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I'm looking for a simple design for nose wheel steering for retractable gear. Any ideas? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Aero-News.net coverage of the crash : http://aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=930e6c55-00b2-4ba8-b28b-eb8f60e0449a&

Hi all, We are moving our project plane from the airfield to a hangar about 30 miles down the road. We are taking the engine out prior to removing the wing from the fuselage. I am looking for some advice on how to create moving crate for the engine. A helpful local FBO offered the use of one of...

I'm trying my hand at it now. Sun shields will probably fit inside the plexi windows and be something stiff like that honeycomb signboard cut to shape and covered with aluminum foil and then maybe a film of cellophane or clingwrap to keep from scratching the soft plexiglas windows. For the...

Forwarded from the Bearhawk group. Read this. If you fly for recreation, you may not be doing that much longer. ========================= I apologize for the length of this but wanted people to realize what is going on. This total insanity is being repeated at all 450 commercial airports in the US...

Hi, I am doing doing an Embedded Design course.Here i get "Advanced fuel flow mesurement system using microcontroller" as a project topic.But i dont know much about the topic.How to measure the fuel. Anybody who did/doing some work on it please help me out of this problem. I need the guidence to...

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Does anyone know what the air flow rate is for a Rotax 912S engine? Is it the displacement times the engine rotational speed? Thanks Calvin

Could I get some advice on working stainless steel and its properties? I want to work sheet and plate to about 1/8 thickness and have found this stuff very tough in the past. How would one drill and cut it with good results in a homebuilders shop? What types of saw blades and drills work best? I...

1. What is the difference between the CENTURION 1.7 and the TAE 125? These are the same engines. The TAE 125 is the model of the engine certified and found on the data plate. The CENTURION 1.7 is the brand name of the engine. 2. What kind of fuel do the CENTURION 1.7 and CENTURION 4.0...

Anyone in northern Ill. have a pulsar? Flying or building? Lou

With the increased sophistication of online technologies, industry transition to Internet-style solutions is inevitable. Business-to-business innovations based on the use of the public Internet have expanded horizons, slashed transaction costs and led to spectacular innovation. However, in spite...

-- Dan Tappan Looking for information on Bert Sisler.EAA no.1763. Does anyone know he is still around and where? Contact me of list at .] Thanx TldrgrDan

I have a Zenith CH-300 with a Lyc 0-320. It has an engine mounted fuel pump, and an electric aux pump. I also have a fuel pressure gauge, and a low fuel pressure warning light. Today, for the first time, when I did my pre-flight run-up, the low fuel pressure light came on. When I looked at the fuel...

I posted earlier regarding a Canadian alternate for 4130 steeel tubing but now require assistance when importing other aircraft supplies into Canada from Aircraft Spruce. When parcel arrives here in Canada, shipping, GST, duty and brokerage fees are incredibly high... Are there any secrets or...

As most of you probably know the opposing cylinders on most engines are slightly offset to allow for the piston connecting rods to attach to the crank at different spots. I know of a few model airplane engines, where instead of having the cylinders offset and having the connecting rods...

Jim - back several months ago you had an article in either Kitplanes or Custom Planes about a PTT switch. My copy has vanished since the last move. Is there an online copy of the article? A search at Kitplanes.com came up dry. Corrie

I'm trying to adjust the sparkplug gap with a borrowed sparkplug vice. How do you open the gap if you've made it too small? - Mike

I need some information about a Weldon fuel pump for a fuel injected Lycoming. I would like to talk with someone who has done overhauls on these if anyone is around. Or maybe someone on the list can refer me to a shop who does the actual overhauls. Please reply off list to me and I will call you...