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    folding rotor

    At HoneyBee we always took the rotor off and stored them in a box. I would suggest setting up a hoist for installing and removing the blades. Belive me carrying a set of blades up a step ladder is...
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    I have worked in the office for 4 companies and...

    I have worked in the office for 4 companies and have seen that they don't seem to put any effort into recruiting or educating the office personnel regarding aviation knowledge or experience.
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    The loaded CG should be around 25% of the wing...

    The loaded
    CG should be around 25% of the wing cord. The datum is just a convenient place to take measurements.
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    Not to take away from all the points made but...

    Not to take away from all the points made but when I worked at JET I learned that the glass tubes for the needle ball were only speced for smooth ball movement when the tube was vertical. If the...
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    Had one on the HoneyBee G2. It ran fine and...

    Had one on the HoneyBee G2. It ran fine and produced good power. We used it on the two place and then moved to a single place gyro where it was a hot rod.
    As I remember we had some problem with...
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    Been there tried that.

    Filling with sand is an old technique but it turns out to be harder to seal the ends as one would think. The force of the bending pushes out the sand. A mandal would help. A good Pines bender with a...
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    Tube bending

    6061-T6 is hard to bend. If I remember right Powrachute in Hastings MI gets mill runs of a special variant of 6061-T6 to use on their powered parachutes. They may be able to help.
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    I had an 85 hp Chief and don't recall that I had...

    I had an 85 hp Chief and don't recall that I had problems with ice. The electric start is a big safety plus to my thinking.
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    yes but

    Even with brand new aircraft there can be problems with stacking grounds. By brand new I am meaning at the factory.
    Lights and such don't mind having common grounds but some sensors that use voltage...
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    where is ground fastened?

    If all these items are using the same ground terminal this sort of feedback can happen. Try running a seperate ground wire to the engine block for your gauge.
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    When we designed the HoneyBee G2 one of our...

    When we designed the HoneyBee G2 one of our design goals was to take maximum advantage of CNC and Cad. I agree that this is the way to get precision in low production numbers while keeping cost...
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