Don't have time to elaborate right now, just go see it. It will only be in theaters for another week or so. If you're building an airplane, it will speak to you.

On eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260325125475 Item number 260325125475 if that URL doesn't work for you. The thing I'm curious about is the wing profile. Sections like that seem to work for the F-117 stealth fighter. But it seems a bit out of place on this...

Planning to build or buy a Volkswagen engine? Right now all of the major components come from other countries. Brazil produces crankcases. Mexico casts the cylinder heads an produces most of the auxiliary components such as the cam and its gea or the distributors pinion gear. China has taken a...

I have my 4130 fuselage on wheels but am short on space to work on wings, so I'm looking at alternate storage for the bare (all pulleys, cables, wood, fabric removed) fuselage. someone suggested WD-40 and when ready, using brakefluid to remove the oil prior to sandblasting. WD-40 seems too...

I'm curious if anyone has either designed and built or built from plans, their own landing gear and how they did it. I know, I know, I could follow the plans. But the plans call for a retractable gear system that I don't want at this time. What I'm looking for is a oleo strut style with brackets...

If someone was to design a steel tube fuselage or a modification to a steel tube fuselage, does anybody know of a relatively inexpensive and painless way to get a stress analysis done, or software to do it? John

Has anybody here heard of VW aeroconversions by a company called metric A/P? Any experiences good or bad? I haven't been able to find them on the Web. -- FF

Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3398892&page=1 Dale Alexander

Anyone have experience with these? Wag Aero are selling plans for these still. Anyone know of their history? were they always a homebuilt design? Are they compartmentalised like Edos? Performance? ease of building, expense? TIA! F1

Quick question for the group. When setting the torque on prop bolts (I have bolts with nuts), if the hole for the cotter pin doesn't line up with the castleated nut at the proper torque setting, is it better to go tighter or looser to get the hole lined up. My gut instinct says tighter,...

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Well, I have done it now. Sent of me hard earned for a set of Bearhawk plans. I haven't built an aeroplane before let alone scratch building from plans, hopefully an enjoyable learning curve over the next several years....... Any other Bearhawk builders in the group? Ric

Delete Morgan County UT and Chreighton NE from the mogas list. Jim

This is one of those questions where there must be a simple answer. This is probably the forum to get the best explanation. Why aren't vacuum driven gyro instruments driven by pressure instead? The reason I'm wondering is because about 2" of suction is sufficient to power a turn needle, and while...

It seems that they would use something other than "C-frames" with dimple die sets and a dead blow mallet.

This may very well be the best thought out item we have read since 9/11/01. Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan ... what we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message. I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan...

If I cut Lexan on a bandsaw, what is the best way to sand out the cut marks along the cut line? Sand paper? File? I want to make a new windshield and the cut edge will be the top of the windshield (open cockpit). -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Building RV-4 Gotta Fly or Gonna Die

I'm in the midst of working on my transponder install. I've got three antenna cables running to the radio/transponder panel. Two are for the Narco Nav/Comm and attach via BNC, the other used to be soldered to the rack for the old transponder but will now get a BNC fitting as well. Accidentally...

Three new additions to our Rec.Aviation "Rogue's Gallery" of participants and their planes... - From Pennsylvania, Mike Granby and his beautiful Piper Arch-Warrior (180 horse Warrior)... - From New Jersey, Lee ("RossPilot") Ross' gorgeous Skyhawk... - From Colorado, Chris ("SeeAndAvoid") Rodiguez'...

Riveted aluminum fuel tanks are smart. They're easy to build and superbly practical for the homebuilder since she can make them in whatever shape she needs. Most folks shy away from this fabrication technique due to the high cost of Pro-Seal, still listed at more than $8/oz in the Aircraft Spruce...