My CFII buddy recently bought a Culver Cadet and while it it is in great flying condition, the landing gear is non functional. I'm trying to locate either shematics (if they exist) or at least some other Culver owner who has operating manual retractable gear that I might get some digital...

Does anybody have a digital photo in fairly high res of an old Narco Superhomer that they would be willing to copy to me for an article I'm doing for both Oshkosh forum and a Kitplanes column? A VC-27Z would do just as well. If you've got a good photo and can upload it to your web page...

Hi Citabria with a Lycoming 0-235, Homebuilt. I need an exhaust system similar to an RV4's including heat muffs. I don't know if an 0-320 has the same exhaust as an 0-235. Apparently the crossover option is a must for horsepower, and the intake tubes and carb location are different than...

A while back the Xantus vtol 4 place kit was looking pretty cool. Now they seem to have disapeared. Anyone know what happened? Their web site www.vtol1.com is now a lame place holder site and has been since around late last year. I couldn't find any info as to what happened to them.

Ok, so it's not an airplane but it is related. I'm going to Oshgosh and will be camping. Anyone have an idea on how to make my 70db generator quieter besides not running it? Lou

Are there any Cessna Skymaster-type kit aircraft or plans for an aircraft of similar type? Or any other push-pull aircraft for homebuilders?

Here is a news release for the General Aviation Defense Fund. This is something that can potentially affect a lot of pilots. ************************************************************* GENERAL AVIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CREATED TO FIGHT EFFORTS TO BLOCK FREEDOM OF FLIGHT WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -...

Is there anyone on this group that uses one of the following new servers. news.cox.net news.central.cox.net news.west.cox.net nslookup will tell you that they are all mapped to 68.6.19.6 I can't access this group with that server, and so far can't get cox to

Not that I plan to do this but I was wondering, if one was going to plan to install a diesel in a homebuilt, what diesel would one put in? Lou

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PHOTOS: N14 and some PHL - August 07, 2010 - Kathy Jaffe Challenge First, what are the odds of getting C-FWUT (Challenger) at PHL going to Flying W and getting C-FWTT (Pitts) at Flying W. Lots of planes as usual, so here they are. Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/080710.html

I am planning on building a plane that is towed behind a boat. Because of the low speed (25mph stall) I am planning on using a high lift airfoil. Some airfoils with high coefficients of lift a FX72150B (2.0), FX73CL3(2.25), GOE225(1.9), GOE226(1.9), GOE234(2.0), GOE243 (2.0), GOE244(2.0),...

Well I just came across another piece of advertising masquerading as an article in Private Pilot magazine. The author goes up on a short hop in a Sting Sport, another plastic topy ariplane from the Czech Republic and he's raving about it like it's the biggest thing since sliced bread. He even...

RST Engineering wrote: like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism? Anybody? Jim Laser sugery worked great for me vbg

I'm trying to solve a problem with a Valcom 760 that appears to be related to voltage regulation. The symptoms are that the radio seems to power up normally, then the display digits fade away after several seconds. It will neither transmit nor receive in this state. The outputs of several internal...

Any difference in the two? Good, bad and the ugly? Are theEngine Mounts the same?Price?Reliability? Part? Upgrades? etc? John

I am toying with teh idea of using a single-rotor turbo-normalized mazda with reduction-drive and was wondering if there are any builders out there who have checked out the same possibility? I'm only looking for around 100-120 hp, with weight an obvious consideration. The only name I have heard of...

How is the 51% rule line drawn? Let's say for example I want a homebuilt Comanche with my own choice of engine and I locate a set of plans as well as the wings and tail feathers from a factory Comanche. If I build the fuselage from the plans and recycle the wings and tail, is it an amateur built...

I'm hoping he'll tell the rest of us the answer to that SUV thing. :-) What is the SUV thing?

Anybody got a 214 service manual that I can borrow for a week. I'll be glad to pay a reasonable "rental" plus send a reasonable deposit plus shipping to get it. I freely admit...to blundering and misreading and then using the KI-211 pinout to wire the interconnect to the 170B. Here's some free...