Snarly Charlie, the 182, has the classic "Cessna drip" from the fuel vent when the tanks are filled and the hangar gets warm. I've tried everything I know to stop it, but all I can do with all the mechanical fixes is slow it down. I'm getting ready to patch the asphalt under the drip and paint...

Toying with a second camera in this video to see if I can get instrument and outside views to work side by side in a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLP1e0azFTA While this video worked to a reasonable degree, I won't be doing this on instrument approaches without a passenger manning the...

re urgent aog request need urgent pin out dia for KTR 900 a/c not transmitting on P1 P2 ok

I don't know if any of you out there have tried Jay's "fruit for breakfast and lunch" diet but I did and have these results to post: I have been doing my own version of this for 6 weeks or so. I started out for the first week or two doing exactly what Jay did. After 2 weeks I could no longer eat...

My #2 VOR is the older analog King head feed by a KX-170B. It likes to get out of adjustment. The local radio shop has told me I should get the screw driver and adjust it myself off the VOT. If you remove the set screw that holds the knob on, there is an adjustment screw behind it. However, the...

I have received the Garmin GPSMAP 396 that I ordered at OSH and am now trying to figure out how to mount it securely in the airplane (Piper Arrow) 1 I want to be able to use it out of the airplane occasionally. 2 Experimenting with it at home, it appears to me that the font size on both screen...

I'd like to hear from anyone who has a Franklin 220 h.p., especially in a 172. Any other comments or rumors, informed or otherwise, fire away. -- Roger Long

Light aircraft are not a business tool. There is _no such thing_ as a rational purchase of a light airplane. It's a heinously expensive toy that will likely be a financial disaster no matter what. Don't go 95% broke buying an unfulfilling spam can. Buy what you want, which if you have anything but...

Landing light circuit breaker 20 amp. Pops after about one minute. I have changed the landing light 4552, changed the CB and thought I had the problem solved. This morning Taxi at 6 am (still dark) I was pleased to have the landing light while in close quarters, then the CB popped. I have checked...

Hi all.I'm looking for the Installation Manual or pinouts of the King KN73 glideslope receiver. I want to hook it up to the KX-170B that I have in the plane. Does anyone know how these two should interface? Thanks Jarand

My Hershey-Bar wing Archer is in for annual. Today they found a crack in the left wing aileron bellcrank support. Sounds dangerous. It's going to need replacing. Any idea if this is as big a job as it sounds like? Will the wing skins need to come off? Anyplace I can find a drawing of...

The EPA has taken the first step in the rulemaking procedure to potentially ban leaded in aviation gasoline. It is he http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480ae298f It is pretty clear where They are headed. They say "Currently, lead emitted by...

how long till the vor/ndb system is decomissioned and everything goes to gps? dan

Ok guys I finally had time to transfer video from my mini dv to my computer , my first few landings in my 150 it seems like the wife only records my bad landings ohh well!! The best landing out of the 3 on this video was a simulated short field right on the 1,000 bars the first landing and...

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Thought you guys might enjoy this. I saw them at Oshkosh this year. http://www.terrafugia.com/landing.html -- Best Regards, Mike http://photoshow.comcast.net/mikenoel

Another thread made me think about using the portable propane heater I use in my garage to preheat my airplane. It's the standard metal tube type with the fan from Home Depot or Lowes. I've seen people simply attach a flex duct to the end of this type heater and blow the hot air into the...

Friends, Airplane Tinkerers, Cheapskate Builders, Impoverished Owners… My recent ebay auctions were a great success, and so I have slithered once again through my secret vaults of airplane parts for more treasures to be auctioned off. Please check my ebay auctions for one or more of the following,...

I have a Cherokee 180, with the short hershey bar wing. While I love the plane, I always wish it could go a bit faster, or use a bit less fuel to get to my destination. I have followed the composite homebuilding movement for many years, and am amazed at the sleekness of a composite wing. The...

Hi all, So are you required to get a transponder test any time the static system has been opened (for VFR flight)? You are required to get a static/altimeter/xpdr test for IFR flight any time the static system has been opened (91.411). 91.413 refers to maintenance on the transponder (and...