Beech Staggerwing. Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have doors on bothsides of the cabin? Wil

Having just driven a Segway for the first time, I imagined what a three dimensioanl version would be like. Spent some time online looking at Hiller's flying platform, which seemed closest. Was unable to find any information on current attempts to re-create the flying platform. Does anyone know...

Hi Guys, Does anybody here know where I can lookup a DARPA contract number and find out details of the project? I picked up a VHF aviation radio from a surplus store and for the life of me, I can't seem to find any information on it. There is a sticker on the back stating serial number, DARPA...

Folks - I applied some aluminium-pigmented dope to some fabric. Tried cleaning up with Mineral Spirits. Not satisfactory. Cleaned up with butyrate thinner. Don't wanna use MEK (sorta scared of it) Anything else make a go cleaner-upper? Looking for something more available than the butyrate...

Hello I've not posted on rah before, but have lurked long enough to realize that you guys have a few electronics experts among you. What I have is a Gentex sph-4 military flyers helmet. This is a single plug helicopter helmet. I've been told that the microphone impedence for military helmets is...

Actually I'm interested also to know if any other designs besides BD aircraft utilize wing spars that are made of aluminum tube. So if you know of any I'd like to know what they are.

Hi, I'm building a Lancair Legacy (all carbon fiber) and am planning to put copper foil strips on the belly to serve as a ground plane for the belly-mounted com antenna. I'm going to use 1/4" wide copper foil with an adhesive back, attached to the outside of the fuselage and covered with a thin...

I have been considering starting a support group for people with a likewise addiction to my own. The day Harbor Freight moved into my town, my life was changed. It was easy to avoid it when it was online. I know other stores have impulse items by the checkout, but this damn place is filled with...

Please forgive me if I've posted this request here before. Memory is the second thing to go... Looking for two things: 1. An old KX-170B, working or not. If not, no trash that some hamhand tried to "fix" by ripping its guts out with a crowbar. 2. Mounting tray for same complete with power...

To All: For those of us who own a lathe and milling machine, somewhere in our past there is probably a tiny steam engine. Indeed, there's probably more than than one. A company in England provides the basic castings as a kit. As the machinist, you are expected to provide all else, from the...

Streisand's Silly Suit Sings Sour Song Judge Throws Out Suit Against Pilot Singer Barbra Streisand's lawsuit against a helicopter pilot accusing him of violating her privacy was thrown out of court Wednesday. Not only that, but she's going to have to pay Ken Adelman's legal fees -- estimated...

You may have some luck if you ask your question in this group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FLY-UL/ -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/ Join "The Ultralight & Experimental Aircraft...

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I sort of feel like the Harold Stassen of the EAA election process, but here we go again. In 1997, I ran for the EAA Board Of Directors and got some 700 of you to email me your proxies. The vote was 700 to 35,000 for the proxies that EAA held for the current board member candidate. (I ran in...

Monnett MONI motorglider for sale or trade. Wings bonded AND riveted. An honest 95%+ completed. Well built. 30 horsepower KFM engine mounted and test run. Be soaring THIS year not 5 years from now. Due to my own hangar space problems, and the fact that I have a powerplane AND another sailplane...

Hi Folks: The FAA made it official, and I appealed all the way, but the heart monitor put the stake in the plans I made. I am grounded. I was going to build a Renegade, Charlie Lasher's Formula V from the 80's. So, I have to forget building the plane. I have $300.00 of Wicks chrome-moly...

I'm working on the firewall forward for my homebuilt. I need to extend various wires to make it to their respective destinations. (14 to 26 gauge wires.) Any way to have a nice clean butt joint? I don't like the crimp butt joints or twisting the wires together with the accompanying monster...

For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan,...

Dan Rather/ CBS Evening News is advertising a sensational news story about small airport security, or, as the advertisement implies, the serious lack of it. Typical tag line: "What we found out will surprise you!" Ok...prepare to be surprised...and gutted...and vivisectioned...only as the media...

Is anyone running a Rotax 914 with a C/S prop - and if so, which prop?