My friend has an ADF in his C-180 with the type of antenna that goes from the windshield to the tail. Says it works fine on the ground during taxi and runup but gets nothing but static (over the phones and needle won't "track") about 3 to 5 minutes into flight. Happens every time. There are no...

For all you prop gurus out there... A ran across this drawing and something struck me as odd... why is the prop blade only being held in with one bearing? Wouldn't it want to rotate about this bearing slightly and put a lot of force on the pitch change mechanism? Or in other words, why isn't the...

Hi, Does anyone have drawings of an adjustable rudder pedal assembly like in the Diamond Katana or side-by-side sailplanes? Thanks in advance. Calvin

I am finishing up my KIS Tr-1 aircraft & am curious if anyone out there has experimented with adjustable seats in their aircraft. I have heard that you can get such hardware from auto parts manufacturers, but I don't know how to evaluate them, or how to specify what might be needed. Any help or...

I get a LOT of mail about adjusting the lash on Volkswagen valves, and much of that mail comes from folks who are FLYING behind a converted VW engine, making it a valid topic for this Newsgroup. The basic message is that for an in-service engine you DO NOT use the adjustment procedure shown in the...

Seems as if I remember when calibrating the altimeter there is a small screw next to the adjustment knob that covered a mechanism allowing one to adjust the hands relative to the barometric pressure. Does anyone know where I can find instructions on this. I have searched the Internet but am yet to...

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Hi, I am doing doing an Embedded Design course.Here i get "Advanced fuel flow mesurement system using microcontroller" as a project topic.But i dont know much about the topic.How to measure the fuel. Anybody who did/doing some work on it please help me out of this problem. I need the guidence to...

I haven't seen that group before. Thanks we re is a semi active group at groups.yahoo.com Search for Adventurer333 I am slowly finishing my kit. Applying the Hollman changes now and moving the radiator up next to the engine. Steve.

A close friend of mine died in an Adventure Air amphibian crash at North Central airport in RI. The accident date was Oct 29, 2004. After spending close to 11 years building it, he perished on his third flight in just over a week of testing it. Myself, and many others, in my local EAA chapter...

Have a friend who has decided that he hasn't time to build this...he has a modified Wag Aero 2+2 Sportsman with the Ford engine which he has decided to put on floats rather than build this hull type amphib. Note that this price includes the engine AND the PSRU. ======================= FOR...

Good morning all, We have just returned from the "Flight for Sight" Adventure around region Queensland (Australia) raising around $50,000 for charity in a Sinus and Virus motorglider. To enjoy our adventure please click the following...

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Hello, I was hoping to get some thoughts/opinions on purchasing a complete Glasair III kit that has been sitting untouched in it's original crate for 10 years. Never been opened or inventoried. Is this a bad idea? I'm worried about things like delicate composite parts which through the years may...

Hey all, Here's the deal. I am going to be ferrying a Pitts S-1S from Florida to New York next week. This airplane is equipped with a Haigh locking tailwheel. I have about 800 hours in various models of Pitts (S-2A, S-2B, S-1C and S-1S) but have never flown one with a locking tailwheel. I have...

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...

We're looking at installing landing lights on our Rans S6S. The ones offered by Aircraft Spruce are a bit big, about 5" diameter. I'm trying to find something a bit smaller but equally effective. Does anyone here know what (if any) requirements a landing light has, such as beam angle,...

I would like to be able to share expenses and work on my experimental aircraft now and in the future. I would like to have a partnership with several others both to build and to operate an experimental 4 to 6 place aircraft. Perhaps, especially in building, this is not advisable. I would like to...

Hey all, I'm planning on starting to build a molded kit in the summer and in the meantime I'm trying to perfect my fibreglassing skills by building a toolbox (and making all the rookie mistakes on it instead of a wing). I went to the EAA sportair workshop which was awesome but it primarily focused...

There can be no better source of advice than this group for my question: am I too old to take up flying--and building an airplane? Full disclosure. As a young man in the Korean War I was an aviation machinist's mate in the Navy. As a forestry student in the late '50's I was a smokejumper, so I...