Wonder who is going to fly this bird? Two days before scheduled first flight. Wonder if they will kit the bird? Big John http://www.polecataerospace.com/X-Wing.htm

A while back the Xantus vtol 4 place kit was looking pretty cool. Now they seem to have disapeared. Anyone know what happened? Their web site www.vtol1.com is now a lame place holder site and has been since around late last year. I couldn't find any info as to what happened to them.

Hi, I have a friend who is just completing his Jodel homebuilt. He is now in the process of selecting a radio and transponder. Due to limited panel space he is considering purchasing the XCOM 760 with built in vox intercom. Are there any members of this group who are using the XCOM? We are...

Greetings all, we have just uploaded the latest XCOM Newsletter to the website which you can read by following the link below... http://www.xcomavionics.com/newsletters/June05/june05.html It talks about all the latest features in the XCOM VHF comm and the opportunity to get your software updated...

The XCOM VHF Remote application provides an easy mechanism for managing the configuration options for your XCOM VHF Transceiver by controlling it through a computer. The application provides an easy means of modifying the configuration options without the need to navigate the menus built in to...

Hello guys/girls.. We have just updated our website for the XCOM VHF Radio, there is now more detailed information including...... A fully interactive module where you can test the radio and all the functions including Dual Watch, memory channels...

Anyone know where to find a TM for Army XM-76 antioscillation monocular? Let's you read a license tag or roadsign from a helicopter. I checked the logsa army.mil ETM site but not there. -bob

I read an article about a theoretical tethered space station, where a long cable was payed out from the surface and attached to a space station, there are obvious technical problems to overcome but notwithstanding them it makes sense in a logical way to attach an object with a wire to a spinning...

YAMAHA FZ 750 FZ750 RUNNING GENESIS ENGINE FOR SALE Hello! Well, here it is... FZ 750 Genesis engine! This motor is out of a 1985 motorcycle with 78,000 kilometers (48,500 miles). It has been removed from the frame to be sold along with everything else. One early morning I went to start the bike,...

Does anyone know the coclpit width of the Grumman Yankee AA1- I can find every kind of info but that thanks

On 16 Nov 2006 I became a blogger by uploading 'The World's Ugliest Toolbox' http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ugliest-toolbox.html ....in response to Google's offer of free blogging space. Since then I've uploaded 264 others from a file of a thousand or so digitalized articles...

Did it today! After 12 years of watching the sky and dreaming, I finally had my first fly since buying the farm. (Wonder if anyone can guess why I stopped flying?) 2 hours 20 minutes of shear joy in two lessons, flew over my farm for the first time and flew a taildragger to boot! I know some of...

Have had a tig in basement for several years and hardly used. Now that I need it I find that I really suck at it. Started practicing welding little pieces of 4130 together. Decided no way I am touching my fuselage with it and dragged out the mig which I can do ok with. But didn't quite give up and...

Riveted aluminum fuel tanks are smart. They're easy to build and superbly practical for the homebuilder since she can make them in whatever shape she needs. Most folks shy away from this fabrication technique due to the high cost of Pro-Seal, still listed at more than $8/oz in the Aircraft Spruce...

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We are now selling our inkjet and laser decals by the sheet, they are also available in A5 and A4 size. We are the only importer of this typoe of decal paper in the UK. It is of superb quality and we have a great decal of model makers using it with great success. If you have never tried it before...

You know that : The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans. On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart...

You know you're old when some kid posts a picture of a plane you've flown in captioned: 'What the hell is THIS?' (It's an AJ-2, son. A nice airplane and one of the largest to have flown off an Essex-class carrier.) -R.S.Hoover

I'm repairing a set of aluminum flaps with some cracks around the rivets on the trailing edge. Take a look at the flap trailing edge of a later model 172 and you will see a neat 3-layer sandwich. The older 172's did not have this feature, a thick beaded stiffener in the middle which stiffens...

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