On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:23:14 GMT, john smith wrote: Ethanol-based gasohol is expensive and energy intensive to produce, and can damage rubber seals and diaphragms Man you can sure say that again. When I was an auto mechanic back in the late 70's at a Chrysler/Mazda/Subaru...

Has this one been around the block a few times? It was an interesting read. http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/ Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage "Readily-available chemical added to gas tank in small proportion improves the fuel's ability to vaporize...

Anyone have scans of the pictures in any of the Tantalizing Takeoffs calendars? Please contact me at Thanks Edwin

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Those that haven't seen Chuck Sluzarczyk on Junkyard Mega-Wars: Flight of the Century... it is showing in three Discovery Wings time slots during the day today. Barnyard BOb -

Fellow homebuilders, We bought an Insight GEM610 engine monitor for our Jabiru 3300 engine. It came with the wrong probes. Insight doesn't offer the right ones. So I'm looking for a source of 12mm ungrounded CHT probes. Anyone here with suggestions where to get these? Thanks, Rob

Ron Lee's gorgeous 1996 RV6A is the latest addition to the Rec.Aviation "Rogue's Gallery". See it at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm (Go to the "L" section to see Ron's cool bird...) What is this Rogue's Gallery? It's a picture webpage just for participants in the Rec.Aviation...

What is the name of the 50? 60? year old homebuilt that looks like a high-wing Sonex? I've been to the website - they even ask: 'Doesn't ______ look like a Sonex, with the wing on top?' http://builder.sonexaircraft.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?action=completions Pages of Sonex Aircraft completions.

Folks: For those of you who are either flying with, building with, or considering building with Emag/Pmag EI products from Emagair, you may be interested in reading my warning regarding these products at: http://www.cozybuilders.org/Emagair_Warning/ and doing some web searches of...

In any event I sure wouldn't want to be that young man from Minnesota who was arrested and charged the other day. I wonder what it must have felt like for him to spend his first day sitting at home with an electronic bracelet on his ankle.... no computers to play with, not allowed to...

Yes, you need it. The interface between the crankshaft and whatever you've attached to it -- a flywheel, magneto drive-hub or dynamo hub -- is exposed to full oil pressure. There's a drain-back channel but the oil doesn't see it until it has negotiated the interface occupied by the...

NVAV Fly-in and Barbeque on Drachten Airfield (EHDR) on 16 & 17 June 2007 Hi Home-built friends, The Dutch Homebuilt Association NVAV* invites you to their Annual Fly-in and Barbeque on Drachten Airfield (EHDR) on 16 & 17 June 2006 EHDR is situated in the North of Netherlands (Friesland) and...

Just FYI to readers in the U.S.: The PBS NOVA TV series is airing a new episode on Tuesday, November 7th (tomorrow as I write this) about Alberto Santos-Dumont titled "Wings of Madness". Here's the web page on the program: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/santos/ For those unfamiliar with him,...

I've spent the better part of an hour and a half on the net searching, tried to get into the ABS site which appeared to be down, spend several hours searching through what manuals I have, but I couldn't find the torque required for the spark plugs in an IO-470N. I did find the torque values for...

Polikarpov PO-2 Flight/Service & Maintenance Manual published by:Zavod No 23 , 1937. 264 pages Complete service,maintenance and repair manual with some 200 extreme detailed drawings. printed(A5 format) or CD Rom version Sample scans could be seen...

The City of Torrance (TOA) has passed a resolution mandating a fee for the required annual fire inspection of the hanger. The fee is $200-$500 depending on the size of the hanger. Basically, the fire department has a card table set out near the gate of the airport for a few hours Sat and Sunday...

Hi, Just stopping in to spread the word for those of you who are interested in either the Quickie or Dragonfly tandem winged composite homebuilts that I have created a web site to archive information on these two aircraft. If you have anything you can add to the archives, please let me...

For those in the Western Wisconsin area (but ALL are invited!), we are having a fly in at the Bloomer (Gateway, WI18) airport in Bloomer, WI over the weekend of August 11-13, 2006. There will be several vendors (such as Quad City Ultralights, Cirrus, Rans, BRS, etc,), food available ON SITE,...

Does anybody know anything about this engine? Is it suitable for an ultralight and what kind of power/thrust can you expect from it?