I recently acquired a 114 in dia, 10in blade width antique wooden prop , Paddle blade style with 8 bolt holes. Too big for a Jenny, maybe for DH4, Whats your guess?

Looking for a wooden prop for homebuilt. I understand that wood props have certain advantages over metal and composites. A wood prop has virtually no memory and is not subject to fatigue as is metal. Also on contact, a wood prop will not result in as much damage to engine/crank etc. I know a few...

Could I get some advice on working stainless steel and its properties? I want to work sheet and plate to about 1/8 thickness and have found this stuff very tough in the past. How would one drill and cut it with good results in a homebuilders shop? What types of saw blades and drills work best? I...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado WHAT: is seeking to contact aircraft owners of actual or reproduction World War 1 aircraft for a special event commemorating the dedication of the museum’s new Bleriot aircraft display. Additionally, the museum is interested in the...

Found at the doctor's office. An enormous roll of the stuff, used to cover the examination table. About two feet wide and hell for long. Asked nice, the girl gave me about six feet of the stuff. -R.S.Hoover

Now that is an achievement. We have been slowly avoiding the Airshow format that has to have a Harrier, or F16's busting my eardrums or a jet powered truck drag race. Way back when EAA was about Experiemental Aviation. Now John Deere and Ford get higher billing and more up front space than the...

FWIW... really cool scale paper models http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Fly-Baby/flybaby.php

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/15/smallest.helicopter.ap/index.html Karl

For those who haven't seen it, and those who have, an enjoyable aerobatic mini-movie. Good movie directors know that "coverage" is the key -- get as many cameras, from as many vantage points, as you can on every scene. That allows for creative and intelligent editing, which makes for enjoyable...

1. Veeduber Jul 28 2002, 9:52 pm show options Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt From: (Veeduber) - Find messages by this author (Originally posted message to the Fly5k mailing list in October, 2001.) - - - - - - - - - I wasn't born knowing how to weld.

I'm a beginner interested in building an amateur built plane. I've decided to buy some books from the EAA. Probably all are pretty good, but I don't want too much repetitive material. I'm trying to decide between the following: Tony Bingelis Books: Engines by Tony Bingelis. A treasury...

I need to buy a landing light to mount in a fiberglass cowl. I have been looking at Zenon HID's, halogens, etc., but the most powerful seems to be a halogen Spotlight. I am not sure what the current draw is but I would guess about 6 amps? I will strip the batteries off of it and run straight...

What the micron size is on a Earl's fuel filter part # 230106? Thanks for any info! -- Yosimite Sam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Tb8-PtSNo&feature=player_embedded#

I'm getting close to covering my wings. I don't currently fly at night and could even say that I have no intention on flying at night. However I had no intention on getting married either. Would anyone install lights anyway or just limit yourself to flying in the daylight. Lou

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For some time now, I've been thinking about building a replica of Ben Epps' 1907 monoplane. For those of you not familiar with Georgia aviation, this was the first plane built and flown in the state. Ben's youngest son, Pat Epps, currently owns the big FBO at DeKalb-Peachtree in Atlanta. This page...

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http://www.greenengtech.com/index.htm Click on the "English" button on the left. The company claims it's a revolutionary six-stroke rotary engine. 120hp, 60lbs. Are they kidding me or what?

OK, I know they aren't homebuilt but this really impressed me: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/22/earlyshow/main878702.shtml .... "Christiana Lund, 25, just moved to New York from the L.A. area, and had gone back to pick up her car, which was with her on the plane. " ....