How Beat The High Cost Of Fuel Randall Fishman, president of Electric Aircraft Corp., flew his ultralight trike at EAA Airventure 2007, Oshkosh. "I flew the trike in front of the crowds, and the trike was mobbed with people every day. The EAA folks really loved the idea." The ElectraFlyer won...

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

Roger Halstead wrote: I've been having a problem finding what I need to present to the FAA. They say you need the original bill of sale, but there never was one. Just an invoice stating price, what was there, and method of payment. I have a bill of sale from the estate and the original...

Looking for N-3 Pup POH. Will pay for dup and postage.

Several years ago I developed a software program to read engine RPM based on the sound that the engine makes. I now have a new version of this (free) software available which is much easier to use than the old verison. It runs on any Pocket PC, or any Windows laptop. You can use it to check the...

Three new additions to our Rec.Aviation "Rogue's Gallery" of participants and their planes... - From Pennsylvania, Mike Granby and his beautiful Piper Arch-Warrior (180 horse Warrior)... - From New Jersey, Lee ("RossPilot") Ross' gorgeous Skyhawk... - From Colorado, Chris ("SeeAndAvoid") Rodiguez'...

I googled, but there's not much infor. about converting the turbine in the microturbine generator for aircraft use. So I am tossing my idea here. The Capstone's microturbine generator looks very neat. The generator has 60kw output, and the turbine itself should have higher output, enough for a...

Ok, so it's not an airplane but it is related. I'm going to Oshgosh and will be camping. Anyone have an idea on how to make my 70db generator quieter besides not running it? Lou

Saw a blurb about folks using a Mercedes engine in homebuilts? Any details on the conversion?

Have you tried contacting one of the commercial companies like Petroleum Helicopters or Air Logistics? Both of them are located in (or near) Lafayette, LA. If the blades from a Bell 206 would be of use to you, they might be able to help. Otherwise, you might also try Barnstormers.com...

Not that I plan to do this but I was wondering, if one was going to plan to install a diesel in a homebuilt, what diesel would one put in? Lou

I'm trying to solve a problem with a Valcom 760 that appears to be related to voltage regulation. The symptoms are that the radio seems to power up normally, then the display digits fade away after several seconds. It will neither transmit nor receive in this state. The outputs of several internal...

Bought a digital video camera a week ago; fabricated a mount and installed it on the Fly Baby's axle tube this weekend. Here's a quick snippet from a 30-minute flight I took yesterday. http://www.bowersflybaby.com/slip.mpg Unfortunately, the video compression loses a lot of data to get the...

My CFII buddy recently bought a Culver Cadet and while it it is in great flying condition, the landing gear is non functional. I'm trying to locate either shematics (if they exist) or at least some other Culver owner who has operating manual retractable gear that I might get some digital...

You've got mail! From: "Fastglasair" Subject: STS AV7600 VOR Handheld aviation transceiver Date: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:20 PM Does anyone know how to operate the VOR function on this radio? The VOR operation is not very intuitive. Bought this unit used, it came with...

This is one of those questions where there must be a simple answer. This is probably the forum to get the best explanation. Why aren't vacuum driven gyro instruments driven by pressure instead? The reason I'm wondering is because about 2" of suction is sufficient to power a turn needle, and while...

http://www.flyinggators.com/news/LSA/SPrule.html -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

Anyone here who has a spare TSO'd altimeter floating around? I'm looking for an 80mm (3 1/8") model with range 0-20.000ft and millibar pressure scale, maybe a Winter or United Instruments?? Thanks! Rob Turk The Netherlands

Well I just came across another piece of advertising masquerading as an article in Private Pilot magazine. The author goes up on a short hop in a Sting Sport, another plastic topy ariplane from the Czech Republic and he's raving about it like it's the biggest thing since sliced bread. He even...

Just two months and two weeks until OSH, ladies and gents! We're already gearing up for two events this year designed by and for pilots: 1. 6th Annual Iowa City Fly-In Pool Party http://www.alexisparkinn.com/iowa_city_pool_party.htm Hard to believe it's been six years since you guys and gals...