Van's Air Force (VAF) is probably the largest homebuilding site on the Web. But it's devoted to Vans Aircraft homebuilts (the RV series). Worse--for the purpose of this post--it actively deletes negative posts about vendors. So you get all the praises of good vendors, but negative comments are...

I picked up an old Narco Com IIA radio. I'd like to wire it up at home in the garage so I can listen to the traffic and approach control flying overhead. I've searched the internet high and low looking for documentation that would identify the connections on the back. I can't find any, not...

Hi all! It's been a while since I visited this group, I've been busy putting a Scotish Aviation Bulldog on civilian register with a group of people at the Swedish Air Force Museum. But now a friend of mine visited a cousin in the US and whent on an airboat ride in the Everglades and that hooked him...

I'm building an RV-9A and finally installed the static ports today. Vans provides a pair, one for each fuselage side, made from a couple of pull rivits: Remove the stem and voila, instant static port. They seem to work well but nobody likes the look. SafeAir provides a nice kit with CNC machined...

Does anyone have any new information on Mark Bierle's ( of Earthstar Aircraft) Rad Cam engine? All the web searches mention that the engine was at Sun-n-Fun 2003 and Airventure 2003. Was he at either of those fly-ins this year? Thanks Neal

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderonlaunched his military campaign against the cartels after he took office in late 2006. Drugs were smuggled from Mexico into Arizona by car, plane, on foot, and through tunnels. "This is one...

Hello, I am planning to install a GNS430W with CDI (GAR GI-106A). My question is, is there a switch that needs to also be installed to select the mode of the CDI? From LOC/GS to GPS. Or is this included in the GNS430W? Thanks

In appearances on the TV talk shows, GOP candidatesHerman Cain and Texas Gov. Rick Perry pointed to their respective plans to simplify the federal tax code as key to economic growth. "This plan is about getting people back to work, putting confidence in the American entrepreneur to know that the...

I've been sailing now for 5 or 6 years. Boats are fun, and the girls come along! But I've been getting the itch to build another flying machine. Maybe the YB-1 Stealth Biplane? Or a WW-I sorta replica. One more time? Before I'm too old to cut the aluminum?

I have seen reported that the AirBus-320 has a glide ratio of 1:15. That was what our pilots told us the wings on Cessna 180-182 (L-19)'s glide ratio was. It does not seem consistent that a swept, thin airfoil, wing would have the same glide ratio as the Cessna. It is correct the AB-320 has a...

On Nov 7, 2:09*pm, george152 wrote: Frogwatch wrote: http://www.seair.com/flyingboat.htm I had to post this as it just looks fun. In the 70s early 80s every ultralight/microlight had provision for floats... increased drag and lowered airspeed would take them from...

It is a practical technological innovation for motion detector lights that drastically improve the safety of your home. And they are very cost-effective. There are many effective mechanisms with motion sensor lights but the most common being technology is the PIRs (passive infrared). Since human...

Searching through my old slide collection I came across one of a J3-65 Cub marked "Grace the Ace" in large titles down the side - tucked away in the back of a Hangar in Lethbridge , Alberta back in 1980. here's the Photo http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1165897/ It had a notice in the Cockpit window...

Next time you're moping around and need a project, try one of these: http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/ Rich Isakson

Ouch. :+( http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/05/9229570-model-editor-seriously-injured-by-planes-propeller http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/05/9229570-model-editor- seriously-injured-by-planes-propeller

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Hello , am looking for advise on a VHF Omni directional antenna for a small fixed base operation , looked at a commercial ant. and the price is a little high for a 1/4 wave vertical , am sure the quality is there but am wondering if I could modify a Ringo or something else to work just as good ,...

Brad Hill's Tetra-15 made its first flight on 27 January 2012. The Tetra-15 is the first sailplane built from the HP-24 project development and tooling. Brad got lots of photos and even some video of the event. There are some pictures (soon to be more) on the HP-24 website and on the HP-24...

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government has installed another 496 security cameras in hotspot areas throughout the country to curb crime. The security cameras, installed at a cost of RM11.8 million, were part of the government initiative to fight crime through 24-hour monitoring of the...