I'm considering a Nieuport 11 ultralight, and I was wondering if anyone here has flown one, or heard anything about how they fly. Will they fly hands off, or do you constantly have to stay on top of things? Are they easy to ground-loop?

right now, avgas is running $2 more a gallon than premium car gas. And from what I've read, premium auto gas doesn't contain ethonol. My homebuilt has a 160 lycoming, which is supposed to be approved for premium auto fuel. The only drawback I can think of is the stability of auto gas sitting in...

With reference to sandblasting, what is garnet? - Mike

Hi guys. Thanks for the boost. It is 2200 (that's ten p.m. for you civilians) and I've been home since about 1400. But I can't tell you if the surgery was a success or not. I didn't see the physician after the procedure was done and they used a general instead of a local, so I didn't get to...

Re the Tango (composite) and RV (metal) an article in July Sport Aviation (pg 54) addresses Drag Coefficient as a function of construction process. The multiplier for the Drag Coefficient for composite is 1.0-1.05 and for flush rivet metal is 1.10. Composite can reduce drag then by 5 - 10% over a...

I don't have heat inside my canard plane. Now am considering piping hot engine oil to the cabin through a small oil cooler with a blower. I am looking at a Harley Dyna oil cooler - about the right size. My question is whether such a cooler will stand the typical aircraft oil pressure. My engine oil...

Yesterday, we departed Falcon Field, South of Atlanta (also the home of Aircraft Spruce East) and noticed traffic at about 10 O'clock high. At first, I thought it was one of the Diamond Eclipse trainers that routinely fly out of Falcon. Low wings with a high aspect ratio, skinny aft fuselage,...

Don't like to beat a dead horse, but-- As C.S. Nixon said--"let me make myself perfectly clear" I agree that a gallon of Mogas has more btu's than a gallon of Avgas The main reason being--1 gal mogas= 7.422 lbs. 1 gal avgas= 6.978 lbs.

Sorry, I haven't sent this out for far too long...but for those who don't know, we've got a "picture page" of rec.aviation users (and their aircraft) he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm To see a new update, go here to see some new pix of Ken Reed's AWESOME '91 Mooney...

The Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy Show will be held at the Iowa City Airport (KIOW) THIS coming weekend (May 20-21), both Saturday AND Sunday -- and it promises to be a lot of fun! Starting at 7 AM, we've got fly-in pancake & sausage breakfasts going BOTH mornings. There will be tons of cool "big...

Fellow came by the shop to borrow a Dutch Oven. He works at one of the local colleges and is a Boat Person rather than a Plane Person. Boat People usually takes their kitchen with him when they travel but he's taking a bunch of college kids over to Death Valley to count pup fish and the best the...

The new engine. Why we overpay to the petrol companies? I have made the new engine for the automobile, to which other kind of fuel is not necessary of petrol or atomic energy. Where the new engine takes energy for work? The device, invented by me, takes energy from air and directs her for work of...

Was talking with some WW2 guys who remembered the use of 10 gauge shotgun shells to start an aircraft engine. I've seen several movies showing something but my question is how did it work? shell in seperate cylinder from pistons and how push crank over, etc??

Definition of misery: Going to the Arlington airshow and having it pour down rain all day Friday with winds blowing everything away that was not tied down. The real misery part was having to listen to Zoom be interviewed on the PA system talking about ALL of the airplanes he has flown and ALL of...

I'm looking for a timer with a specific functionality. I want to be able to set the thing to turn on an electrical appliance at a set time, then turn it off after a selectible time. I don't want the thing to come on again until I tell it to. Not one day later or 7 days later.The application is...

I use 1011 pigeons to carry my plane, works great !

Anyone ever use go kart wheels for their homebuilt?

Hi, Is Europa Aircraft still around? Their website is gone and I had heard there were financial problems. Just curious.

I am doing some research into ultralight engines (planning to build one). The Rotax 912S and the Jabiru 3300 are the models i am looking into. Does anyone know how much it costs to maintain them? I just need very generic examples to get an idea. How much does it cost to overhaul them (one or the...

Anyone with any experience with LOM engines? I am considering the benefits of a 170 HP LOM 332CE for use in a Mustang II which is rated for a powerplant in the O-320 to IO-360 range. LOM sounds like it might be "real airplane" without the other-worldly prices commanded by Lycoming, Superior...