I need to converse with someone familiar with this engine. Having a problem that is perplexing several of us. I get a normal 50 rpm drop on the right mag, but get a 200 rpm drop on left. Have replaced left distributor cap, rotor, high tension lead, checked all wires and plugs....nothing helps. ...

Hey everybody, I'm new to the Champ culture, but I'm learning fast. I'm considering a Champ 7AC, converted to 7DC with battery and starter. I am an A&P, and I want to get an idea of what it would take to install a full electrical system to power a radio and transponder. I'm thinking about the...

Can some one help me with a ballpark figure for shipping AC parts. What would be a guess fo sending 500lbs from CA to RI? Just looking for a line on the best way to ship parts. Thanks RAL

I know it's powdered milk and amonia and such to make Casein glue. Can anyone please give me the procedure? Thanks Bob Gaines USA

I would like like comment on whether it is a good idea to use a Continental powered C182 as a tow ship that would be mainly used to tow the Schweizer 2-33 at sea level airports. I content that the tow speed would not be comfortable for a 2-33 and that overheating of the continental engine would be...

The belly fabric on my Decathlon is in terrible shape. It is oil soaked to the point where the paint and tapes are flaking off. Something has to be done. Doubtful we can reskin just the belly, so we are considering a recover of the entire fuselage. Is it possible to recover a fuselage without...

I saw a special on PBS about the Aleutian Islands and they showed quite a few scenes of W.W.II aircraft wrecks just lying around on ground. The Narrator said that they US lost a lot of aircraft due to bad weather. My question is has anyone surveyed the Aleutian Islands for restorable wrecks. (I...

Hi, I'm looking for leads to any information on Frank Hawks' Golden Age racing airplane, 'Time Flies'. This plane was designed by Howell Miller and built by the Granville Brothers crew after the company was liquidated in the mid-1930's. The plane was damaged in a landing accident and later...

I'm trying to find any substitutes for 2 extrusions: LS-2419 LS-4109 I know some SRMs have fabricated substitutes for extrusions. This is for an F-104A! TIA, Bob

hi there. does anyone knows where to get some detailed boeing 377 stratocruiser blueprints (3-views and profiles)? i need them to create a 3d-model. joerg

I have recently built an all new website for Ezell Aviation. its at... ezellaviation.com - come check it out, drool at the airplanes and give me feedback. Im still updating the past projects pages so keep and eye out for them. Kevin (webmaster)

Bonjour sur cette réplique de D520, une Turbine (Pilatus) a été monté comme moteur. Si quelqu'un est interessé pour l'acheter, elle est à vendre. ainsi que les radios. excuse me to speak in french, my english is very bad. see you later Rooney

My old project plane has working flap but it appears pin for hinge is corroded and stuck. Flap needs to be removed for access to rear main gear bracket. I can't get a grip on holding the pin and pulling or twisting. Being cheap , would rather not cut the pin into small removable pieces as a...

Hey. I don't know which group I saw the subject in so I'm responding to all three I could think of. This is from the Aero-News Network, a snippet from a longer article about an effort to build operational replicas of pre-WW2 Russian planes... ...as previously reported in Aero-News, a fire...

I have a wingtip float for a WW2 vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane. I'd like to hear everyone's off the cuff opinion of what it should sell for. I want to sell it for something at least in the ball park of its value and not essentially give it away. Its major flaw is that a large section of the...

What type of primer/sealer is the best and easiest to apply before applying the color coat on aircraft sheetmetal? Thanks for any info.

Most technical artists render the leading edge of wartime Bristol radial engine cowlings a copper-bronze colour. Several wartime colour photographs (of the Vickers Wellington etc) show this same effect. The 'Halifax' restoration/reproduction at the Yorkshire Air Museum has it's Hercules engine...

My grandson gave me a beautiful Course & Speed Calculator manufactured by W.C. Pye & Co Ltd. The mahagony box is marked as REF. No. 6B/120. It is a MK IIA model. It is obviously analagous to a very early E6B. My guess it is WWII era, maybe a bit earlier. Does anyone happen to have an instruction...

Looking for any information on the removal of the wings on a A-26 Invader, or the method of attachment etc. Regards Mark

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