A 1930's Pieten Pol Sky Scout is available without charge to the first interested person or organization. The fuselage, empenage, undercarriage, and ribs are 100% complete. The spars and an engine are needed. Constructed by an experienced builder. FAA approved. Also included is a custom built...

Well folks I am struggling here. I know what I want to build but I am having trouble justifing starting the project. This is what I have going on. New baby coming in January (I'm excited). Trying to complete the new master bedroom (Make room for new baby). Going to school. And am a national...

Is there a quick way to calculate what the hinge moment (or turning moment for the flap shaft for a specified condition) is for a flap on a symetrical foil.

From the late Dr Petr Beckmann The Innovator's Dilemma - When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business School Press (1997), is a very perceptive analysis of the dynamics of technological advance - especially the introduction of radically new...

rec.aviation.homebuilt U shaped wings Some time ago there was a magazine cover showing a twin engine aircraft with a U shape in each wing. The U's curved downward then up again with engines and props within the U. When did that occur and what magazine was that; anyone know? A vague memory...

I have heard folks talk about a Maule fabric tester, but I have never seen one in action. Apparently it puts a set amount of pressure against fabric and if the rod goes thru, then the fabric fails. Can someone please describe the action - especially, how does the device keep the fabric from being...

Greetings rec.aviation groups, hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I am still in need of selling my Super Yankee, and although I have had more than 50 inquiries nobody has actually laid down the money to buy it. I truly wish I didn't need to let it go, however I must do so. The price had been...

I recently acquired a couple of Peltor 8003 headsets secondhand. They have two stereo jacks. These are molded on so I cannot open them up to see what happens inside. I took the quarter-inch to be stereo, but no: I measured some 290 ohms from tip to ground, and nothing between ring and ground....

I am currently running a 1986 v6 with a Northwest Aero PSRU. I was wondering when or if Ford changed the bolt hole pattern on bell housing. I have a 2001 mustang with the 3.8 and would like to maybe step up to fuel injection and the balanced intake. JIM

FOR SALE - 1997 Lindy Craftersmanship Award Winner at Oshkosh. Fixed gear long wing Velocity Elite (gull wing doors) IFR with dual KS 155's, Navaid autopilot, Apollo 360 moving map GPS, nav and GPS coupled to autopilot, audio panel, etc. 556 TTSN Lycoming IO-360-C1D6 200 HP, Performance Prop...

Hi All I fly a Pazmany Pl-2 (see link below for pictures) that had a power upgrade from an 125 h.p. O-290 to a 160 h.p. O-320. I fly behind a McCauley Metal prop. After the engine change, I had the prop repitched from a 7063 to a 7067. Top speed increased and my initial climb rate is about 1400...

I finally finished my Oshkosh scrapbook for this year. Lots of pictures, lots of info, and lots of links to even more info. No ads, no cookies, no clutter. Corrections are appreciated. Hope you enjoy. David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com

Anyone else see this? I told you this Engine was Gonna Kick Ass! .. I know.. no one likes an 'I told you so'.. sorry... http://www.deltahawkengines.com/perfor07.shtml 2.5 Gal/hr @ 11,500 ft @ 2000 RPM / 135 Knots in a Velocity W/ 160 hp engine thats about... what? 60% to 65% power..? So ( and...

Anybody had any experience Peeling Protective Paper from Plexiglass??---When it's old & dried out---everything I've used to try to soften the old glue also softens the plexi & leaves it with an orange-peel finish. I have several 12" sq pieces, the center will finally come once you get out there,...

Something about the thread, regarding transmitting power from one radio being funnelled into the other radio made me take pause. In the Houston area (and I'm sure most other major cities) there is an antenna farm that has a collection of FM, AM and TV broadcast antennae. I would estimate there are...

Does anyone know how one would install two separate airspeed indicators? I suspect one would need a separate pitot tube systems. Is this correct? Also, how does one go about correcting an error (either too fast or slow) in the indicator. I'm 2/3 done with the fuselage of my Zenith Zodiac 601XL...

RST Engineering wrote: like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism? Anybody? Jim Laser sugery worked great for me vbg

Anyone in the fiberglass / aluminum sheet metal industry ( or other successful enthusiasts ) interested in contributing to some experimentation. If you are interested, and willing to have the results released to the public, I think we could make a real contribution to this debate & perhaps offer...

Morgans wrote: Check this news story bout about an airplane powered by household batteries. Interesting. http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060717/2006-07-17T130202Z_01_T309261_RTRIDST_0_ODD-JAPAN-PLANE-DC.html -- Jim in NC Cool. Too bad there's no pictures of it. BTW, the people in...

"Thomas" wrote in message ... the radio an older King works fine but it has hard time receiving calls from radar center... it sounded garbled.... I don't know if it just have weak receiving or bad antenna placement...