Hello everyone, I'm back in the shop again with a new problem. That is, how to drill accurate holes on-center through steel tubing. I need to attach 2 short lengths of 1/2" EMT tubing parallel to the top tube of a bicycle frame, one on each side. The EMT tubes will extend about 20" forward of...

Looks like our old friend Paul is at it again. Reminds me a lot of the contractor-guy in that movie "The Money Pit". (When will my house be done? Oh, in about two weeks!) Right. And Jerry Lewis said that we were only a few years away from a cure for MD. That was in 1977. At least the reporter...

Damned if it ain't flew. Well sorta. On Tuesday we had chinooks here in Boulder, so at lunch I snuck over to Scott Carpenter Park (uh huh that guy has a park named after him) and managed 14 flights with the replica Wright 1899 kite before it rendered itself unflyable. This may have been the first...

While attempting to distract myself from 8 hours of filing documents on Friday, I Youtubed up the Republic / Air Corps training film on how to field assemble the P-47 Thunderbolt. (Where I work, that's called multi-tasking.) In the film, they describe coating the prop shaft of the R-2800 with the...

You may have finally made a positive point for hot-dogging. Anyone think of a down side? -- Jim in NC Impact with unusual terrain or obsticles maybe. If there was enough weather, such as windshear, microburst downdrafts, or severe crosswinds I'd keep that rollerskate on the...

LOL! Correct me if I'm wrong, but anything that could climb at 60,000 per minute would probably be powered by a big-ass rocket engine and piloted by someone named Yeager, Crossfield, Glenn, etc... Excepting of course for Burt Rutan's ship. All of us poor-boy hang-glider pilots use electronic...

Anyone know what this type of engine weighs? I know that hog-air claims 200 lbs, but that's with a starter, PSRU (PRSU?), exhaust, etc. I'm wondering what the engine itself weighs with its standard starter, and nothing else. Any bikers in here have a spare engine and a scale? My much-discussed...

Does anyone here know if / what-section-of FAR rules govern the operation of "ground effect" vehicles? Specifically, how high can a machine fly AGL before its technically classified as an aircraft and not a hovercraft, hydroplane-boat, Ecronoplan, etc.? Is there a loophole for a powered...

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...

Hi guys , does anybody know which is the best place , if any , to get large 3 by 12 foot 4130 annealed sheets in 0.100 , 0.063 , 0.032 ? I need about 600 pound . Steve Australia ( thats why I need so much , we got nothing here exept crocodiles.)

You might want to also check out gyroplanes. NZ has a new one that is top of the line. There's a few good websites about them: http://www.aero-sport.com/ http://www.gyroplane.ca http://classics.nu/pitbull/pitbull.html John Burns wrote: Hi there

I heard on the radio that a small plane from Chicago went missing in the fog during a landing attempt at the Toronto City Centre Airport. This morning I see in the newspaper that the plane and the pilot have been located at the bottom of Lake Ontario. The plane was a Beechcraft that could seat six...

I know it was a car, but it looked like a jet trainer body, riding on three wheels. It was around in 1981 or so. Had a Subaru twin cylinder engine rated at 100 mpg.

Is anyone aware of statistical or other data that would indicate what percentage of engines make it well beyond the factory specified TBO, and how much longer they can be flown safely? I worry about sudden engine failure due to metal fatigue. Many of the small Lyc. engines have a TBO of around...

"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:02:40 GMT, (Gerrie) wrote: http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/missions/airstrip.htm/ Sorry, I screwed up, the correct URL is

Does anyone know if HAPI made an accessory case with the starter in the top position?

Can someone point me on how to build a fiberglass fuel tank and use aluminum fittings? Thanks Bill

Does any one have a manual showing the pin outs for the turn and bank? I need to wire it into my panel. Thanks

This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind landing...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls Do you (I) really want a home that close to a GA landing strip? Yet I see megabuck homes in my neck of the woods http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?prt=85&t=1217861

http://tinyurl.com/24og9o Read about the bewildering details of a number of long-suffering non-resident pilots who have been caught in the FL tax trap, (otherwise known as the "Florida Landing Fee"). It starts like this... you buy a new or used aircraft and sign the bill of sale... which starts...