Hello, Has anyone seen any data/research showing the performance gains of filling the fiberglass weave of a composite aircraft such as a KR-2? For example, if a KR is built with a RAF-48 or NACA wing (non-laminar), if layups were done over a smooth substrate (smooth foam), and the weave of an...

Has anyone looked into the idea of converting the rover/buick ali block v8 into a diesel. It's something I have been thinking about for a while but wondered if someone has actually tried it. Thanks Smokeyone

For those who have been following the Walton Crash this is a recent article. _The Morning News: News : Report: Repairs Doomed Walton Flight_ (http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/11/02/news/110306fzwaltoncrash.t\ xt) Chuck S

I have an RST-564 Audio Panel to give away (all original manuals). Just recently upgraded to a fancier PMA4000 unit after some noise issues. I had the RST-564 working for 3 years. Tried to sell it on eBay with no takers so I'd rather give it away than trash it. Prefer somebody with decent...

Hey Badwater Bill, Did you want these included in the "Rogue's Gallery"? :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

Has anybody wasted there time filling out this survey only to find it wont accept itself...unless you change a bunch of your answers??? Just curious...and no...I'm NOT AOPA. !!! I'm a EAA member that happened to go to Sun -N- Fun this year and was sent this survey by...I dont know who...to fill...

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I've decided that I'm going to go ahead and try my hand at gas welding aluminum. I have the TinMan's video. I have the flux. And I have lots of experience welding...steel. The one question I have is cleaning the flux. The video has the TinMan welding and then cleaning coupons with a damp rag. ...

Fun link someone sent me. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Maks2005/Highlights/ The 2005 Russian Air Show. Photos Montblack

Hello everyone, Remember a while back that I was having problems with the incredibly long, tall, narrow, light trailer that I built to haul my Wright Brothers machine? If you have forgotten, that wonderfully practical (cheap) trailer had a tendancy to roll faster than a Pitts in a crosswind....

Jim Weir gave out awaards at Oshkosh and one of them was for ?radio racks? A system for installing a vertical set of avionics in an instrument panel. I have lost all my literature and am about to upgrade the panel on my RV 6. I have bought the approach systems for the wiring and would like to...

HOW FAR TECHNOLOGY MOVES FROM TALK TO ROBOTS, Would you Like To Know How The Electronic Devices Understand When You Talk to Them, And How It Works To Speak Spanish? Because spelling words and names are common in English, Software have been developed to code names based on how they sound....

My friend (and aircraft mechanic) Keith Roof has just about finished his Curtis P6E Hawk. Here is a short video I took of a taxi/engine test: http://alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2007-3-27-KeithRoofsP6EHawk.wmv (If that wraps funny, try this: http://tinyurl.com/ytuhym ) (If you're...

Figure 4-42 "Streamline tube splice using round tube" - obviously they inserted a round tube into the streamlined tube. Can anyone explain the rest of the drawing? What's being shown in the top perspective? - thanks, Mike

RAH Gang, Just a reminder; the Southeastern Regional Fly-In is this weekend (Oct 3-4-5), Middleton Field, Evergreen, Alabama. Last time we had a weather forcast this good the turnout was huge. Plenty of camping on site (including aircraft camping), all close to the flight line area. Dan Horton

I'd like to spray some enamel . Would I use an M80 Viscosity cup to get the correct dilution ro is there a smarter way? - Mike

The president and chief instructor at a New Zealand microlight club were killed in a crash on the weekend. Apparently they took a flight at 3am, in the dark, in a thunderstorm, at a field with no lighting. Speculation is that alcohol was involved, but this seems to border on a suicide pact to...

Am wondering if a cell phone type mike/headset could be adapted for aircraft radio use including a yoke mounted mike switch?

I'm donating a box of stuff to the EAA library, and am hoping to find a ride to Oshkosh for it. What with the density altitude and an already full load, we can' t put it in the Cessna. thanks Ed Wischmeyer Prescott, AZ, 2 hours north of Phoenix