"I read your posts about a survival rifle and lemme tell you, you just don't understand the modern Ami-rican mind. What you want is THIS (shows me a rusty 'Daisy' 'Red Ryder' BB gun). Now this here's a BB gun. If you lived in the right part of Ami-rica during the right TIME to be living there,...

After Bob Hoover's recommendation of the double eagle, I fond myself at the DE website and thinking I've found my first (maybe only) plane. I already have a stock 1600cc bug engine to use that is ready to put together other than a few bits but I'd like to try Bob's suggestions and go with the...

As we chatted about a few weeks ago, I am about to start my conditional inspection on the "beast". I think you idea of making a short but sweet video of what I encountered during my auto engine conversion is a good thought. I imagine taking an overall shot of the plane, zoom in on various systems,...

Spruce gives the option of my providing quantity and partno. in comma delimited format when ordering. When ordering tubing, "2,03-02400-5" correctly translates into two 5' lengths of 03-02400. However, the same logic doesn't seem to translate for spar stock: 02-123-8 didn't translate into an...

For those who built their airplanes for greater efficiency: At this year's Copperstate Southwest Regional Fly-in, we will be hosting another fuel efficiency contest. New for this year is an additional 200 mile competition for aircraft flying the course at 60 to 119 miles an hour average...

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Hello everyone, I'm back in the shop again with a new problem. That is, how to drill accurate holes on-center through steel tubing. I need to attach 2 short lengths of 1/2" EMT tubing parallel to the top tube of a bicycle frame, one on each side. The EMT tubes will extend about 20" forward of...

"BOb U" wrote in message ... "Aris" wrote: That one originally took a bad bounce off the astroturf and went over my head. Then it took another bounce and smacked me in the face. ;-)

Please Go to : http://www.angelfire.com/wa/drdan71/ You will find an aerial photo as a tribute by Baker Company of the last Infantry Battalion in Iraq to the victims of 9-11 and the fallen heroes of the US military who died defending US and avenging the deaths of the victims of the twin tower...

Hope you can make it to our annual fly-in 18 October Only 51 days, 3 hours, 27 minutes, and 51 seconds left until Fly-in ! http://www.mitchellwing.com/flying_gators_annual_fly.htm -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft...

whilst taking a break from my main project (http://www.dlc.fi/~jmpaaso/experimental/), I stumbled upon the concept of Bell xp-77. Being all wooden, it appealed to me and now I would like to hear anything and everything concerning this aircraft. Are there any existing drawings ? anywhere, anyone?...

Reliability on this, is at best fair to unsubstantiated..... The rumor is as follows: Antique/classic/vintage/the guys south of the Communication Tower are not letting any homebuilts camp in their camping area due to the fact Homebuilts has a new camping area off the end of Papa 1. Fact: there...

Homebuilt twin-engine composite amphibian had a "Spruce Goose moment" a week or two ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc5U7VPnmU (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") http://www.gweduc.com/

O.K. the big day has come at last. Ready to fit the wings to the fuselage and need to make four fittings from 4130 .125" sheet. Cut it, jig and weld, drill, file smooth, curse, repeat as necessary. I ordered a 9"x 9" sheet from Wicks and sure enough, it arrives the next day. Sheet doesn't look like...

I have always suspected that correctness, is the refuse of those who have nothing to offer.

Björn Flodén and his wife built one of the first BD-4s back in the 70s. When they moved to Colorado he wanted more power and installed a Ford V-8. He never got it in the air, though, as he passed away before completion. His daughter wants to sell his project now. While the BD-4 builders help...

To All: Often times we have the need to create small but accurate shapes in metal or wood. When the 'part' happens to be in two dimensions rather than three, such as a stencil (!) or an airfoil template, a common method of making the part is to simply print it out then glue the print-out to a...

Gene Littner was an aeronautical engineer who has served as the interpreter and distributor for Piel aircraft plans in North America. In addition, he designed and built several aircraft. He passed from this vale of tears on the evening of June 1st. The Emerauders mourn his loss. One of the group...

Automotive alternators are sometimes installed on certified airplanes. Are automotive (or any other type) starters ever used on a certified engine. For instance, is there a Delco automotive equivalent to the starter on a C85? Thanks, Wallace

See pix and nomencalture here. http://edebris.com/catalog2/item/914 Sperry SP 20 Gyropilot Amplifier Assembly Leads welcome. Can't keep. Relocating to Hawai'i. Will donate to friends electronics petting zoo if it's junk as far as AC use goes.