If I buy a used homebuilt, is it possible for me to make big modifications, such as installing a larger engine, adding long range fuel tanks, floats, etc., assuming there was an A/P to sign-off on it? Any FAA approvals required? Is it likely an A/P would be willing to make major changes like this...

Can I suspend an A-65 engine by the prop flange without causing undue strain on the internals? - Mike

Sorry if this has been asked a hundred times before, but I'm new to this group and didn't see it in existing messages. I was wondering if most or all kit plane prices are fixed, or can they be negociated like when purchasing a car? As far as I can see, there are often special Show Prices for many...

The new Enhanced LORAN receivers will use H-field double loop antennas to avoid the p-static that plagues the old E-field whip antennas. A developer of an enhanced LORAN receiver said that old receivers could not be retrofitted with double loop antennas. -- Is this because the new antennas provide...

Can someone ID this airplane? http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1093439/ No, not the gyro in front of it, the plane behind the gyro with the twin boon. Three brownie point to the first enthusiast able to ID this plane. Thanks, Wil

A friend's homebuilt recently went down with an 8000 hour pilot at the controls. No one was hurt and the plane was landed in a field. The pilot reported hearing/feeling an extremely loud vibration from the wing, he immediately killed power and landed. One of the wings was visibly buckled. The...

Folks - Back in June I began trying to get products from Randolph distributors. Heard stories of the factory relocating and problems with HAZMAT licenses; I'm sympathetic to a point, but..... About a month ago, when asking a distributor about when the new Ceconite 101 manual would be out, and why...

God Morning all. Brief question. Is is possible (has it been done), to dry sump a type1 VW engine, such as the one marketed by great planes? The use, inverted flight, and mild -ve Gs. Thanks in advance for any replies. Rob. Melbourne Australia.

Hello My family has an aerial photograph of an airport we need help to identify. It was taken by my late father-in-law sometime in the 1960's. At least that 's our guess. Could be a little later; and maybe even a bit earlier; we just aren't sure.

In another post about the fabulous new Udvar-Hazy Center (part of the National Air & Space Museum), frustration with not being able to fly into this terrific new facility was evident. I personally find it appallingly ironic that museums which purport to glorify flight are not accessible...

What was the name of the little biplane that Robert Cringly built in that Plane Crazy show where he was going design and build an airplane in 30 days? Actually, the factory built it. But that's show biz. It was called a Jungster - but wasn't THAT Jungster VW powered.

An older type two seater, all metal, low wing, fixed tricycle gear (it may have castered), with twin vertical stablizers, and about an 85 hp engine. NO RUDDER PEDALS. One I remember you had to hand crank. Darn if I can remember the name of this craft. Can't be too many that fits this...

I've picked up my torch for the first time in a few years and I have a problem. My glasses, whcih I've only started wearing recently, have a tendency to fog up when I've been welding for a few minutes and the heat starts building. Help!

CAN'T SOME ONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THIS SPAM FROM THIS MI5 A**HOLE? Frank "WOOF" Beagle Challenger Dealer CHII N797FB http://www.geocities.com/frankbeagle http://frankbeagle.blogspot.com ph# 708-269-8057

When talking radio trafic in Canada how do you designate your "experimental" aircraft. In US you would say "xxx traffic, experimental N416....etc..." In Canada you do not have the experimental category but "amateur built". So how do you anounce yourself in a...

For the Canadian builders or future builders in southern Ontario, the Europa factory folks will be attending the Aviation Expo (Canada's largest aviation show) this weekend on June 18th at the Oshawa Airport, with a tri-gear demo ship. With luck a local builder will also fly in with his fine...

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...

Anybody built a Canard lately? Mark

All you EZ/Cozy builders what do you put under the nose to protect the fuselage when it is down? Extra thick paint? ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project http://www.abri.com/sq2000

I have the copy of the CAFE test of Cozy Mk IV canard where it states that swept wings tend to start stalling at the tip rather than the root. This moves the center of lift forward and is a bigger problem for aft CG. While canard planes swept wings typically already have those "vortilon" tabs, has...