With the crossbreeding of amateur (ham) radio operators and pilots being something on the order of 25%, this is only slightly OT. There is a free online ham radio course being offered and sponsored by RST Engineering. It is intended to take anybody with an interest in getting a ham radio license...

A friend of mine has a power chute made by one of the most respected companies around. Still, he's crashed it 3 times now. If a well designed power chute is a handful, maybe you might want to reconsider making your own from scratch. Those things look innocent, but they _can_ bite you. MJC "Still...

One of our Fly Baby restorers is painting his aircraft with latex house paint. He's been posting his progress to the Fly Baby mailing list, and is allowing me to repost his messages to my web page: http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/latex.html Ron Wanttaja

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karel wrote: has the canard concept ever been applied to a flying boat? with pusher propellers? if not, any good reasons? KA (just wondering) (1911 Voisin)

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On Friday, August 27, 1999 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Craig C. wrote: Hey Roy, is the book in a reproducable form or is it bound so as to complicate things? If it's reproducable, can we see about getting premission to do it so that it can be shared with those of us that don't have copies? With the...

In the supplements section of the online version of Air&Space Magazine is an article entitled "The Meredith Effect". There are two parts to the article, the first is a synopsis by F.W. Meredith, B.A. of his so named cooling system design which came from his "Note on the cooling of aircraft engines...

Seems like it might be useful to have removable wing extensions for an experimental. There are times when you want a fast airplane for cross country and you can stand a long runway for the high TO/landing speeds and then there are other times you want the low speed handling for short field, etc. ...

I'd be grateful if anyone can direct me towards links about the relative safety of different types of homebuilt aircraft. Not figures I can use to prove to myself that flying a homebuilt is safe, but a discussion of all the factors that affect safety in homebuilt aircraft. I haven't found...

From memory, the differences were slight. The wing airfoil was different. The W-10 has a curve on the bottom where the W-8 was flat. I understand that there were 2 or 3 inches of extra width in the fuselage. Also, the W-10 was stressed for larger (Lycoming) engines. I built the airframe for...

http://www.youngeagles.org/photos/gallery/Monoplanes/LancairLegacy2000.jpg Look at the picture. It's easy to see why the Lancair is dangerous. The horizontal stabilizers appear to be on the too small side. This would result in their stalling before the wing. Then the aircraft would pitch up...

wow. I almost pass a similar design to my design class. I better start drawing another aircraft. This has been very informative.

Hi Troop.......... The weather forecast for Idaho today is staggering! 107° F in Boise, 108° in Twin Falls and 110° in Mountain Home. Montana is similar with 108° forecast in Helena. Last year, on my way to OSH, I planned my fuel stops to take advantage of autogas availability. I stopped at...

I originaly posted this to rec.av.ultralights but thought you folks might have useful iformation and insights.... I'm contemplating building this combination and would love opinions. The reasons for this choice is combination of price (I would like to keep as low as possible) and my ability to...

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:05:00 -0700, Richard Riley wrote: I'm looking for an engine that may not exist. If anyone has a notion of what it might be, I'd be grateful. It's for a 103 legal ultralight. 60 lbs or so all up, including re-drive and cooling 35-40 hp.

I have a wood prop on my Taylorcraft and the GPS says it's slow, at around 65 kts. How about a discussion on the relative merits of wood and aluminum props. I understand that wood is easier on your engine but the aluminum prop is more efficient. Another thing I notice too, especially on...

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A pretty self-explanatory question....

This is probably going to open old wounds. What I would like is experienced input on the advantages, for economic, efficiency and longevity etc. of different types of redrives. I am leaning towards a cog-belt reducer in a 6 cylinder, liquid cooled, configuration driving a long drive shaft to the...