I have an otherwise airworthy wooden prop that could use refinishing and I'm seeking advice on how to do the refinish. What's the best way to remove the old finish? Will strippers cause the prop to delaminate? What's the best or most commonly used finish? Thanks

Thanks to all who replied to my post about about building wing root fillets to reduce some tail buffeting on my Stits homebuilt. I'm pretty much convinced that some simple strakes mounted above and somewhat forward of the wing root leading edge will do the job. Some aerobatic birds and apparently...

Hi, What kind of experience have any of you had with 2 blade Warp Drive or other of the ground adjustable props on 65-100 hp Continentals? Any issues with these props. My airplane is currently equipped with a beautiful 72 inch wood prop, 40 inch pitch on a C-85. It climbs very well with this setup....

Anyone know if there's a lightweight mode S xponder in the works that's practical for cub types, gliders, whatever? I live in Europe, and the day is fast appraoaching when these will be required on all aircraft flying in or under controlled airspace, effectively confining all antiques to their own...

Dear Traders, One thing is fore sure, good value stocks will never fall like Amazon.com or Yahoo! during the perfect storm of the internet hype. To give you a small hint about Google, you have to look at the heavy insider trading in this stock. Stocks with the value of more than 15 Billion...

I have just recently extended my C model speed wings. I removed the Original wing bow tips and added 48 inches of lift to each wing with flat tips. The situation now is I have a good bit of wash out. Enough to where when the tail of the plane is lifted to where the she would be in level flight, the...

My aircraft radio doesn't go that high! Jim Weir wrote: Just a friendly reminder... The airborne simplex national calling frequency is the same as the ground frequency...146.520. This frequency also works well on the ground at Oshkosh. Rarely is it busy for more than a couple of...

Then there is the story of zoom, who, after a peaceful demise (not while at the controls), was greeted by St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, along with a rousing reception. When he asked why he was being greeted so warmly, St. Pete explained that it wasn't often they received a pilot who had lived to...

Newman's International Cowpasture? Warren ( had the Mooney in there once or twice) Blueskies wrote: Newman's Southwest Michigan And Yes, we have power!

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I am thinking about importing some little meters as I think they would be very valuable to the aviation community as a whole. I am trying to gain a little insight, before I make a large purchase of these meters, whether you guys and gals see a benefit and would be interested in purchasing one for...

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I just saw the following on rec.aviation.soaring and thought it might be of interest to this group. From the Delft University: www.compositesworld.com/news/cwweekly/2007/October/112036 Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder

David Shelton informed me the Penn State Soaring Club has several items for sale that were donated by Dick Schreder. An ad for these items has been added to the “Trading Post” section of Schreder Sailplane Designs site. (http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Trading_Post/The_Trading_Post.html)...

I have just added a HP-18 kit to the "Trading Post" section of the "Schreder Designs" website. (http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder) Wayne HP-14 N990 "6F"

Udo Rumpf has put his SHP-18W on the market to pursue building an even higher performance sailplane. Package details and associated links to Dick Johnson's performance evaluation, Udo's racing results and his HP-18 modifications can be found...

Brad Hill's Tetra-15 made its first flight on 27 January 2012. The Tetra-15 is the first sailplane built from the HP-24 project development and tooling. Brad got lots of photos and even some video of the event. There are some pictures (soon to be more) on the HP-24 website and on the HP-24...