The title pretty much says it all. My good friend and neighbor, Leo, is having some cooling problems on his Zodiac. The first taxi tests proved the airplane handles well on the ground, accellerates like a banshee, but the coolant and CHT temps peg in only a few minutes. The radiator is mounted...

MIDLAND RAATECH FUEL SYSTEMS SEMINAR JULY 10TH As announced earlier, the July 10th RAATech seminar in Midland Ontario will focus on fuel systems and fuel flow in light aircraft. Wayne O’Shea will supply his amateur-built Rebel to show a system that meets amateur-built requirements. Paul Sharpe...

The discussion/disagreement on the painting of air cooled motors has come up in a motorcycle discussion group and I am interested in knowing what the pros and cons are. IMHO the paint on the surface of an air cooled motor is making a barrier between the metal and the air thus delaying the transfer...

getting ready to take off.....CNN live. -- Pianome

Sunday, July 25th, is our day to give back to the pilot community, in thanks for another great year! Fly into Iowa City (KIOW) en route to OSH '04, and enjoy: - Free food! - Free (real) beer! - Free pop! - Live music at poolside!

A few more hours in the past few days. I took the Bud Dake news as a wakeup call and pulled the airplane apart and inspected everything on Monday. Nothing scared me, so it went back together. Oil is still dark, so I figured I'm getting blowby somewhere (more on that in a sec). More than one...

Could anyone give me a suggestion of good airplane design consultant with a reasonable service charge for light/sport airplane conceptual design? A professional design agency would be great, but I believe a graduate student in aeronautical engineering should be able to help me out. I am not an...

Ebay listing: 2483114156 TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION 1993/95 RV6 480 TT/320 SMOH Full IFR. IO320 (dyno'd 175 hp) with C/S. Airshow Paint. JPI electronic instruments. GPS. Lots of extras. est. value $85-92K To be sold on ebay to highest bidder starting 21 June. see link for full specs and history as well...

I've noticed that a lot of aircraft put trim tabs on the trailing edges of the normal movable control surfaces. Wouldn't this just deflect the control surface to neutralize the forces and not affect much change except drag? It seems like you'd want to put the trim tab on the fixed part of the...

Hi everyone. This is an extremely interesting thread, and I have been reading avidly. As a glider pilot, based in the U.K (not that my location makes the blindest bit of difference), I am reasonably familiar with the process of using a cable to get airborne, whether behind another aircraft (the...

I have a question, and I suspect that someone in this group can help me. I fly a Zenith CH-300 that has a wood prop. Actually, I think that it may be the last prop ever made by the Great American Propeller Co. This prop does not have any leading edge protection. Years ago I found a product sold by...

-- Dan Tappan I am about to send for plans and rudder "starter" kit for the CH 601. I would be very interested in talking to anyone flying one. I am thinking about the 6 cyl. Jab for power. I am interested mostly in how it fly's, what it is like in a xwind and...

I don't know how many folks I have talked to, do NOT know about. Bounty paper towels (MICROWAVE/COOKING). I have used these for 15 years and have not had to replace a windshield yet. These towels are specifically for Microwave use and have No metal recycled crap in them. A lot better than trying...

What's causing the letters and characters to be incomplete, like for instance, a "T" without the horizontal part or a "P" without its vertical line? It clears up and does great sometimes and I noticed it will sometimes clear up after it has rested in a hot airplane for a while? Yeah, it's an...

Third of July Splash-in http://www.flyinggators.com/news/4th-splash.htm -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

I am a new one to attend in this group. Hope some one can help me. I wish some one can tell me how long an Electric Horizon GYRO cab be used in ultralight aircraft. Thanks. Luo Zheng

Chiese CAAC had approved below 116Kg aircraft sold in China without airworthiness certificate from June 1st. 2004. Luo Zheng

I've had a kind of unnerving vibration in my RV-4 since first flight. I looked into harmonic dampers, but they're pretty expensive, so I decided to give dynamic balancing a shot first. $200 and 1 hour later, my engine runs *much* smoother. It measured 0.3+ ips on the first run, so the guy weighed...

I'm in Dallas, considering flying (commercial) to Milwaukee for OshKosh. I'd prefer not to rent a car myself. Could anyone give me a lift? I'd be glad to buy gas for your car or airplane, and dinner or lunch if you'd like it. I'd like to leave Milwaukee either later on Wednesday or early...

Here's an article: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996073 So if plasma reduces jet noise, then can it reduce turbine noise? There are gyroplanes like the one made by Groen Bros, and also the old Fairy, which used ramjets on the rotortips to boost rpm and lift during takeoff, but...