I had a tentative deal to sell a set of drawings for a Dyke Delta to anther gentleman. These drawings were purchased by my father from John Dyke shortly before my father suddenly died. My father got no further than the purchase of the drawings, he never had time to even clean out a space in his...

Hey all, I'm starting a homebuilt project (obtained partially completed) and was wondering what kind of price I'm looking at for a Continental A-65 with a couple hundred hours left on it. How about an overtime engine? Thanks, -Tony

I need to cut a panel to mount one 3.125" and one 2.25" What size hole saws do I use? Do I use smaller sizes, say 2.125" for 2.25" and 3" for 3.125"? Thanks.

This was in the newspaper today. No information on the airplane, but it was supposed to be a homebuilt. I have heard it was a BD-4, but no confirmation. I used to fly out of the North Omaha Airport. It is relatively short (2,500 feet from memory) with high trees off the south end. The north end...

I'm looking at the Lycoming Operators Manual Performance Data Chart for for the O-360-A1A....(page 3-51 in my manual). And after looking at this for a few min i need a beer. Does anyone know of a formula that covers this chart calculation...? I want to find the horsepower based on altitude, rpm,...

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I want to build a Weddell-Williams racer. The #121 Gilmore Red Lion version. Does anyone know where I can get a set of plans for it? I'm just finishing my present homebuilt and need a new project.

Does anyone here know much about the Harmon Rocket II? I've been looking at it, and it concerns me in the fact that the cockpit demensions look a little snug. It has enough room in width, but the distance between the front and back seat seems too close, as does the distance of the instrument panel...

Hi, As an 8-year (or longer) Kitplanes subscriber, and longtime electronics tech (Army Aviation-trained), I read with interest the articles Jim Weir wrote about building your own RG battery charger (Kitplanes: March, April, & May 2004). This looks just like the ticket for my application, but I did...

Our EAA chapter had a 40' hangar door that split in the middle and folded sideways (each half). The ends were hinged and the center had a single roller that ran in a track above. The bottom was not attached in any way and just hung. It was held closed and open with large steel pins that dropped...

To All: Recently a fellow discovered my post about flying on the cheap (Oct 2001) and got so excited he had to give me a call. Although he wasn't quite ready to begin building, my article convinced him to take the plunge. As his first step toward building an inexpensive flying machine he'd ...

Jim "Captain Zoom" Campbell and ANN entered 2007 with three ongoing lawsuits. By the end of the year, all were dismissed. Most of the action occurred over the past five months, and I've held off posting updates since things have been fluid. It's been a month since the last court order, so the...

"Dave Jackson" wrote: Does the fuel-injected version of an engine weigh more then its naturally aspirated version? Thanks, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Engines WITHOUT superchargers or turbochargers are considered... "normally aspirated" and can be

What's the weight penalty for not stripping an old 172, just painting over the old paint, after sanding it first, of course. I'm new at this but willing to make a go of it. I'd like to use a high-gloss polyurethane and some bright colors. TIA for your advice. I've been receiving a lot...

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A friend from Texas who worked for the railroad and liked to fly his supercub along the tracks decided to have a little fun one night. He flew just off the ground down the tracks and just before he got in sight of a freight train roaring down the tracks, he turned on his landing light...

On another site (Emerauders.com) It was mentioned that a retired Aero engineer in Texas had built a P-38, there were pics, but I was unable to open them. It was all metal with a jump seat for his co- builder (wife) Has anyone seen this aircraft?

Jim or anyone else who has 'been there', Are circuit boards available for the capacitive fuel guages featured in the year2000 Kitplanes articles? Or (more desirable to me) is there an easily fabricated optical sensor available for fuel level measurement? Other options???

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