To All, Has anyone installed a Hirth F30ES engine on their aeroplane? How does it perform? They have a good track record, correct? Calvin

Anyone ever heerd tell of a compact bump resistant Hygrometer???

So how is everyone doing during this hurricane? Here in southern Lake county only 43 mph winds so far at 1:01 am Sunday. Supposed to pick up and get more rain and wind over the next several hours. -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft...

I generally try to alternate years going to Oshkosh and Sun N' Fun. For the Winconsin trip, that makes a problem with getting a hotel room since I don't keep the room every year. I've been told that to get a hotel room, I should call right after I finish kissing my girlfriend after watching the...

Hey all, I have a massive collection of aviation and a few model aviation magazines for sale in the Philadelphia area. I'll ship elsewhere, but we're talking about nearly 500 pounds of magazines in 23 boxes... so it will be expensive. More info...

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For the folks who use Alclad Aluminum. Am I corrrect in that if you don't intend to paint it, it needs no additional coating? - Mike

Hi guys , does anybody know which is the best place , if any , to get large 3 by 12 foot 4130 annealed sheets in 0.100 , 0.063 , 0.032 ? I need about 600 pound . Steve Australia ( thats why I need so much , we got nothing here exept crocodiles.)

I checked NBC's website. This was a (national) 1 hour long show - 2 pm in the Twin Cities (CST). Yup, it's over now. "World of Adventure Sports" Segments include the Red Bull Air Race, an aerobatic flying competition. I watched it for a half an hour. Good effort by the network. Montblack

In the Oct. Custom Planes article on VW crackshafts, it seems that the text and the chart do not agree. The text says that 1 and 4 are the paired cylinders. According to the chart, though (based on the description of 'paired' in the text), 1 and 3 should be paired. Am I having a premature senior...

I just received the 2008 Vintage Airplanes calendar, with my plane as "Miss January!" See: http://www.tide-mark.com/vintage-airplanes.html

Hello, page 2-11 in IPC, I see AN502-10-8 for #16 (vaccum pump drive gear bolts) When I disasemble my O200, I found 12 point flange bolt and drill head for safety wire. Is any body known the part number for this bolts? Is any body known where I may find a socket for this head?

Cheers, A guy here asked me to help him to find answer(s) on his qiestion: are there any amphib floats with non-retractable main wheels? If any, could anybody point me out where to find information about such floats. Thanks in advance, Alex Lameko

OK, I've been googling, wikiing, and reading FAR gobbledygook all morning and I still don't have a clear picture of what the nav light requirements (in both azimuth and elevation) are as regards brightness. If anybody has a point to a clear post of the brightness requirements, I'd sure be...

Folks - Looking for something to use to spray small quantities of rejuvenator and dope away from electricity, I came upon a rechargale aerosol spray can sold by JCWhitney and Wag-Aero. Anyone had any experience with this tool? - Mike

Hello ! I have some trouble with a King KX 175B Nav/Comm Radio: I have connected a 14 V Unit to 28 V Power. (The aircraft has two voltage buses) Interesting, it does recieve very good and the lamps wont burn out, but once you set it to transmit, thats it. It will transmit once and then never...

Are these guys good or what??? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8595143022111722945&q=aircraft+landing+video

Interesting video. Building an RV4 in 4500 hours, presented in 10 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujLOzOpy1iY&NR=1

All you EZ/Cozy builders what do you put under the nose to protect the fuselage when it is down? Extra thick paint? ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project http://www.abri.com/sq2000

I am interested human powered flight, and I have a design for flexible spiral wings shaped like a cornucopia or the coils in an old telephone cord (See "Spring Wings" at http://patricktimony.tvheaven.com/catalog.html ). If anyone in the Washington DC area would be interested in collaborating...