I'm working on the firewall forward for my homebuilt. I need to extend various wires to make it to their respective destinations. (14 to 26 gauge wires.) Any way to have a nice clean butt joint? I don't like the crimp butt joints or twisting the wires together with the accompanying monster...

I'm searching schematics of Dave Clark's headsets (problem with that stuff) Can anyone help me? Thnx in advance PS. I'm also searching schemes of other headsets.

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...

We have one in our Glasair and I have never been really impressed with it's output. Seems to run around 13.1 volts most of the time except for right after engine start. The ammeter does indicate a net flow of current INTO the battery. That might seem all right but when I start putting...

Somebody at AirVenture 2003 presented the best of what's new in the vendor areas. There were several hardware and software awards. One of the hardware awards was a system that let you accurately position avionics trays in the panel. It was called something like "radio racks". If you...

From the late Dr Petr Beckmann The Innovator's Dilemma - When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business School Press (1997), is a very perceptive analysis of the dynamics of technological advance - especially the introduction of radically new...

Beech Staggerwing. Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have doors on bothsides of the cabin? Wil

Greetings rec.aviation groups, hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I am still in need of selling my Super Yankee, and although I have had more than 50 inquiries nobody has actually laid down the money to buy it. I truly wish I didn't need to let it go, however I must do so. The price had been...

On Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Martin Purvis wrote: I have a set of plans for the KR2 and KR2S that I would like to sell. Please note that these plans are original, in perfect condition and complete with serial number that can be transferred to the buyer. Price $140 US....

Trying to locate a manual or any information relating to the MB-1 pitot static test set. This is an older model originally built by TACTAIR aircraft products co. in Bridgeport, PA. I bought this thing a few years ago and have finally dug it out of the pile accumulating in the hangar. It is time...

Invitation to Holland to NVAV’s 40th anniversary. (www.nvav.nl) The Board of the Netherlands Experimental Aircraft Association (NVAV) has the pleasure to invite foreign pilots and homebuilders you and your partner for a reception at the occasion of the NVAV’s 40th anniversary. The reception will...

I figure there is enough expertise in this group to successfully tackle this challenge... Now all it takes is money! http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2007/12/moon-20.html The latest version of the X Prize is backed by Google: $20 million to

Does anyone have an opinion of the LOM 180-250 hp engines? I am thinking about a homebuilt and like the price but have never seen one in person or talked with someone who flew behind one.

As I mentioned in a couple of other threads in RAP recently, the trim jackscrew is very worn in our '74 Archer. The wear seems to be nearly half of the thread depth. In other words, you can move the screw laterally inside the drum about half of the height of a thread. It can be rocked angularly...

Is there a place where unused plans or plans wanted can be posted? It seems there are hundreds of sets of plans sold for each plane actually built. Where are all those unused plans ending up? Are they like the sets I have in a box down in the basement for the last 20 years? Ebay has some plans...

Is anyone running a Rotax 914 with a C/S prop - and if so, which prop?

Hello I'm STILL trying to ID a homebuilt aircraft which appeared in my local newspaper here in the. The photograph is the property of Dez Wood, who thinks that the aircraft was built in the 1930s in Yorkshire. Please check out http://members.lycos.co.uk/driffieldflyer/ for more info. We know...

I have a 503 DCDI mounted inverted in a J3 Kitten. I am using an Ivo in flight adjustable prop and the engine plain just runs great. The problem is that I can't turn the engine off if it is running in the "smooth" range, the mag 1 mag 2 switches will only cut it off if it is at a lower rpm and...

I remember seeing some time back a hangar design that used a circular dome style building. It showed GA airplanes all backed in and seemed like it used the space well. A Google search on round, circular, and dome aircraft hangars did not lead me to the hangar that I was looking for. Anyone...

I am wondering if there are any 4 place Vision builders out there who are almost finished building? I am considering building one myself and am just curious.