I want to get a small float plane to fly from my lake to salmon streams abt 20-40 miles away in Ak. Land on the lakes or mouths and fish for Kings and then fly back to my lake. Flight time prob abt 20 min one way. wld i be better off: 1. just buying a supercub 2. buying a cessna 3. buy a fox...

Is this post making it through? Having some problems with the program I use to access RAH.

Yes, I've got it. No, you can't have it. You have to grow your own. You don't catch cancer. It's not a head-cold or a case of clap. I've been working on mine for more than five years now. It's called Multiple Myeloma and it has lead me a merry chase, partly because the first symptoms appeared as a...

BD-5 - the smallest jet aircraft in the world created in the 1960s by Jim Bede - US aircraft designer. read more ... http://onlythemost.blogspot.com/2008/03/smallest-jet-aircraft-in-world-bd-5j.html

Hilarious mechanic versus pilot video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxwX5gh6jM4 Dan

OK the rumors about UVSP have me paranoid now. I know some folks have had nightmarish problems with this product but I am hopeing that there are some success stories out there as well as it is still on the market. I have been using UVSP on my project during the build and now extensively during...

If anyone out there will admit to driving a C-172, I have a question. In MS FlightSim 2003, Rod the VR flight instructor tells me that I should be controlling my altitude with the throtle, and my airspeed with the elevator? Does that make sense? In Microsoftland, I've got to constantly play with...

I'm looking for a small compressor, running on 110v, min 20 CFM at 80 PSI. Anyone got a recommendation? - Mike

I have a thermometer that reads from 0 to 200°F. I'm trying to measure a cylinder head on an aircooled engine where my range of interest goes from, say, 200 to 400°F. The classic way of measuring this temperature is with a thermocouple mounted on a copper washer underneath the spark plug of...

So for 35 years now we've been putting out our kits with two printed manuals per kit ... a "operations and maintenance" and a "construction and assembly" manual. Each of which costs us about $2 a manual. Not a big deal. I've got a wild hair that we can put out a digital CDROM set of manuals...

Jim Weir: I believe that you made reference to an exemption from personal property tax assessment on the basis of less than 5 aircraft of a specific model being made? Can you provide a reference to the tax code where that is defined? (I hope that this applies to California??) Stu Fields...

Hello. I just completed the last of the three written exams for my Airframe & Powerplant rating. So I no longer have an excuse to put off the oral and practical test! Any words of wisdom for how to best prepare for this test? Also, should I go for both licenses in a single O&P session, or study...

Greetings, The subject pretty much says it all. I'm looking to hear from those who are flying a 3300 Jabiru engine. I've heard that there were some problems in the early days, but I was told that since about 2002, the engines have been working very well, with no problems. Can anyone confirm or...

There are many homebuilts that have open truss type wooden fuselages built from square spruce sticks joined with plywood gussets. Typically the gussets are 1/8" plywood. Aircraft such as the Cavalier, Termite, Pietenpol. Somethings bugging me .... When it comes time to cover the fuselage what is...

Old WW2 mechanic says he hears a sticky valve on my C-85 when I fire up for first time in morning but can't describe the sound and says it lasts only as long as a finger snap. Wants me to add Marvel Mystery oil. I use Aeroshell 100 (50 weight) and change it every 25 hours. I can't detect any...

I've located a source of spruce in British Columbia that appears to be very good. http://www.timberwright.ca/aircraft.html anyone dealt with them? This is for Spars, BTW. The spruce they supply is uncertified, air -dried and unfinished, but exceeds the criteria for certification. They can't...

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My Continental 85 is leaking oil and appears to be from pushrod tubes and valve covers. It is on an experimental plane. While I can cure the one leaking valve cover, the pushrod tubes have those heavy "wirecircles with two tangs" over the rubber end fittings. Some tubes are leaking at bottom and...

The following is to the best of my recollection. I haven't even changed the name of a buddy I was with during these events. I may be wrong about some of the statistics, like the number of divorces and number of hot babes in the restaurants, but I'm close. Almost none of this is an exageration...

I'm building a Barracuda-!/4in. plywood firewall. What is the best material for the fire barrier? .16 stainless or .16 2024 T-3 with a layer of 1/8in. fiberfrax sandwiched between the aluminum & the plywood? I'd like to go with the aluminum because of weight if it & the fiberfrax are an...