I need to add some shims to the axles of my Fly Baby to reduce the side-to-side movement of my wheels (the axles aren't threaded at the end, the wheels are held on with a cross-bolt through a bushing). I basically need some thin metal washers with a 1.5" inside diameter. I'm suspecting the...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Mel Harmon Chapter of the Air Force Association WHAT: are sponsoring a "104th Anniversary of Flight" Celebration WHE at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial

I would like to find drawings for the O-200 engine, baffling, etc. I am assisting a friend to put in an O-200 into a design that originally used a different engine. Thanks in advance, Rick Pellicciotti

Mid-air collision http://www.townhall.com/news/us/2007/11/20/small_planes_collide_in_wash;_all_live Somebdy must have said their prayers before takeof. Three people, no serious injury or loss of life. Loss of one craft in the bay, the other landed safely. Flash

A video of docu-drama film 'The Riddle of Richard Pearse' has been located, digitised and uploaded to Google Video. This is the film during which the horse which was towing the replica plane across a field suddenly bolted and the plane took off - but despite all the cameras around no-one managed to...

All this talk about antennas got me thinking about my install. I have a Glasair with the antenna in the aft fuse. mounted on an aluminum ground plane. Should this be connected to the a/c ground? Ed

Extracted from Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct 2007. The small home-built plane that uses a Chevrolet car engine was featured last month on the cover of Contact, a magazine that spotlights experimental aircraft. On Thursday night, Bud Warren, of Conroe,TX, was flying his creation to the West Houston...

ELT normally uses an externally mounted antenna. But in composite planes it may be advantageous to use a ducky. 1. On crash the external antenna may be destroyed - brushing against trees, whatever. An attached ducky on the ELT will likely stay on. 2. A ducky radiates nearly isotropically - i.e....

On 16 Nov 2006 I became a blogger by uploading 'The World's Ugliest Toolbox' http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ugliest-toolbox.html ....in response to Google's offer of free blogging space. Since then I've uploaded 264 others from a file of a thousand or so digitalized articles...

I have a Trimble 16248-20 GPS antenna. What type of connector is it? Thanks in advance. Robin

I recently purchased the Sears "Professional" Lithium batteried driver drills. I purchased two because I was in the process of erecting a metal building. The batteries and charger worked good but the keyless chuck on both drills exhibit what I call "Auto Loosen". I have several other keyless...

Greetings Homebuilt folk I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has installed the Trutrak ADI Pilot 1 using their inbuild GPS rather than an exernal GPS to provide track information. For the type of flying that I do I believe that not being able to interact with the GPS and not able to...

Intercom enroute. Hope it will do you some good. Jim -- "If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford

What problems can anyone forsee to building a 100% electric ultralight aircraft for short & mid-range commuters to get back & forth to work (aside from air traffic issues... it IS a big sky after all)? I understand the average commute is less than 30 miles in land based vehicles which would...

Anyone know where I could order a bunch of small samples of different weights and thicknesses of small amounts of fiberglass? I'm looking to experiment with different sizes so I'll need 3 or 4 square feet of the different sizes. Lou

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Just thinking into the future at the moment. I know nothing about sandblasting except you can apparently use different abrasive material i.e. glass beads, sand, nut shells (?) An aircraft I'm looking at has some rust at the tail cone. If I purchase it, I'd like to remove the rust and prime...

We always sell 3 1/8" mechancial instruments, such as ALT, ASI, VSI, GYRO in global market. With global homebuilt/experimental aircrafts, there are one third aircrafts which installed our instruments. We want to know whether pilots like 2" or 2 1/4" ALT, ASI, VSI. They are very important for us to...

Yes, I know about hiring it out, but I used to be a model maker and its fun, or at least has been so far. Anybody know anyone who has re-profiled the wing and may have a template set? Jim

Running from September to September… That IS the real year after all isn’t it? The second annual Legacy of Speed Unlimited Air Racing calendars are even BIGGER than last year! Legacy of Speed celebrates the history of Air Racing with images spanning 61 years of the worlds fastest motorsport....