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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	04-Nov-07 17:16
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Wayne Johns guards the basic wing layout. Guillos wood sucks! I should have bought plans and fully scratch build the Spirit!
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:34
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It is hard to turn the prop and take a pix...but you get the idea...bearing success!!
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:32
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Prop and spinner free to turn.
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:31
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Decide not to buid a wing...a gyro-copter instead!
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:29
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Look close on the rear of the shaft. You can see how the bushing locks the shaft. This assembly slides thru the nose plg, engine, and firewall. Adab of CA locks the bushing to the wood , but the shaft turns free.
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:26
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One tube over another. The larger tube also furnished a bushing to secure the prop shaft.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	03-Nov-07 19:24
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Squaring the prop shaft. Shaft is a brass tube that will fit snugly into a brass bearing.
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	02-Nov-07 22:01
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Three days till the turkey hunt...plenty of time to make a bearing so that the prop will spin!
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Parked	02-Nov-07 21:59
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Jg, DD, poppy, moos...opinion...do I have to shorten the cowl a bit or will this do?
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	02-Nov-07 21:57
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A glass of Carlo and a small cigar...epoxy sets. Spinner and prop held on with "funtack"!
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	02-Nov-07 21:55
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Al pegs and epoxy hold the prop blades to the spinner.
John M Oshust	Guillows Series 800 - Spirit of St Louis	Build	02-Nov-07 17:13
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Custom Al parts left...Guillows plastic right. THe prop is not paint but glass beaded...similar to sand blasted. I must shape the spinner a but and figure out how to put it all together.

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