on e-bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2484765363&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ALC%3AMT%3A1 small size good for homebuilts-

What's the weight penalty for not stripping an old 172, just painting over the old paint, after sanding it first, of course. I'm new at this but willing to make a go of it. I'd like to use a high-gloss polyurethane and some bright colors. TIA for your advice. I've been receiving a lot...

I have 5 tickets to the Dayton Airshow that I can't use, If anyone wants to go to the airshow I'll let them go for 10 bucks each ( Half price ) Paypal only E-mail me for the paypal info Tomson

On your way to Oshkosh? Don't forget -- our "2nd Annual Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party" is being held at our aviation theme, luxury suites hotel THIS SUNDAY, July 25th! All pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to attend. Free food, beverages, and live music will be served at poolside, from...

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years By CARL HARTMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) wants to return to the moon and put a man on Mars. But scientist Bradley C. Edwards has an idea that's really out of this world: an elevator that climbs 62,000 miles...

Do aluminum fuel lines need to be double flared (37 degree flaring)? A 37 degree double flaring tool is very expensive compare to the single flare type. I ran across this in a Car Craft magazine article: "Most tubing in the aircraft industry is extruded in one piece with no seam, so double...

In their defense I'd really consider the good possibility that the shippers did some major damage to them. Have you tried seeking recourse from them? I've seen the way some of them handle things and am surprised you can get anything in usable condition ;-) John Dave S wrote:

Richard Lamb wrote in message ... Forming any -O material is not difficult at all. But in that condition, the parts are not very useful either, at least for structural purposes. Whatcha making, Gary? Richard

I am looking for "test club propeller", I think this is the name of that thing. We want to run our Subaru conversion with the reduction gear box on a test bed and apply some close-to-real load on it.We do not want to use our bran new propeller for the first hours on test bed (don't want to take...

Jess uses AOL and can't post to the ng easily. He can, however, read the posts. He just wrote this to me over email and asked that I pass it on to this group. Subject: Letter to Corky Scott To: Bill, a letter I sent to Corky this evening

Reliability on this, is at best fair to unsubstantiated..... The rumor is as follows: Antique/classic/vintage/the guys south of the Communication Tower are not letting any homebuilts camp in their camping area due to the fact Homebuilts has a new camping area off the end of Papa 1. Fact: there...

I'm building a wing. Outta aruminum, as per Riveting 101. Just finishing fitting the lower skins around the landing gear legs. Rivet holes are all done; the thing is at the Bristle Stage although most of my bristles are PK's instead of clecos because the former are about two cents each and...

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In the July 2004 issue of Sport Aviation, there was an article published on the installation of ELTs. I have taken issue with the article with Tom Poberezny and Scott Spangler, and before I go off half-cocked (how unusual for me) I'd like some confirmation from this group. Understand that I may...

So I am putting a Batt relay on my plane and it is one that grounds out to complete the circuit. Is it normal to have it get hot. Not to hot to touch but pretty hot.

Hi guys, I have an Oshkosh Diary posted on my website...www.fairchild24.com. You can go right to it at http://www.fairchild24.com/osh2004.htm I'll post more as time goes on. don

I'm looking for some guidance on safely mounting instruments in an alumimium panel. Our panel is about 2mm (about 1/12th inch) thick. We had all the shapes laser cut, so everything fits well. What do most of you do with deep, heavy instruments like a gyro? Is it safe to just use the screws on the...

Back when the world was young and I still had hair the Navy hired a gaggle of eggheads to contribute to the design of what eventually became the Spruance-class of destroyers (i.e., DD-963 class). At that time I was the Leading Chief of the computer shop for Pac Fleet's cruiser-destroyer force. ...

Do aluminum aircraft fuel lines need to be double flared for AN fittings (37 degree flaring)? There is a significant difference in cost between a single and double flaring tool. I ran across this in Car Craft magazine: "Most tubing in the aircraft industry is extruded in one piece with no...

I was watching "From the Ground Up" on Discovery Wings, specifically I paid attention to the episode where the rivet the skin on one of the wings of the aircraft. in order to rivet the skin to the aircraft they use solid rivets, a rivet gun and a "bucking bar" (did I get that right?). The rivet...