http://members.iinet.net.au/~steele222/gyrocopters/image4.html Check out the butt-ugly wheelpants, looking to be cobbled up by an apprenticed carpenter who didn't make it through his apprenticeship.

Looking into getting plans for the Ison Aircarft Hi-max. Is there anyone with experience on the Hi-Max. Also, does anyone have something to add about the Zenoah G-50 engine? Thanks for all the help, Christopher Smith

I found these remote filters which are a bypass type. they seem to be the old toilet paper roll filters of years ago. http://wefilterit.com/index.htm Has anyone tried them? They hook them to the oil pressure sender line and back to the oil pan, is there enough flow there to make for usefull...

Today there was a twin turbo-prop flying around (not traffic patterns) Freeman Field, IN (SER). I was wondering if there is a set type of plane the FAA uses to TERP the approaches. I do not think I've seen a plane like this one. For years they've had a few DC-3s setting out here, I thought it...

What type of wing carrythrough most homebuilts used? Pros and Cons of various types? How exactly "wing box carrythrough" work within homebuilt? Bending beam carrythrough seems to be the best choice, but what are the pros and cons about this? Strut brace types are out of question because of high...

Anyone with any experience with LOM engines? I am considering the benefits of a 170 HP LOM 332CE for use in a Mustang II which is rated for a powerplant in the O-320 to IO-360 range. LOM sounds like it might be "real airplane" without the other-worldly prices commanded by Lycoming, Superior...

Folks - Back in June I began trying to get products from Randolph distributors. Heard stories of the factory relocating and problems with HAZMAT licenses; I'm sympathetic to a point, but..... About a month ago, when asking a distributor about when the new Ceconite 101 manual would be out, and why...

There's a show on NPR called Cartalk. 2 car mechanics supposedly giving advice to callers but really it's just an excuse for them to goof around. Hysterical. There's a segment about a guy wanting to put a Subaru engine in an experiment plane. Scroll down to Mazda Miata with...

Some of you knew Warren and Nancy. Warren was a regular at Pinckneyville as well as a good friend to many of us. I received an email from his wife, Nancy, today and would like to share it with you. Please, a prayer for his soul would be nice... He was a good man, friend to many and my friend...

Aviation Week & Space Technology 10/27/2003, page 14 Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to use a Scaled Composites aircraft in an attempt next year to complete the first solo nonstop circumnavigation of the globe. The aircraft, dubbed the GlobalFlyer, will be flown by either Steve Fossett or Virgin...

I am currently running a 1986 v6 with a Northwest Aero PSRU. I was wondering when or if Ford changed the bolt hole pattern on bell housing. I have a 2001 mustang with the 3.8 and would like to maybe step up to fuel injection and the balanced intake. JIM

I have received several email from people building auto engines for their projects. A problem has come up because of the unavailability of the Modine "Donut" water-to-oil cooler. This is a very nice heat exchanger that fits between the engine block and spin-on oil filter. It uses the coolant water...

Does anybody know if those things work? They split a nav antenna signal into a VOR and glide slope unit? Is significant signal lost? ---------------------------------------------------- Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project: www.abri.com/sq2000

I am planning to replace a working KX 170 Nav/Com with a KX 170B and understand that it is not a simple slide-in job. Can someone tell me what must be done to accomplish this change-out?

This poem was sent to me by my all grown-up aspiring to be a writer daughter. Hope you enjoy it....I did. I jam the doorway of my father's 1500 sq. ft. shop he built. It's bigger than my apartment in the city. It has it's own air conditioner. He spends hours in there, curved over his...

Guys- I have been using free and public access to newsgroup for about a year or so, since attbi stopped providing the access. I got tired of using these free and public access. They are completely unreliable. So, I wanted to know what kind of access do you guys use, or recommend one? I have a bunch...

So I am in the midst of building a master bedroom into my basement. Of course the two year-old helps as much as he can. The other day I hear him say, I got it Daddy. Turn to look to see him dragging an 8 foot 2x4 to me. What a great kid. Tonight I was working on minor things in the room while the...

We have flown this 150hp low compression engine, which we got with 1850 SMOH out of a Cessna 172, for 15 years trouble free in our Glasair. We had it overhauled about 8 years ago when it hit 2200 SMOH out of the Cessna and have since put on about 1000 hours since that overhaul. The engine is about...

Can someone tell me where I can find more information on the design of a reverse NACA duct? -- Chris W "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania

An interesting tale I ran across... The Most Unbelievable Landing of a B-17 by George Ureke, Lt. Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Flying a bombing mission out of Foggia, Italy, off of Tortorella US Army Air Field in Italy, during W.W.ll, our B-17 caught one hell of a lot of flack. All four engines were still...