It's Hard to Believe it's Over! Aplane Part 50 

Negativ, emt weight includes required fluids except for usable fuel.

Dont believe the head can go thru as is - but worth verifying! Thanks

That happened to me on a race car lost steering on the drag link, washer would have saved me around 2 k of wall damage at 150 mph ! Excellent job on your a plane !!

@@HomebuiltHELP industry standard, although experimental you can do anything even though its a dumb idea and not smart

Don't forget helium in the tires! Sadly, _Stewie's Revenge_ was impounded after failing a surprise ramp check. If it doesn't sell at the FAA auction, it will likely be scrapped. Giggety.

@@commentatron Hydrogen is lighter yet. Just don't get the tires too hot.

@@commentatron Makes no sense at all.

​@@abundantYOUniverse That happens to me occasionally as well. Try recalibrating your humor sensors.

@@commentatron Got it, thanks 😃

That was my first choice - would make the weight too. However only off the shelf motor/controller combo available was $10K, so waiting for that price to come down!

Yes - spot on with that. I felt they were much heavier than wood - but at a such an early part of the build I wasnt that concerned! Nice idea about trimming them like that.

LOL I guess I dont know how to answer that! If I knew - it wouldnt have been over weight?

We did not film the weighing of the plane (we used bathroom scales). The weight and balance form that recorded and calculated the balance is shown in the "extras" that are available here: www.homebuilthelp.com/Affordaplane/Affordaplane.htm

No guides are needed. If you watch the episode where we build the pulley system you will see that the clearance around the pulley perimeter will not allow the cable to leave the groove - by design for that reason. No skipping of video episodes, please!

The URL for purchase is in the Comments area of this video

Winky The darker striped one is Stinky

Arthur - you may be missing the point on castellated nuts - if a fastener is meant to be torqued tight to hold properly (like all of those gussets) then a castellated nut will not work. The pins only go at several pre-determined positions - so the connection would probably be either loose or over tight. They are designed to be used when you want the connection to be loose - so that it can rotate for example. Nyloc nuts are what certified aircraft use when a connection is to be tight. It should not have to do with how you feel about it?

@@HomebuiltHELP Hi. Yes I agree with what you are saying. The only thing about nyloc nuts thst worry me is the fact that once they have been tightened up you should not reuse them. They should be discarded and a new nut fitted in it's place as the nyloc nut is a one use nut. Also I cannot see how you can do an inspection on the joint on doing the walk around preflight checks. Anyway I will be doing as the plans say I should. Maybe add a drop of locktight to the threads as well as the lock nuts. Maybe I'm just been over cautious or just looking for problems where they don't exist. Anyway I hope you post a short video on the RU-vid of you flying the thing. After all you had us all captivated with the building series. I don't think I'm the only one who would love to see you on your maiden flight, and to see the big smile on your face when you land. I cannot wait to be able to say,"I built that"when I get to building my own Affordaplane. It has become urgent for me to get started on building as my health is going downhill. I am diabetic, even though I have reduced my blood sugar significantly to where I'm now back to been in the prediabetic stages. I have to watch my carbs intake very carefully. This is the main reason for building the affordaplane, but I first have to find out if the rules are the same here as in the States. I am very sure I will never be able to hold a full pilot's licence because of my medical condition. At best I will be able to fly with a safety pilot. They could be very hard to find. Well now you know the battle that I face in getting airborne. I always wanted to fly and have been enthralled with flight for as long as I can remember. Looking up at aircraft flying over when I was about 3 or 4years old. In those days it was Skymasters and loadstars doing the Durban to Johannesburg route. So you can see that I'm no spring chicken. Again I wish you all the very best with your affordaplane and hope to have a look at it flying. Bye for now.

Not to beat a dead horse - the idea of not reusing a nyloc nut is NOT an FAA rule here in the States. They stipulate that if it loses its ability to do its job then it should be replaced. Dont know of any mechanic that throws away these nuts after prior using (unless maybe they are trying to get the bill up!) Just trying to share industry practices with you - not arguing! Worrying is a good thing to protect our lives - but - worry about the things that are known to fail- not the ones that have no history of failure.

@@arthursoutham9046 Apply torque seal on the nyloc nut, if you want to be able to inspect every nut visually.

I am highly familiar with Oratex, he might have saved a pound or maybe (a big stretch) two by using Oratex. Jon kept it light with minimal coats of paint, he's quite meticulous in that regard.

The 303 is even heavier than the 202 engine used here. As it is the plane is overweight by 5 lbs.

@@echopapacharlie In Pakistan ultralight weight limit is 300 KG.

@@bibrakc That may be so, but this builder here is trying to comply with the US regulation, which is 254 lbs.

@@echopapacharlie yes I know. I am just referring that the polini 303 would be much more fun and powerful.

Velcro pants disagrees.

@@commentatron giggety