There are three insurance tales that are repeated from time to time in various aviation forums: 1) If you own an experimental and don't power it with a certified engine, you may not be able to find insurance. In the latest iteration of this tale, the difficult to insure engines included...

Dear List, Anyone here seen any high time homebuilts.I do some part time work at a RANS dealer, and I was wondering how long one of these would last.I have heard some stories, but I have not personally been able to verify.Anyone on this list have a high time RANS?

The Jan '07 issue of Kitplanes has an article by Jim Weir on a charge controller for a small solar panel. I've got a 5W solar panel that I'd like to use to charge & maintain a 12v 7Ah SLA in my Luscombe. Is anyone familiar enough with this circuit to know if it could handle something in the...

I am heading off to Aero 2007 in Germany held at Freidrichshafen, on this trip i am taking my son who is showing an interest in WW2 and other 'war' events as part of his school studies. Where are the best museums and other aviation based places to visit in Germany where he can get a good...

This is the updated zoom bio from the RRL web site it's a hoot!!Just for grins I'm going to contact National Geographic.Popular Science and Popular Mechanics to see if zoom ever had a published article in them. Here's where it's at: www.rocketracingleague.com/bio_jim-campbell.html Chuck S...

http://www.global-air.com/global/g05229.htm Could it be?? You'd think he'd at least fly it once. Or watch it fly. What's the story here Juan?

Other than the absence of a suitable mount (easily fixed), does anyone see any problem with this light as a landing light? http://www.trailtech.net/4211-SX-150.html I'm considering upgrading from a 50W Halogen lamp, and understand that I should get ~2x the lumens from a 30W HID. This light has...

This was posted last week, too. Take your spamming crap elsewhere, or even better, nowhere. Spammers suck. Dry up and die.

A couple of folks have built their Himaxes and Minimaxes as trikes. On the surface, it doesn't seem like an overwhelmingly difficult engineering problem to overcome. How deluded might I be?

Very long shot, I know, but - does anyone have any schematic or any documentation whatsoever on a pilot controller runway light controller, Model BX-2, made by Subil Enterprises, Inc., Des Moine, IA 50317? Can't find any current address or phone number for that company. Unit was likely made...

I have an off-topic question I am posting only because of the depth of knowledge (campbell and his assorted sock puppets aside) found on this group is nothing short of amazing. That said, here goes. Say, for example, I wanted to cut into an active, three foot diameter, 600 PSI light sweet crude...

I am building an LMA Super Cub and have purchased a new Cub header tank. It has one threded fitting and one clamp fitting (a projecting tube). I need a source to explain how it is plumbed. A link to a picture would be great. Any help out there. Thanks

Hi there ! Is there a web site that has a listing (with pictures) of all, or most of the homebuilt models out there ??? Salutations: ZZ

Did anyone noticed that Zoom claimed, under oath, to have received an appointment to a military academy?

Got a new mini video camera for Christmas, had to build a new mount to fit it on the Fly Baby: http://www.bowersflybaby.com/pix/Pipper_burns.wmv Ron Wanttaja

Can someone identify this radial aeroplane piston engine? http://y23stockpic.free.fr/200608-hawaii50/n20060827_074431.html As photographed on Hawaii's Oahu Airport ... Really interesting info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_engine

I was following the thread on Bendix and Slick magnetos and contacted several repair shops regarding getting my magnetos overhauled. I got a message back from one shop telling me they didn't overhaul magnetos they only repair them. What am I missing? I don't believe my magnetos are broken...

Kyle Boatright wrote: Our EAA chapter had a fabric covering seminar today, so of course, we got off-topic very quickly and delved into the issue of keeping 4130 structures from corroding, even in a fairly short timeframe after surface rust has been blasted or sanded away but before...

On Feb 24, 4:28 pm, "Kyle Boatright" wrote: Our EAA chapter had a fabric covering seminar today, so of course, we got off-topic very quickly and delved into the issue of keeping 4130 structures from corroding, even in a fairly short timeframe after surface rust has...

It was January 2004 when I posted this last so I thought I would try again. I am looking for a set of plans for the Beachner V8 Special to add to my collection. Someone has a set out there somewhere. Also interested in plans for the Grove Whisper. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire...