Well,
If you could build a working model, that would be nice. I sure could use

a

compact design for a throttle- space is a premium inside the cowl of an

RV-4.

Brian Trubee

I intend making one in the next few weeks if not days. I will order the

parts

tomorrow. I will take pictures of the final product.

Paul Lamar

Robin Ream wrote:

Hi Paul,

    We always wonder how you guys in California can crank out all these
experimental metal parts so fast.  Do you all own a full grown machine shop,
or is everyone rich and they just send the disk down to the nearest "One
Hour Machine Center?"  -  Quite respectfully, I'm amazed at how you can do
these things so quickly.  What's the secret?

Robin

This was the aerospace capital of the world. Lockheed Skunk Works,
Douglas, Northrop, North American, Ryan etc., etc..
We don't all own a machine shop but if you spend some time looking
and setting up your suppliers almost anything can be made. Takes time
to do this however. Some times years to establish a relationship
with a bunch of suppliers. Aircraft Spruce and McMaster Carr are my
two main material and parts suppliers. Both of which have warehouses in
or around LA.

The slide throttle design is so simple I can do it on my low cost Chinese
mill. Same goes for the V-belt idler made on my Chinese lathe. Both of which I
have had for twenty years. My big expense in tools recently has been
the square wave tig welder.  On my taxi way and SZP airport we have several
small  machine shops and fabricating outfits.

BTW Tracy Crook is getting a nice machine shop in rural Florida.

I would be very happy to find someone to use my shop make these parts 
for the rest of you guys. There is a market out there for this stuff 
but so far nobody has stepped forward. I don't want to do it but
it could make a living for someone. Perhaps when we get more airplanes
in the air it will dawn on someone.

Paul Lamar

 
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