Doesn't putting aluminum foil on your TV's antenna (rabbit ears) help reception by catching more rays? So in a composite airplane, with the antenna inside the fuselage, what about putting some foil on it to catch radio rays better?

These are the most wonderfully engineered oleo struts in the world. They are easy to rebuild and easy to service. Filling one with 5606 hydraulic fluid, however, is not best done by the book. You slip a tube which fits tightly over the schrader (with the stem removed) and the other end of the...

http://www.ioffer.com/i/83668696 Anyone here bought from this guy? I don't think this is the licensed copy since he's selling several and in CD format.

Looking for Long EZ, Berkut or Q2 plans so that I may build an RC model, 1/4 - 1/3 scale. Do not need the entire plan set as I intend to go foam wing core and fiberglass hull. Please direct all responses back to

This time it's Vlado Lenoch gracing the pages of our rec.aviation photo gallery, colloquially known in these parts as the "Rogue's Gallery"... Check out his fabulous 1944 P-51D Mustang, "Moonbeam McSwine," at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm . (Navigate to the "L"s to find Vlado's...

Proposal for a future (helicopter) engine... 2-stroke diesel 2500cc two cylinder 45 degree V (120-150hp) air cooled (cowlings) common rail direct injection (high pressure) supercharged (Whipple fixed displacement max. 25 psi twin-screw) piston ported (or with LIM-type intake valve) Links...

The following thread on the Van's Air Force web site was of general enough interest that I thought it worthwhile to bring it to the attention of other pilots: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=24147 Would be quite useful if it really worked. Of course there would still be...

For the last few years I have toyed with the idea of building a homemade two-stroke engine for UL use. What keyed my interest was reading about homemade model aircraft engines and reading and watching a re-enactment of the Wright brother's first flight with a replica engine (not a two-stroke...

Got a small Denso alternator with internal regulator and no wiring diagram. The two lower of the three regulator pinouts are labeled as IG and L. The upper is a D connection. Anybody know what the different connections are for?

Last revised on October 6th 2002. Updated information on owner-maintenence. This document attempts to answer common questions asked by newcomers to the rec.aviation.homebuilt newsgroup, or those curious individuals unfamiliar with the domain of homebuilt aircraft. It assumes that the reader...

what rpm range best for aluminum sheet metal? 2600? 3600? less? more? thanks KM

Rotax 912 has 259 hrs on it $ 3980. , needs work and some parts replaced , may trade for 582 or 503 Steve (623) 842-3902

Someone expressed surprise that I was now working on a Ford 3.8L V-6 for my engine. Last they'd heard, I was trying to find a certified type. I thought I'd bring everyone up to date. It's true that I had basically given up on using an auto conversion as I was having trouble justifying the cost...

I got the following link to this video via the Matronics Zenith e-mail list. What's interesting and fascinating about it is that it contains video from a cockpit camera that shows the impending mid-air collision and the cockpit view when the aircraft hits the ground under the...

I have just listed on eBay two Lawrance B-75 5 cylinder radial engine projects. These are absolutely adorable, something like a half size Kinner. Several small homebuilt aircraft have been powered by these war surplus jewels in years past, however they WILL need some modifications if they are to...

Ok, here goes... About 2 years ago I had a chance to buy some small radial engines at a car show, there were perhaps 25-36 inches accross, I cant remeber, I had a chance to buy em at $40 each and there were 10 or so in various states of disrepair, but since I had spent all my money alloted by...

I'm in Western Australia. locally our supplies of VW engines seem to have dried up. Even BMW motor cycle engines seem to have dried up. what other currently available engines have been successfully used in aircraft? the engine problem seems to provide the most unsolvable dilema when attempting to...

Just curious if anyone has a decided preference for a specific type of epoxy putty? and why? J.B. Weld is getting to be the generic, but I am not so sure it will work in the high fuel exposure area I was intending it for. Anybody have any experience with something else that they likerd better?

Among other aircraft I've been looking at the Zenith Air STOL CH 801 lately, which attracted my attention purely as an inexpensive and eaily built plane to cart my family around. http://www.zenithair.com But the advertised 390-ft fully-loaded ground roll got me fantasizing about all the...

I'm prejudiced. Of course I'm prejudiced. In 5000+ flight hours, I've never come as close to a midair as I did at Oshkosh 1999. Oshkosh Tower: "BlueOnBlue Cessna, number three for runway 27. Ercoupe put it on the numbers. Flight of three T6s, cross over runway 27, right downwind for runway...