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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches) who makes them, who retails 'em?

I have to begin making a few decisions on how to drop a few pounds (off my butt and my airplane!) For one, I'm considering making the composite tank as outlined in Tony Bengelis' book. This would be the foam/glass sandwich he describes. Questin is, is it lighter than the aluminum tank specified in...

Okay, I don't know diddly; I've just caught the airplane bug. So, I'm asking... My buddy went out and spent multi tens of thousands of dollars on an airplane engine. Lycoming, I think it was. Seems kinda pricy, but I understand that most of that cost is testing, no iron. I note that there was a...

Just curious as to impressions of the SAA. I recently recieved a letter from the EAA soliciting donations signed by Rutan and Melville with a postcard of SS1. While I don't mean to belittle the achievements of either of these 2 gentlemen, I do find it disturbing that the EAA has chosen to solicit...

I just watched a program about the huge Oresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden, and there was a segment about how the corrosion problem for the bridge was dealt with. Instead of painting, they use sealed compartments that have the air humidity kept below 60%. This they said eliminates...

"Aardvark" wrote in message ... Roger Halstead wrote: Any one have any information on the IV-P that went down around 2:00 PM about 30 miles west of Lansing MI on Monday? There was a story in the...

This will be a negative post, but hopefully, constructive criticism. I've been to Oshkosh once, lots of small fly-ins, and every year for the past eight years to the Arlington Fly-In (www.nweaa.org). Oshkosh is SO big, it is difficult to take away a lot of lessons that are applicable to...

been to oshkosh for the past 4 years and would like my own airplane. until i saw the sticker prices. then I saw the one could build their own planes cheaper. after looking at the available price designs, I started thinking "how int the world would a person at minimum wage afford a plane?" found...

Zoom wrote: Folks... I've just come off one of the most extraordinary weeks of my life. This week has been steeped in all segments of aviation -- I flew in Zero Gravity (aboard a Boeing 727) with Professor Stephen Hawking... I looped and rolled my Glasair III off the Florida coast... I flew...

Greetings! My last post provoked a long and interesting series of threads so I am emboldened to make another post. This question concerns the configuration or layout of an engine. I have noticed that air-cooled engines tend to have an opposed configuration whereas liquid-cooled engines tend to...

A member of our EAA chapter has a cylinder from a Franklin 150 engine (off the engine.) The piston was pushed too far up and the top ring sprung out so it now overlaps the cylinder sleeve which locks the piston in place. Does anyone have a technique to get the piston out? Preferably while...

To be merciful, I've changed the subject heading so that those who don't care to read any more about this subject can simply delete it or skip over without opening it. I figured that there had to be more to Gore's one liner. Politicians don't normally feed ammunition to the opposition so I looked...

Please excuse my ignorance, but I've been reading a lot of hoopla over 2 stroke diesel aircraft engines. Has anybody tried one of these in a Cozy or Long Ezy? It sounds to me like that may make for a very fuel efficient aircraft with good performance. Any reason why it can't be done? If the...

All, This information may be well known but I felt compelled to pass it along. I've been searching for a Nicopress Swaging tool and choking on the prices at the typcial aircraft supply companies. Turns out that Lowes has a Campbell Nicipress tool, 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch for $24.95. The tool is...

I want to build a P-38 to shoot some Zeros next year at the 60-year-end-of-WWII celebrations.What do I need for a good P-38 ?

I want to want to build an evil Zeppelin to fly around and terrorize the people. What do I need ?

Does anybody have an idea on how to make a tiny little vacuum pump on the order of an aquarium pump or so that will draw just a few inches of water? Preferably 110, but I can rig up a 12 volt supply if necessary. The reason I say this is that I'm getting ready to pack a fairly large number...

With the current discussion in another thread regarding the accident record of the BD-5, I thought it might be interesting to do a little more in-depth look. I decided to examine the accidents between 1 January 1990 and 13 November 2003 and do a breakdown as to relative accident/fatality...

Looking for Long EZ, Berkut or Q2 plans so that I may build an RC model, 1/4 - 1/3 scale. Do not need the entire plan set as I intend to go foam wing core and fiberglass hull. Please direct all responses back to