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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: Update

Hey Guys:



Got an hour flight time in today, first in nearly three months.  Felt good. 

Airplane did good.  OAT was 70F at 2,500 feet.



Now have 301.2 hours on the new 912ULS.  It is running good.



While I was roaming around out West, we had two new additions to the Gantt 

International Airport family.  The two resident mama burros had two little 

baby burros.  It is worth the effort to go over to the farm just to watch 

these two clowns perform.  Don't know how old they are, but not more than 

two months.



These are genuine airport jackasses.  They fit right in.



john h

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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: update

Thanks for the pictures, John.  Brings back a lot of memories.  What was the ground temp?  31 degrees, going to 40 today.  Heavy snow tomorrow, so I have welding to do.  The front frame of the Firestar is done, except for the small brackets.  I ordered the fuselage tube from Travis yesterday.

  

                                                         Bill Sullivan

                                                         Windsor Locks, Ct.

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: update

Bill:

  

 I don't know what the ground temp was, but today  they are forecasting 77F.

  

 So far it is rats - 3 and me - 0.  That have  tripped the rat traps three times, liked the peanut butter off clean, without  getting caught.

  

 Glue traps didn't work, except to catch broke  crickets.

  

 Decon rat poison, put out four trays, was gone the  first night.  

  

 I was able to salvage enough undamaged parts to  make up seat belt and shoulder harness for the pilots seat.  That is why I  got to fly yesterday.

  

 As far as I know, the only damage was the seat  belt/shoulder harness, 12VDC power wire to my ANR headset, power socket for my  electric vest, and the 2" wide velcro strap I use to secure my GPS to my  leg.  Still have my fingers crossed they didn't cut wires I could not  see.  My strobes, nav lights, electric fuel pump, mag switch, all performed  normally.  The radio and intercom also were operational.  First time  the rats got me I lost radio and intercom.  They even tried to chew into  the kevlar bridals on the parachute.

  

 john h

 mkIII

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                               Thanks for the pictures, John.  Brings back a lot of          memories.  What was the ground temp?  31 degrees, going to 40          today.  Heavy snow tomorrow, so I have welding to do.  The          front frame of the Firestar is done, except for the small          brackets.  I ordered the fuselage tube from Travis yesterday.

          

                                                                          Bill Sullivan

                                                                          Windsor Locks, Ct.

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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: update

John- You'll have to use a .22 with birdshot.  That was part of my job for over 5 years- carry a .22 pistol, and hunt 4 times a day- plus on call for raccoons, skunks, etc.  Better go internet for the electric rat zapper.  They can be persistent.  I had to use a .38 with birdshot on one rat- he was wearing a kevlar vest.  Shot him 4 time with the .22, and no results.  Good luck!

  

                                                  Bill Sullivan

                                                  Windsor Locks, Ct.

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: update

First time the rats got me I lost radio and  intercom.  They even tried to chew into the kevlar bridals on the  parachute.>>

  

 Good grief John, that is serious business. The  worst I have had, so far, in spite of being hangared on a farm is a bug up the  pitot. Mind you that nearly gave me heart failure as the ASI wound backwards    in the middle of the climb out. Trouble is that the first thing that  happens when the apparent speed drops off is to stuff the nose down without  thinking . Not until I looked for an horizon did I realise what was  happening.

  

 77 degrees.? Very comfortable. Here it is just  above freezing and we have had torrential rain with which the fields have been  unable to cope so there have been floods all around the area. Joys of  winter.

  

 Cheers, and a ratfree Christmas

  

 Pat

 



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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject: update

BillNot to argue (too much) but FWIW I think the .22 birdshot is a joke! The ones with a plastic nose  come out in one lump, never deploy. I've shot squirrels with them (and regular deploying loads) but have always had to go to solid .22's to kill them. 

You CAN aggravate one, at 30-50' with birdshot if that's your intention. 

And rats are lots tougher than  squirrels.

I consider a .22 LR solid the absolute minimum for a rat, and that's with well-placed shots.

Glad to see your restoring project is going  along -- Merry Xmas!

