"Ebby" wrote in message ... I'm going to Oshkosh this summer. My question for this group is this. Are there any deals at the aeromart or flymarket. I am building a Hatz tube and fabric biplane and was wondering if Oshkosh...

A friend from Texas who worked for the railroad and liked to fly his supercub along the tracks decided to have a little fun one night. He flew just off the ground down the tracks and just before he got in sight of a freight train roaring down the tracks, he turned on his landing light...

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Hi, As an 8-year (or longer) Kitplanes subscriber, and longtime electronics tech (Army Aviation-trained), I read with interest the articles Jim Weir wrote about building your own RG battery charger (Kitplanes: March, April, & May 2004). This looks just like the ticket for my application, but I did...

What's the weight penalty for not stripping an old 172, just painting over the old paint, after sanding it first, of course. I'm new at this but willing to make a go of it. I'd like to use a high-gloss polyurethane and some bright colors. TIA for your advice. I've been receiving a lot...

During activities like Airventure (Sun N fun too)I notice great enthusiasm by potential builders of the huge array models available. Also you see the successful builders with a sense of accomplishment flying their creations to the air exposition. But if you poled the successful pilots regarding...

With regard to engine assembly, I've received several queries that generally went like this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I need help in understanding how to burnish the coating on. I first tried the dremmel but the stuff...

To be merciful, I've changed the subject heading so that those who don't care to read any more about this subject can simply delete it or skip over without opening it. I figured that there had to be more to Gore's one liner. Politicians don't normally feed ammunition to the opposition so I looked...

This was in the newspaper today. No information on the airplane, but it was supposed to be a homebuilt. I have heard it was a BD-4, but no confirmation. I used to fly out of the North Omaha Airport. It is relatively short (2,500 feet from memory) with high trees off the south end. The north end...

Our EAA chapter had a 40' hangar door that split in the middle and folded sideways (each half). The ends were hinged and the center had a single roller that ran in a track above. The bottom was not attached in any way and just hung. It was held closed and open with large steel pins that dropped...

Jim or anyone else who has 'been there', Are circuit boards available for the capacitive fuel guages featured in the year2000 Kitplanes articles? Or (more desirable to me) is there an easily fabricated optical sensor available for fuel level measurement? Other options???

"Dave Jackson" wrote: Does the fuel-injected version of an engine weigh more then its naturally aspirated version? Thanks, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Engines WITHOUT superchargers or turbochargers are considered... "normally aspirated" and can be

Hey all, I'm starting a homebuilt project (obtained partially completed) and was wondering what kind of price I'm looking at for a Continental A-65 with a couple hundred hours left on it. How about an overtime engine? Thanks, -Tony

Hi Jim, I have seen people hang an empty plastic oil bottle on the fuel vent to catch the dripping fuel on Cessnas. Have you tried this? It shouldn't be too much of a fire hazard and will save your hangar floor. Just make sure that you drain the bottle regularly because the angle it sits on the...

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I have some Gerdes master cylinders that were given to me years ago which I am just now planning on using. Don't know much about them, but was wondering if it wouldn't be prudent to have them be rebuilt ( overhauled ) before I use them, since they've been on the shelf for so long. Is it actually...

Anyone out there who knows the pinout of the rear connector of the ARC RT-359A transponder? We just got an altitude encoder to go with the unit (an ACK A-30) in hope for a little better reception from the ATC when flying in controlled airspace... The ACK installation manual is fine, giving the pin...

Is there anyone on this group that uses one of the following new servers. news.cox.net news.central.cox.net news.west.cox.net nslookup will tell you that they are all mapped to 68.6.19.6 I can't access this group with that server, and so far can't get cox to

Ok, I just finished reading Tony Bingelis's "sportplane builder" section on covering a wooden plane with fiberglass instead of the intended fabric. Has anyone in this group ever done this or some who knows someone who has done this? I'm building a wooden place that calls for a fabric covering. ...

Hi, I usually post in rec.woodworking and I hope this isn't a violation of your rules here. This will be the only time I post this to your group .. I have a real nice flaring tool one of ya'll might be interested in. It is a Papco #600 -- Roto-Master Flaring Tool. I have had it for a long time...