[simpits-tech] Removing stuck aircraft screws...

[Cris Harrison]

On 05/11/2014 07:35 PM, Matt Bailey wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2014 18:41:53 -0500
> Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/11/2014 03:33 PM, Matt Bailey wrote:
>>> On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:47:00 -0500
>>> Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dont get too ambush with the hammer..
>>>> oh, btw if you are removing windshield plexy, WD can fog it so be
>>>> very careful, better yet try it on a piece of scrap stuff...
>>>>
>>>> Cris H
>>> BTW windshield plexy can fog but worse yet it will CRAZE and this
>>> is bad.. so check yor chem on a small pice maybe 1x1 sq "...  slow
>>> and setedy wins the race.. thy are a BITCH tp remove...I did a Lear
>>> a few years
>>> ago.. :((  http://www.phoenixcomm.net/~phnx2000/sim/lear.shtml  see
>>> all the nice screws..LOL
>> Cris H.
> Yikes, that's even more screws than the Sabreliner. :) I've seen that
> pit online before, you were involved in the acquisition?
Yes and cutting it down, pulling all the wire out of it.
>   I assume the
> windshield was removed to be sold?
Yes and got a bit of coin for the glass
>   I was crushed when I saw that the
> motionsimulator folks  gutted the pit.  Granted, filling
> out the rest of the cocpkit would probably have been prohibitively
> expensive, but things like the side consoles and glareshield could have
> been fabricated.
>
> Before I got the Sabreliner, I was looking for a Lear. Now I'm glad to
> have the Sabreliner for its extra space and added control
> panels/systems etc, but someday I wouldn't mind doing a Lear pit. Maybe
> everyone in the US will scrap out their 20-series birds after these
> Stage 3 noise requirements go into effect.... ;)
>

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