I looked but cannot find Va & Vne on most fast homebuilt like RVs and Lancair Legacy. If Legacy could cruise 280mph at 8,000, does it cruise in the yellow? What is Legacy's Va & Vne? How about RV-7? Which homebuilt has the highest Va & Vne? Thanks.

Does anyone know if the construction plans for the SA 102 Cavalier are still available for purchase? Thanks. Tim

Am I correct that 'ringworming' is caused by the placticizers's having evaporated form a dope finish, and the condition can be corrected by re-introducing placticizers via a 'rejuvinator' ?- Mike

Curious if anyone out there would like to comment on the flying habits of the Graham Lee 7/8ths Nieuport 11 replicas. I'm thinking of buying one and curious what people have to say. I have mostly Ercoupe (with rudders) and Cessna time, but also a fair amount of glider time, so I know how to use a...

As I understand it, you can grind a scored shaft once and install oversized bearings, but that's the limit of grinding, then you need a replacement. I believe I"ve seen (sometime in the distant past) cranks offered for sale, but I may be mistaken. Are they getting hard to find? As the A-65 is no...

This is terrible and I hope they catch who did it but the question has to be asked, "Why in the hell would anyone leave their plane outside his hangar one night with a can of lacquer thinner on the ground beside it?" Sounds a little strange to me. RECORD-ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT SABOTAGED? A Maryland...

I may purchase a Valentin Taifun motorglider that landed in the trees. The insurance company sold it as salvage. I looked up N13BH on the FAA site and found this. Certificate Issue Date: None Status: Cert Terminated (I'd assume the salvage dealer requested this because of the...

I was at the Smithsonian Museum (the Air and Space one in Washingtion D.C.) last weekend, where Spaceship One hangs in the lobby. Does anybody know why there is a dent in the bottom of the fuselage, very close to the back? I wonder if I missed something in the press releases or other coverage. ...

If any of you have a copy of, or know someone who has a copy of the Smyth Sidewinder plans, I need a copy of drawing 302-2. Let me know if you have it or know where I can find it. Will pay duplication and mailing costs, of course. Email me at bd5 at bd5 dot com. Juan

My set of Skybolt plans call out a starting horizontal stabilizer incidence angle of 0.5 degrees to 1.0 degrees, although IIRC, some years ago folks indicated the actual incidence needed is greater, around 1.5 degrees to 2.0 degrees. Are there any Skybolt drivers out there that know what their...

Purchase custom home plans or stock home plans or blueprints for your New Home. You can also get a free design sketch of your project. www.homehouseplansblueprints.com See this page for Essential information about building your New...

G'day I have a pair of Sennheiser HMEC450's and want to connect a cell phone to them. Can anyone give me some suggestions please? Thanks and regards

I did a search and there is nothing recent on this engine. Can anyone shed any info about operating this engine please? Thanks

Can anyone lead me to a homebuildable WIG? I know Universal Hovercraft has plans for a wing attachment to one of their kits, but that's not what I'm after. I have found a towable glider, and that has promise, but I'd rather not re-invent a wheel that's already out there. Thanks. MH

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I want to ask the group, particularly the avionics guys in the group, regarding installation of the King KX 175 and KY 195 radios. I have the applicable pinouts loaded to my EAA chapter's website http://www.eaa12.org/images/175-195outs.pdf for quick reference I am using Jim Weirs Audio...

It seems a lot of people have been writing letters to Kitplanes magazine complaining about the unexpectedly steep prices of the new crop of factory-built sportplanes. So the editor of that publication decided to respond. His message: Get used to it. This really infuriated me, not only because the...

Hey guys i'm a new pilot that really wants to build his own craft. help me with this one issue. I want to use a chevy ls2 or ls7 as the power plant in my craft. now looking at everything including the hp/torque curves i've decided running the engine around 3100 rpm should give me around 250 hp...

Okay, so I've been "volunteered" to be on the board of directors of the biggest fly-in event in Iowa City's history, the Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy Show, scheduled for May 20 - 21, 2006. See us at www.BigKidToyShow.com (Yes, they made me wear a -- *sob* -- TIE for the photos... It was awful! ...

Does anyone know if a private pilot flying under the sport pilot rules (no medical), flying an experimental plane meeting the LSA rules can fly to and within Canada? Frank