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Hello  I have a 1400 series H295.  My wingtips have always been held on by Type A sheet metal screws into tinnerman clip nuts.   This is the wrong type of screw for tinnerman nuts (should be Type B).  The parts manual specifies AN 526 8-32 screws which is a non-structural machine screw.  The parts manual does not specify what the female fastener is (probably some type of clip nut).

What is the screw and nut used on late H295s from the factory?

Also, what is the female fastener for the fairing strips between the fusilage and the wing?

Thanks

Mike
295H

Louis,

Yes, he's a good friend. We stay in touch on a regular basis. I'll pass along your greetings.

I was at his place when he was building your airplane so I got to see it going together. I remember the patchwork paint that it had at the time. Looks a lot better now!

Kevin

Doug, I've been watching this H-700 cowling discussion for some time and finally decided to do a map look. I'd love to get that cowling for our H-700 (along with the STC...) but Cyprus is a bit out of the way. The airport in the attached photo is not Lakatima, which I think was abandoned before H-7 got over there, but Larnaca, currently in operation and serves Nicosia. Whether H-7 is one of the planes in the photo is another question but, at least as of the date of the mapping photo, there was still a yard with what look like abandoned small aircraft with one or two that could be a Helio.

Louis, the question you ask about the engineers is one that probably could be answered best by Ken Noe

Steve Ruby I'm sure would have a better off the cuff answer as well.

Clarence Brent and Robert Casebeer were both engineers with the Helio factory. I think Clarence was the Chief engineer.

I believe that Clarence continued working on the Helio after the factory closed the first time as an independent engineer and Robert Casebeer worked for Helio Enterprises inc.

I think they both worked on the type certificate for the H-7/800.

Clarence developed some oher Helio STCs (now owned by Gordon Cragg) and He was the engineer that worked on H-5 (the low time Helio you speak of), H-5 was used for some gear leg drop tests. H-5 was also used to develope some speed mods Wheel pants and a modified cowling that reduced drag and gave better cooling I don,t believe Clarence ever got aroun to sumitting the paperwork. I believe it was owned by Luigi Chinetti when you saw H-5.

see H-5 here http://flyhelio.com/smf/index.php?topic=1230.msg4722#msg4722

As far as the automootive fuel that I sometimes carried in myoutboard tanks for snowmobiles, chainsaws whatever was the automotive fueland that was available on Merrill field Anchorage for A/C STCed for automotive fuel. I also flew ultralights and had a couple engine failures before figuring out 2 cycle engines are highly prone to lead fouling when you use 100LL or even 80/86 avgas.

I could if needed burn the autogas in the GO-480. A few times when AV gas was difficult to find out in the bush I did use some autofuel usually mixed 50/50 with avgas. I also tried to avoid high altitude and high performance useage with auofuel.

I will give ken Noe a call, maybe add to this.

Factory Engineer Robert Casebeer

Doug, please refresh my memory.  Mr. Casebeer was working at the factory ?  And he was an engineer ?  And Mr. Brent was the engineer of the type certificate ?

Is it Mr. Casebeer that was this fine gentleman that did the hand work on the modified cowling and from who i bought the aluminum legs for my H800 ?  What was the airport he was based at ?  There was a 800 there in a hangar, very low time.

Louis