Russ

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On Dec 18, 2008, at 12:59 PM, william sullivan wrote:

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   John- You'll have to use a .22 with birdshot.  That was part of my job for over 5 years- carry a .22 pistol, and hunt 4 times a day- plus on call for raccoons, skunks, etc.  Better go internet for the electric rat zapper.  They can be persistent.  I had to use a .38 with birdshot on one rat- he was wearing a kevlar vest.  Shot him 4 time with the .22, and no results.  Good luck!

  

                                                  Bill Sullivan

                                                  Windsor Locks, Ct.

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williamtsullivan(at)ATT.N
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: update

Russ- You have to get really close for the plastic capsule birdshot to work- 15 feet or so.  the advantage is that you can work around animals, people, and equipment with almost no worry.  Lots of sport, and you have to be quick with a second shot.  At 15 feet, they won't go through both sides of a cardboard box.  I know it won't hurt the tires, but maybe the plastic brake lines.

   Finished all the welding today- including control brackets.  The aileron control rods will be made up when I mount the wings.  The main engine mount tube was replaced, and I made up a new front cage.  Cost so far - including rivets for the wings (completed minus Stits)- is just under $200.  Labor overall is about 20 hours.  No problems, so far.  

  

                                                     Bill Sullivan

                                                     Windsor Locks, Ct.

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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: update

BillSorry but I stand by my guns!  My normal squirrel range is 10'   IMHO The plastic birdshot is simply a weaker solid bullet. Won't even work the automatic action.

Not really Kolb-related; sorry

Glad to hear you're making progress!

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On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:35 PM, william sullivan wrote:

[quote]  Russ- You have to get really close for the plastic capsule birdshot to work- 15 feet or so.  the advantage is that you can work around animals, people, and equipment with almost no worry.  Lots of sport, and you have to be quick with a second shot.  At 15 feet, they won't go through both sides of a cardboard box.  I know it won't hurt the tires, but maybe the plastic brake lines.

   Finished all the welding today- including control brackets.  The aileron control rods will be made up when I mount the wings.  The main engine mount tube was replaced, and I made up a new front cage.  Cost so far - including rivets for the wings (completed minus Stits)- is just under $200.  Labor overall is about 20 hours.  No problems, so far.  

  

                                                     Bill Sullivan

                                                     Windsor Locks, Ct.

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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: update

At 06:53 PM 12/18/2008, russ kinne wrote:

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		  Not to argue (too much) but FWIW I think the .22 birdshot is a joke! The 

ones with a plastic nose  come out in one lump, never deploy. I've shot 

squirrels with them...


	


My accountant used to use the .22 shotshells to shoot carpenter bees around 

his house.  He said it was a lot of fun.  Dunno if he used the plastic cap 

kind or the crimped ones.



Don't think I'd want to shoot something even that anemic around my plane, 

though...



-Dana



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grantr

Joined: 12 Sep 2007
Posts: 217

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:51 am Post subject: mouse trap fix

John,



I started having the same problem with them licking the peanut butter off.



I found a way to fix that.  Get a jar of roasted peanuts and take  a half peanut and  push it through the  trigger mechanism between the catch  for the rod and the bait holder. You need a nut that is a little big then push it through. This will shave off part of it so it fits snug. Then put peanut butter on it. The mouse will lick of the PB and then it will get greedy and try to get the nut and pow! I caught two  tiny ones on  mouse traps with this method.



Are you using Victor traps which have the brass  colored metal trigger catch?  These are the best snap traps.



The Black Cats from Lowes with the plastic trigger that looks like cheese are terrible. They will not snap if I touch the trigger.

jb92563

Joined: 23 Mar 2007
Posts: 314
Location: Southern California

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: Mice/Rats

Those varmits are obviously the genetically altered terrorist rats seeing as how they purposely disabled your plane and have counter measures for birdshot, immunity to rat poison and are cunning enough to avoid traps.



However, I think the solution to the rats sabotaging your plane is obvious.



Since they gingerly lick the peanut butter off the trap trigger then just use their cunning habit to your advantage.



Coat your plane and wiring in peanut butter!

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