John: It's been 16 years since your posts here, and I'm just now discovering your Bootstrap Approach to assessing small aircraft performance. Are you still around? If so, please respond. I'd like to buy additional background information directly from you since your book is now out of print. I...

Looking at the various conversions, such as Limbach, Hapi, Revmaster, Great Plains, and I'm sure there are some others, I'm wondering if one or the other has a reputation of being the best for reliablity? The Rotax seems based on the VW, although the company denies that, just looking at some of...

Hi, I'm looking to get into a homebuilt project within a few years from now. I've been doing some early research to see what's out there and look at options. I haven't come close to picking a final subject as my project yet, but I have some pretty good ideas of what I want. So far the aircraft...

Anybody ever think about putting a SOLAR turbine on the front of a Pulsar? Ric Stitt tells me his planetary transmission will drive a prop at 3000 rpm as a constant rpm output from the SOLAR. At about 150 hp and using the prop at constant rpm with varying pitch, that baby ought to go Vne in level...

i would like to convert this tail dragger to a tricycle gear would apreciate any help. carl verrett mi.

Stephen Farris wrote: There's a software update for the Lowrance AirMap 2000c dated 5/26/06 on the Lowrance website. It fixes the E6B/wind calculation problem, among other things. - Steve I ran the update last night. Just for information, you don't have to use your primary card that...

In article , Bart D. Hull wrote: Jim et al. ] #5 Is it a "old wives tale" that you must not run coax next to each other or you will create problems. How else am I going to run the Coax from the back of the plane to the back of the radios?

Hi all Was purusing the Marske flying wing glider website.....pretty cool tooo....look ma, no horizontal stabilizers or computer controls.... http://www.continuo.com/marske/carbon/carbon.html Anyway, he also sells extruded carbon fiber rod....the stuff is amazing! 14 times the tensile strength...

....for RV artwork? (As in Van's RV-3, -4 -6, -7, -8, -9, -10) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

My lady has just informed me that she would consider a complementary Triumph TR3 to our classic '58 Cessna 182 a good idea. She's willing to cash in her old Chevy on the Triumph...oil leaks and all...for a TR-3 of that era. Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals? Jim

Howdy, I would like to build one of these, but I'm a big fella. 6'2, 250#. I require more useful load. I am generally from the school of "Don't mess with a good thing", and would like a well proven design, with a relatively low build time. I have looked far and wide, and what I want is a Piet,...

This really made me angry. http://www.sportpilot.org/news/060803_ann.html It was a link from the EAA's eHotline email. I'll be sending out the appropriate emails and links to John Osterhout's web page. Please do the same.

I'm looking into educating myself about metal aircraft construction by getting a set of plans for a low-wing airplane. The idea is then to either design my own plane (no, looking at the plans is not the full education, there's also a master's degree in aerospace engineering, I'm more looking for...

I'm in the process of building a Team Tango (similar to a Glasair IIFG) and have a few thoughts about the landing gear. The earlier kits had fiberglass "legs" and the newer kits have aluminum legs. I flew in a Tango with the aluminum gear and it seemed quite harsh on landing. I know aluminum gear...

Or a big propeller. Now that our conversion to an aviation theme-suites hotel is almost complete, we think it's time to make the *outside* of the place look more aviation-ish. (We've only changed the inside, thus far.) Anyone know where I can find an old Cessna 140 (for example) fuselage...

Jim, Thank you for your input. I appreciate your time. -- Bart D. Hull Tempe,Arizona Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/engine.html for my Subaru Engine

I am looking for "test club propeller", I think this is the name of that thing. We want to run our Subaru conversion with the reduction gear box on a test bed and apply some close-to-real load on it.We do not want to use our bran new propeller for the first hours on test bed (don't want to take...

Hi all... I know this is somewhat off topic perhaps...but maybe somebody here has the tidbit of info I need.... As Im sure you all know....the Lift to drag ratio of a wing goes way up once it gets close to ground.....and roughly speaking the effect becomes pronounced when the wing has an altitude...

Greetings, What light twins exist now? What I'd like to have is something like the AirCam, for 100 mph, carefree low and scenic flying. Actually, push/pull symetrical thrust would be even better. The AirCam would be fine as is, if I could get a kit that's made from traditional materials, rather...

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