Folks, Is it appropriate to post an airplane for sale on rec.aviation.homebuilt? Thanks, Gary

I just got back from a business meeting over by SFO and I have seen absolutely nothing posted about the Wednesday night party in OSH. Are they all still there? Did I just miss an entire thread? Inquiring minds want every trivial detail. Jim

Wondering What Light Sport Can Do For You? Maybe you are a private pilot but never renewed your medical then Sport Pilot is a great place for you. Discussions on the new (LSA) Light-Sport Aircraft and Sport Pilot license. Please ask questions. Talk about anything related to Light-Sport Aircraft...

I want to move a glide slope antenna from a flush mount in a metal skin to a boat type on a carbon fiber fairing which will move the antenna about 5" below the metal skin. Will the antenna still work if it's offset from the ground plane like this? Thanks, -- J...

New posts since July 21, late Friday night - 10 days ago. RAH - 202 RAO - 223 RAP - 1726 RAS - 229 (rec.aviation.student) Much reading to do.... + umpteen OSH brochures, business card w/web

Anybody have any details about the taxiway incident in front of the tower at noon today (Sunday) at Oshkosh? I only saw it out of the corner of my eye, but a warbird (TBM I think) ran over the back of what looked like an RV-7. Unfortunately I think there was at least one injury, possibly fatal.

I,m in the middle of a homebuilt LSP aircraft using a 65 Cont. engine and about to buy a prop. Does anyone have advise concerning using some other choice than Sensnich or Macauley prop on this engine{Prince.Arrowprop,Warp Drive,Ivoprop],or any other alternative that might be ground adjustable ??I'm...

Mr. Hoover, I've been pondering the thermal barrier and thermal dispersants that you've advocated several times. Ponder with me for a moment if you will. I've got an experimental engine, with an experimental cooling setup. Do know for guaranteed that the cooling will be sufficient, so I'll be...

Jim, you have an article on a design for a strobe on your website. I've gone to Mouser to get the parts, but about half of them are invalid. Is it possible that you could do an update on that article, or maybe just an updated parts list? -- This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom....

One known problem is that aircraft engines turn CCW looking at the prop but auto alternators have cooling fins optimized for CW. But thats not apparently as much a problem as the pulley nut potentially comming loose. For CW rotation the engine torque will tend to tighten the pulley nut but for CCW...

The annual Florida Flying Gator's Fly-in is coming up so I thought I would get the word out now so you can make your plans to be there. http://www.mitchellwing.com/gatorflyin.htm -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group

Has anyone built a Banty Should I build it Any negative comments about this Banty or positive Thank you

With the summer thermals upon us, and not being able to scratch my nose without having my small homebuilt tossed off course got me to thinking about how to build a low cost wing leveller. A small servo tab mounted out on the aileron, controlled by a jumbo sized R/C servo would probably work fine. ...

To those of you who have a circuit breaker between your alternator's output and your main buss, here's a wonderful way to fry your present old avionics so you can replace them with new ones. This is a real help in justifying new avionics to your significant other! If your alternator...

The data on the Marske website about the graphlite (TM) rod they use indicates a glass transition temperature of 212F. So I tried heating some with a heat gun to see if I could put a permanent bend in it. No luck. I think maybe it uses a phenolic resin which is thermosetting, rather than...

Does anybody know anything about this engine? Is it suitable for an ultralight and what kind of power/thrust can you expect from it?

I've started on my plane!!!! I have a couple of questions that should be easy for you guys to answer... The first one is almost stupid but I'm anal about these things: What grit of sand paper is ideal for sanding/deburring the cuts I've made in 6061-T6? The saw/blade I used really did a good job...

Hi Folks: The FAA made it official, and I appealed all the way, but the heart monitor put the stake in the plans I made. I am grounded. I was going to build a Renegade, Charlie Lasher's Formula V from the 80's. So, I have to forget building the plane. I have $300.00 of Wicks chrome-moly...

Having always changed the aeroshell 100 sae50 change in my c85 every 25 hours, I'm considering extending the aeroshell duration to maybe 35 hours. My flights are in Florida and usually around an hour (or sometimes two) and am currently burning/losing up to 1/2 quart per hour when filled to 3-1/4...

I have not been able to use my RST kit headsets with my Val radio. Transmission is so low as to be unreadable, reception is not a problem. I've used the headsets with a Micro Air transceiver, a Collins and a Icom handheld and the headsets work fine with these radios. At present I am using a loaned...