•Shop Safety
•Tools
•Raw materials: (Fiberglass, Carbon, Cores, Films, Fillers, Inserts)
•Jigs / Fixtures & Molds
•Wet Layup & Prepreg
•Kitting & Flat Patterns
•Bonding & Joining
•Finishing

Order this Book Today & Get Started on your Journey

Kindle can also be read on your PC, Android & iOS devices.

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Discover the world of TIG Welding.

This book is aimed at people new to TIG welding mostly learning for their own uses and those who have been away from it for quite some time and are looking to get back into it. Learning TIG may seem quite intimidating or if your not getting the results your looking for in your welds this book can help you get into this Fabrication method & guide you in the direction of Mastery. The book is setup in a need to know format and a first pass read takes about an hour or two in total. While you can hunt down and gather this info for free from other sources across the vast ocean known as the Internet as I did in the Beginning your looking at a 10 – 100X investment of your time with a good amount of confusion and potential to head down the wrong path. So in the end what’s your time worth? Success leaves clues, this book can be your map along the Journey.

If your going to Tech school / college to become a professional Welder this book may be of some assistance as an extra boost however most of this material will be covered in your course & lab work, just strung out over months.

If your an existing professional TIG welder already with Lincoln Electric or Miller tattoos on you biceps, flaming skull Welding helmet to match & a “TIG Life” bumper sticker on your Hot Rod I admire your skills and dedication but this book would be to elementary for someone of your skill level. .

☛Their are many kinds of Structures where TIG Welding is the most ideal Fabrication method, these include:

♦ Custom Car Frames
♦ Airplane Fuselages
♦ Engine Mounts
♦ Exhaust Systems
♦ Motor Cycle Frames
♦ Bicycle Frame
♦ Off Road Buggy Frames
♦ Metal Part Repair
♦ Metal Sculpture Art
♦ Tooling & Shop Equipment

☛In this book you will learn about:

♦ Shop Safety
♦ The different types of TIG welder machine technology
♦ Equipment Selection
♦ Where to Spend & Where to Save
♦ Material Prep
♦ Setups
♦ Detailed TIG welding methods
♦ and much much more.

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Note: you can also read Kindle Books on:
Apple
Android
PC / Labtop

Here is a stand I cooked up a few years ago to hold my RC airplane wings.

I made around 5 to 6 of them and they are a good way to store the wings.

I keep them in the insulated attic above the shop, even with the intense heat of the florida summer the storage area does not get above 95ºF.

You can make it out of decently thick ply wood, 3/4″Ø wood dowels & some hot water pipe insulation

 

I’m Proud to announce Autobooks-Aerobooks will be selling both of my technical books in their California Book store. If your in the area stop by to check it out.

https://www.autobooks-aerobooks.com/

Autobooks-Aerobooks
2900 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 845-0707

Direct links to the product pages on the Autobooks-Aerobooks web site:

https://www.autobooks-aerobooks.com/product/tig-welding-gtaw-need-to-know/

&

https://www.autobooks-aerobooks.com/product/composite-structures-construc/

 

gouldaero Product support pages for the TIG & Composite books are updated as well

Great company to get FPV & drone gear from. Use loveFPV18 at checkout

Enjoy 😊

Pilots using normal pump gas i.e. ~10% Ethanol check your fuel system components for signs of damage.

This can effect:

Plastic & Rubber fuel lines
Filters
Gaskets & Seals
Fuel Primers
Pumps
Carbs
Fuel injectors

& even Composite Fuel Tanks

I recently replaced the fuel lines & fuel primer bulb in my 4 cycle high end weed eater. It is a lesson in the long term damaging effects of Ethanol in a fuel system not rated for it.

I’ve seen transparent / yellow tint fuel lines used in aviation from powered parashoots to high performance home built aircraft. If your running 100 LL or marine gas 100% of the time you should be good. however if you occasional or full time run normal auto gas with Ethanol in it you should look for potential signs of damage in your fuel system.

The Yellow lines are more visually obvious when they fail, if you have a black rubber hose then check for signs of cracking, turning grey or brown and do the flex test looking for cracking.

if one of the lines splits like what is shown above at best case your engine will be starved of fuel and you will become a glider. at worst case a roman candle.

Hopefully this will save someone from having a bad day.

Spencer

EAA Technical Counselor in Power plant / Fire wall forward & Composites

For more info on the EAA Technical Counselor
program visit:

EAA Technical Counselors

A fun day for flying 🛩