Bob Grimstead recovered his British Fournier RF4 with Oratex. If I remember correctly, there was a weight deduction.

Hi,
I am under correction, Raymond Cuypers modified a few Nippers to accept the Jabiru engine. Google : Raymond Aircraft Restoration
Email: raymond.cuypers@rar.be
Regards
Glen

Hi Jim,
My contribution !

Regards
Glen

Hi Neil,
Sorry to hear about the family bereavement, my thought's are with you.
Thanks for the mail, will shortly be picking up, Nipper wise, where I left off 3 years ago, also due to a family bereavement and the things that needed to be sorted out.

Regards
Glen

Thank you David for the info, much appreciated.
Will proceed to use 3/32" cables.

Regards
Glen

Trevor, you have a PM.

Thanks Steve for the reply, much appreciated .

Regards
Glen

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me what the correct size cable one should use on the Nippers ailerons.


Regards
Glen

Hi All, Here is a short note from Jeff's wife (Copied from our local aviation web site) A note from Jeff Sharman's widow Sheila - I have just had a call from the National Transportation and Safety Board who have confirmed that some remains of a turkey vulture/buzzard were found embedded in the fabri...

Ex south African Jeff Sharman.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20130213/NEW ... loses-wing
This is Bad news, I would like to know what happened ?

Public holiday today, so more or less finalised the frame work. Popped the canopy on to check the fit. This canopy is not very well made so will have to use rudder shims between the frame and the canopy in certain places. I'm busy making a aluminium "frame" that fits around the edges of th...

Hi All, Sorry about the deafning silence :D , thought i should stick my head in here and post a small update. Have been busy with the canopy frame and the swivels/hinges etc. The frame is constructed of thin walled brass tubing and is brazed together.The front swivel bar was missing when i originall...

Made some progress this weekend, tackled the wood stringers that make up the shape behind the cockpit and the tail. A friend offered to cut and plane the stringers for which i'm very grateful, as i poccess very little in the way of wood working machinery. Busy preparing the plywood pieces that fit o...

Sorry for the "loud" silience but work has been keeping me very busy, we are in the middle of summer and the storms have been raging almost every day which causes faults/damage and it's my job to make sure everything runs at 110% I'm still busy with the cowling etc, had wonderful success a...