What can anyone tell me about "loss of oil pump prime" on a small Continental? I have heard of it in the past and it has happened to me. The engine in question is a C-85 that has been very recently overhauled to new limits. The case and accessory case was overhauled by ECI. New oil pump gears,...

I have a mid time C90-16F with all accessories & logs located in Washington State. 71 X 48 Prop is available. $4500 plus shipping $5000 with prop. Contact is N2273H at Hotmail dot com

I am hoping to tap some of the expertise here to solve a problem I have run into. I am a retired guy who was called by a local Part 141 school to fill in as their flightline mechanic until they could find a permanent A&P. They have an early 182RG (serial 141) that has an ongoing electrical...

Thanks all on the help with my 182RG problem. I now know where to have the ammeter repaired. On the original trouble which was a wildly fluctuating ammeter, I found an easy way to jumper the "B" terminal of the regulator to the buss. Trouble was gone. I next jumpered the over voltage sensor by...

I have a accelerometer in my junk box. It's a 2-1/4 instrument, in good condition seems to function. I hold it in my hand and it registers both positive & negative G's. It is obviously British surplus it has the "broad arrow" acceptance mark. If anyone is interested e-mail me at N2273H at Hotmail...

On one side of the ring: Arlington Municipal and it's associated community:..For those of you unfamiliar with Arlington Municipal Airport in Washington state, it is home of the third largest fly-in in the country (run by the EAA) and the center of general aviation and experimental aircraft in the...

I'm looking for an adapter with a 3/8--24 thread on one end and a 1/4--28 thread on the other. This would allow me to use a standard Jacobs chuck on my right angle drill. Surely some one must sell such a device. Since I retired, I no longer have easy access to a lathe so I must now go tool hunting....

What's a couple of good sources for Lycoming OH gaskets and parts. It looks like Fresno Airparts and others like them only carry Continental. Thanks Paul NC2273H

There was a posting somewhere on how to modify a JC Whitney sprayer into a Corrosion X fogger. Anyone heard of it?

Anybody out there had any experience with the Hexadyne P60 motor, would love to hear the feed back Paul

A little good information but mainly cheerleading At one time, it was thought that auto engines were for cars, boat engines were for boats, and airplane engines were for airplanes. Eventually, Gardner diesel and Miller/Offenhauser racing marine engines wound up in vehicles, Liberty, Napier Lion,...

A long-obsolete book Joe Christy was a prolific and competent aviation writer who wrote many short books for the G/L-TAB imprint as well as better publishers. This one is not poorly written or edited but it is an overview of suitable choices to power homebuilt aircraft circa 1977, its publication...

Not a substitute for the Overhaul manual This book contains an overview of maintenance and overhaul for the WWII-era-technology air-cooled Lycoming engines which unfortunately still power the vast majority of personal aircraft in the world. It is useful to people who have worked on other...

Hello , if someone is interrested , i have a 1978 piper tomahawk for sale for 20 000$ . The aircraft is located close to Montreal. 5200 hrs ttsn.

Hello , if someone is interrested , i have a 1978 piper tomahawk for sale for 20 000$ . The aircraft is located close to Montreal. 5200 hrs ttsn.

Hello; I'm considering a project - homebuilt recumbent bike- that I'm going to use as an excuse to buy a smaller o/a torch. I currently have a victor torch, model 100-with the valves at the bottom of the largish body and would like to buy one of the smaller torches with the valves at the top of the...

has anyone had any experience with this company? www.aveousa.com Thanks, Patrick

There seem to be a lot of people using auto engines on their homebuilts. I am a low-time student pilot so pardon me if this is a stupid question, but do many airports have autogas available at their pumps? If you're doing cross-country flights, seems like it would be a huge problem if your...

In another post we were talking about soaring vs. flapping flight. Does anyone else find it strange that Soaring flight is so rare in nature but so popular with us for the last 100 years? I've heard that the Wright Brothers patented Wing Warping (Flapping) and never let anyone develop planes using...

Is anyone experimenting with human powered flight based on flapping wing aerodynamics (hovering wing motion rather than soaring)? I have a number of ideas and would love to exchange thoughts on the subject. Some of them are as follows: Materials: light, strong, sandwich-layered foam like...