To All: Recent posts have covered several aspects of propeller balancing, largely for the purpose of convincing those who have never carved a prop to give it a try. Posts have dealt on the benefits of using as many laminations as PRACTICAL, so as to ensure adequate stiffness in the finished prop....

wrote: Greetings from the Great snowed in North.... I called Titebond and asked about mech properties of TB3 glue and heard something I didn't like. I ewas told it wsnt approved for structural applications because it creeped over time.. Now exactly...

I get a LOT of mail about adjusting the lash on Volkswagen valves, and much of that mail comes from folks who are FLYING behind a converted VW engine, making it a valid topic for this Newsgroup. The basic message is that for an in-service engine you DO NOT use the adjustment procedure shown in the...

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I bought a started Homebuilt project from a Guy who passed on before finishing the build. His work is Top Notch and I don't think I will have any trouble getting his work accepted when I have the EAA people inspect the project. I believe that getting someone to look things over now is the best way...

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In line with veedubber's approach to engineering it yourself. in all the times I've seen applecheeks used for fairing the engine I've only ever seen one guy actually make use of them. behind the firewall they dont conduct air ...usually, so they are wasted volume. one chap still sticks in the mind...

Out of lurk mode: I have started a new Yahoo group dedicated to the construction of my nearly ready to fly, self-launching, high performance (for an ultralight), home-built, soon to be electric powered sailplane, the Red Tail Hawk. I also discuss future versions that others might want to...

However, I am suffering from cancer, not STARVATION :-) Chocolate. Smoked Salmon (!!) Hickory Farms. Other stuff... These things are popping up on our doorstep without card or letter. They are welcome but I'd like to thank the giver(s) personally. _Bob

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/secondary-stall.html This stall is called a secondary stall since it may occur after a recovery from a preceding stall. It is caused by attempting to hasten the completion of a stall recovery before the airplane has regained sufficient flying speed. When this...

Anyone know how the pins on a TDR-950 transponder connector are numbered? As you are looking at the connector from the back of the unit, left to right? Right to left? Thanks.

"I read your posts about a survival rifle and lemme tell you, you just don't understand the modern Ami-rican mind. What you want is THIS (shows me a rusty 'Daisy' 'Red Ryder' BB gun). Now this here's a BB gun. If you lived in the right part of Ami-rica during the right TIME to be living there,...

.. I'm sitting here, counting my pills with one eye on the clock and I get this message from a guy who is having some trouble with a piece of aluminum. Flat piece. 60 inches wide, 180 inches long, .032 inches thick. So I tell him what to do and he comes back saying he tried that an it didn't...

Anybody there who has practical experience with these engines? I suppose to use both Victor I and Victor II for two different designs (autogyros), would like to know something more about owner's responses. Thanks in advance, Alex www.rotorcraft.ru

Anyone know if Marquardt Charger plans are available? Anyone have a set they'd be willing to part with?

Hi all, I have an exhaust stud hole in my cylinder which is about half gone. I removed the exhaust stack and part of the helicoil is showing and upon further investigation, it looks like about half of the threads holding in the helicoil are gone. The stud and the nut came in one piece. I removed...

I had been using the free usenet server aioe.org for access to usenet, but it quit working a few days ago. Is anyone else having problems with that, and if so, anyone know what the problem is? -- Jim in NC

On eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260325125475 Item number 260325125475 if that URL doesn't work for you. The thing I'm curious about is the wing profile. Sections like that seem to work for the F-117 stealth fighter. But it seems a bit out of place on this...

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/stall-characteristics.html Because of engineering design variations, the stall characteristics for all airplanes cannot be specifically described; however, the similarities found in small general aviation training-type airplanes are noteworthy enough to be...

0345 Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 Good Morning to All. Back in 1925 there was a young engineer working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) named Fred Weick. Fred published a Technical Note (TN) that explained how to lay-out the dimensions for a wooden propeller suitable for light...