I was at an airshow this summer and saw an Antonov AN-2 Colt. I have always liked them since I saw the first one ever brought into the country back in 1976. This time I noticed the rudder control cables. The end of the cable at the rudder horns was wrapped around a thimble but then things got...

I'm helping a chapter member do the initial weight measurements on his plane. I think we have everything except what point should be used for the seat positions. I didn't see it addressed in the weight and balance section of AC 43.13. What point along the seat is considered the center of a...

"Where do you find the time?" That's one of the more common questions I'm asked. Probably the best answer is that I don't watch TV. Oh, we've got one -- great big thing the kids bought for us, mostly so they could watch the Bowl games when they come over to visit during the holidays. We watch...

New to riveting here. Reading on basics show the impact on the manufactured head is transmitted along the rivet and forces the bucking bar off the bucktail. It then slams back, causing the rivet shaft to begin to deform. Because the bucking bar needs to move, does this mean it can not be clamped...

That "experiment" didn't seem to find the lift its builders expected: http://www.kitplanesmag.blogspot.com/ Too bad - not sure if it was a lack of traffic (inadequate marketing) or simply too much of a drain of their finite time relative to what they thought they thought they were gaining.

Also instrument needles go crazy. Aircraft is a Lancair with antenna hidden in the horizontal stab. How 'bout directing us to some reading material about how to stop it. Our local avionics guy says we may have to live with it, or install external antennas, which will dirty up a Lancair in a...

Hello all, I'm building a mid wing airplane and looking for a clean fuel sight gauge. I've tried a clear vertical fuel vent line inside the cockpit for each tank without the desired results. I'm covering the top of the tanks with Poly Fiber instead of Plexiglas so I can't do the light access...

anybody know where to get a dvd or video tape of "Flyboys"??

Ok, I want to reinforce all my corners with fiberglass tape. Aircraft Spruce sells a 50 yard 8.7 oz tape to do this job. Can anyone tell me why I shouldn't use cut strips of my 1.4 oz cloth instead of this very heavy tape? Lou

Questions for the "people" "who" utilize the 2 cycle Rotax engine without oil injection. Looking for a good MO that you maybe using to keep fuel topped off for moisture and yet the oil well Blended with the fuel when the aircraft has sat for a short amount of time. Of course with the ATV...

I have seen lots of stormscopes on e-bay lately. Any recommendations for or against any particular model ore manufacturer? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Great article on Slusarczyk and the Hawk. It even talks about the flies in the refrigerator. Betsy

Just thinking into the future at the moment. I know nothing about sandblasting except you can apparently use different abrasive material i.e. glass beads, sand, nut shells (?) An aircraft I'm looking at has some rust at the tail cone. If I purchase it, I'd like to remove the rust and prime...

Probably permanently, SBC jacked the monthly up from $29 to $49, my usage is declining to almost zero. Tied to the house, can't be gone more than an hour at a time, and that's stretching it. If my daughters trach plugs, I've got a very short time to either clear it or get her to the hospital. No...

Here's a weird one. Anyone know if pocket protectors are still available, and if so, where? Hopefully somewhere not involving mail order. Seems strange, that I would think about something that so many have made fun of, but I'm sick and tired of pencils and stuff falling out of my shirt pocket,...

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...

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There seems to be some jealousy and bitter bigots trying to bad mouth this plane its ebay listing in addition to defaming me. This plane is priced to sell and built professionally and has hundreds of hour flown off of it safely. I refuse to have dialouge with any of these Keyboard Rangers...

Hello all, These may be a bit heavy for an ultra-light, but I guess whoever has an interest will know that better than I. I have in my garage, two Augusta 42hp twin horizontal crankshaft and cylinder gasoline engines in their factory crates. They were sold by Augusta to the National Research...

We had a cold front pass through Friday evening here in New England, and the forecast was for cool abeit windy weather for Saturday, with the cool remaining on Sunday but the wind diminishing somewhat. Great weather for sandblasting, I thought. Did I ever mention how much I hate sandblasting? ...