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It’s been about 20years ago, but at that time it was really good paint. I was restoring a barn find ‘72 Triumph T100R Daytona. Painted the frame and other bracket bits with it. Powder coating wasn’t in the budget. Held up well. It’s a slow drying enamel so don’t put it on too thick.

I agree. With the tubes horizontal it might actually make them hotter unless you move air over them. Also…you should really cover up that amp with at least an expanded metal cover. Tube amps have some serious voltage in them…both ac and dc. When I’m troubleshooting with the power on I use a...

The tubes are hot because of how they work. They’re actual heaters built into the tubes…it’s how they conduct across the plates. So if you want to keep everything else cool in there you’ll need to shield the other stuff from the heat or get a fan to extract the heat. The tubes need to be hot...

I’ve always used rubber cement to attach sandpaper to my Great Planes aluminum block. Brush it on the back of the paper…brush it on the face of the block...stick them together. Peel when done and rub off the old rubber cement then repeat. Easy peasy.

There is a pre-thickened GFlex. https://www.amazon.com/655-8-Pre-Thickened-Part-Epoxy-Adhesive/dp/B00LWKFZJ8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=XN6DFYM1DDMQ&keywords=g+flex+655+epoxy+west+system&qid=1694261433&sprefix=West+g+flex,aps,135&sr=8-3 It’s my favorite to use, but kinda pricey.

Wow! Thanks for all the pictures!

Welcome to the forum.

No, haven’t made it to Bowling Green. The Turbo Buicks show up in force for that event.

I'm not going to be able to make it this year. I hear Hal may be flying his big X-Wing. Take lots of pictures for us. John

1987 Buick Grand National. Pics from a cruise night.

All wrapped up and ready for the trip to Argonia. Just a few more days!

Maiden flight of my Wildman Shape Shifter 75 at Tulsa Rocketry launch today. it was HOT! We packed it up before noon so we could escape to our air conditioning.

The Art Applewhite saucers and pyramids area always great. I'd like to try the 54mm Stealth. I've built and flown the 29mm Stealth and it's a blast! Super easy to build and cheap. https://www.artapplewhite.com/free/index.html Video linked from his website...

Ejection charge testing the Shape Shifter 75.

Probably the I600 I have in my motor box. There will be more choices when I get to Airfest. ;)

Probably be Labor Day weekend at Airfest.

She’s back to flight ready status. Went from 8.6 lbs fully loaded to 9.1 lbs. I put a 7ft Rocketman chute in it for the main. I’ll need to run some new simulations since it got a little porkier. Some scrapes and bruises along with a carbon fiber wrap repair, but it’s still a looker. I’ll...

I use the Featherweight GPS tracker now and love it. But if you want simple with no gps/phone, I started with the Marco Polo and it worked well. It’s actually a pet/drone tracker, but works for rockets too. https://eurekaproducts.com/rc-model-tracking-and-recovery/

Better start watching for oil leaks! I've never had a BSA, but I've owned a couple of Triumphs. T100R Daytona and a '72 Trident. The Trident was a "big" bike back in the day. The Daytona had an "auto" chain luber....basically a constant oil leak onto the chain.

The airframe is back together. I still need to work on the new electronics bay. Here’s a link to my YouTube video showing how I did the repair.