Anyone know where I can get small adjustable cockpit air vents that don't cost $80.00 a pop? Thanks! Bart

As many of you already know Naviad Devices has gone belly-up. It's too bad from my point of view, they have made an excellent autopilot for a reasonable cost for many years. Anyway, I have the AP-1 manual posted on my web site for anyone that needs it....

Posting the tale of the apprentice's toolbox about ten days ago produced a lot of interesting mail but a couple of key concepts managed to escape comment. Perhaps these concepts are things everyone already understands, although I've a hunch they aren't. So mebbe I'd better beat the drum. Each of...

Several years ago I started building a RagWing Special. I built everything but the fuselage,when the facts that it tended to fly tail low,and would not make UL weight stopped me. Graham Lee (RIP) in a post ,suggested the tail low attitude was caused by the lack of downthrust,problem solved. The...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/21/priest.balloons.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCText Definitely a homebuilt!

Is it just me or is anybody else sick of seeing the Moller Skycar on magazine covers and on TV shows with exuberent hosts giggling in the front seat? How does he get so much good PR with such miserable results to show for so many millions spent? I just don't get it... -Tom in Colorado --...

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I know I haven't posted in here in about forever, and I'm (sadly) no further along in this project than the "gathered most materials, still doing last-minute-design" stage, but I need to ask a couple plywood questions: First, I'm guessing that marine plywood was used in the construction of the...

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http://tinyurl.com/2vwes4 by Harry Dacre, 1892 There is a flower Within my heart, Daisy, Daisy! Planted one day By a glancing dart,

Just tried to take a video today of my flight and used about 1" of foam under the camera to hold it down. It does ok to absorb actual frame vibrations but not the jiggles (potholes) on the taxiway and other sudden shocks which send the camera rattling on the soft foam. Any suggestions for material...

I just ran across a bunch of old and/or interesting flying videos that I thought that I'd share with ya'll who would appreciate this type of entertainment or history! Here's the steam powered plane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8 And then there's old cropdusting video in South...

buy them direct from china yourself http://www.ming-da.com/index.htm $39 us$ each!

One friendly and generous T-18 builder let me sit in his standard T-18 down at SNF. I'm 6'2" and had thought I wouldn't have enough leg room. Boy was I surprised! turns out, I had more than enough leg room. The main thing that was tight was the fact the plane I sat in was the original fuselage,...

Just returned from Sun 'n fun. For those that didn't go, the first and second day I was there, muddy mess! They'd had a foot of rain the weekend before the show, and the parking lot was a swamp. Cars getting stuck constantly. And a lot of the aircraft parking was messed up. Production planes parked...

Aviation Apprentice They were told to be there at 0730 and, with rare exception, they always were, at least on that first all-important day. There was never less than thirty-two of them, never more than thirty-six. The youngest had just turned fourteen, the oldest was a day shy of eighteen. ...

http://tinyurl.com/24og9o Read about the bewildering details of a number of long-suffering non-resident pilots who have been caught in the FL tax trap, (otherwise known as the "Florida Landing Fee"). It starts like this... you buy a new or used aircraft and sign the bill of sale... which starts...

My Rotax 912 has begun to stumble intermittently at low and high power settings. I believe that I isolated the stumbling problem to the left ignition system and removed the double ignition coils, wires and boots. I checked everything for proper resistances according to the Rotax manual. ...

What are the choices out there? What are the pros and cons of each? What is your recommendation? Which are easier for the applicator? Cost comparisons? I hope to get some responses, I'll also check the archive while I wait for the responses. Thanks to all who respond.

Hello, I was hoping to get some thoughts/opinions on purchasing a complete Glasair III kit that has been sitting untouched in it's original crate for 10 years. Never been opened or inventoried. Is this a bad idea? I'm worried about things like delicate composite parts which through the years may...