I ran across this notice on the EAA website today regarding proposed legislation in the state of Hawaii to exclude premium mogas from the 10% ethanol requirement. Please take a few minutes to read the Bill itself. This may be very useful if you live in an area where only E10 is sold, and there is...

For the past few days, I've been working on a project that is semi- related to aviation. That is, its related by the fact that the skills necessary to complete it may also be usefull in building an aircraft. I like to think of it as a training project. What I'm building is a kinetic-sculpture...

Hello everyone, Remember a while back that I was having problems with the incredibly long, tall, narrow, light trailer that I built to haul my Wright Brothers machine? If you have forgotten, that wonderfully practical (cheap) trailer had a tendancy to roll faster than a Pitts in a crosswind....

It would seem that my last post drug out every old lurker that's ever been on RAH (except Chuck... what's he up to these days?) Even BWB sent me an unearthly vibe the other day. But now that I have the torch, I've got a serious welding question. Two actually. Number one is: anyone ever get...

Behold fellow aviators, for I have finally lighted that damned welding torch that I got for Christmas...last year. Yep, bought a "b" tank and an empty 40cu/ft oxy. tank off Ebay from Indiana Oxygen Co. Shipped out next day and items were exactly as described. And free shipping! Swapped it out at...

Looks like our old friend Paul is at it again. Reminds me a lot of the contractor-guy in that movie "The Money Pit". (When will my house be done? Oh, in about two weeks!) Right. And Jerry Lewis said that we were only a few years away from a cure for MD. That was in 1977. At least the reporter...

Anyone got a current copy in .pdf or .doc format that they'd be willing to share? Thanks, Harry

Damned if it ain't flew. Well sorta. On Tuesday we had chinooks here in Boulder, so at lunch I snuck over to Scott Carpenter Park (uh huh that guy has a park named after him) and managed 14 flights with the replica Wright 1899 kite before it rendered itself unflyable. This may have been the first...

According to the NBAA website, there will be a reproduction Epps 1907 monoplane hanging in the enterance hall of the Georgia World Congress Center for the NBAA 2007. In fact, it should be there right now. Anyone going to, or at, NBAA 2007 in Atlanta? Anyone near Atlanta? Can you get me a photo or...

You may have finally made a positive point for hot-dogging. Anyone think of a down side? -- Jim in NC Impact with unusual terrain or obsticles maybe. If there was enough weather, such as windshear, microburst downdrafts, or severe crosswinds I'd keep that rollerskate on the...

Not wanting to post at the end of a mile-long thread, I'm starting a new one (so sue me.) Here are a few clarifications regarding the Wrights, wing warping, and ancient props, from a guy currently nursing a deep thigh bruise inflicted by the hip cradle of a Wright 1902 glider. Props first: Nope...

He'll even upgrade it for you! Just remember to have the FBO open the gate for you when you depart the field... cause you ain't flyin' over the fence in that...

If anyone out there will admit to driving a C-172, I have a question. In MS FlightSim 2003, Rod the VR flight instructor tells me that I should be controlling my altitude with the throtle, and my airspeed with the elevator? Does that make sense? In Microsoftland, I've got to constantly play with...

Just wondering what the general consensus is on the best method of welding 4130 tube structures. Advantages / disadvantages of each considering I will be building in an attached garage, in a residential subdivision, and will be limited to a 110AC/ 20 amp service? Is an off-the-shelf MIG unit like...

For some time now, I've been thinking about building a replica of Ben Epps' 1907 monoplane. For those of you not familiar with Georgia aviation, this was the first plane built and flown in the state. Ben's youngest son, Pat Epps, currently owns the big FBO at DeKalb-Peachtree in Atlanta. This page...

DONE!!!! Yep, I finally broke down and drug the table saw up the stairs. Made a v-block out of a chunk of 2x4 that I salvaged from a dumpster. Tried the v-block yesterday, and after 2 hours of setup time, finally got everything aligned and drilled the holes in the bike frame. Following that I...

LOL! Correct me if I'm wrong, but anything that could climb at 60,000 per minute would probably be powered by a big-ass rocket engine and piloted by someone named Yeager, Crossfield, Glenn, etc... Excepting of course for Burt Rutan's ship. All of us poor-boy hang-glider pilots use electronic...

The news reported yesterday or the day before that an experimental ultralight plane (they obviously don't know that there is a difference) crashed in north GA. There were no details beyond this. Anyone have more to add? Harry

Anyone know what this type of engine weighs? I know that hog-air claims 200 lbs, but that's with a starter, PSRU (PRSU?), exhaust, etc. I'm wondering what the engine itself weighs with its standard starter, and nothing else. Any bikers in here have a spare engine and a scale? My much-discussed...

Does anyone here know if / what-section-of FAR rules govern the operation of "ground effect" vehicles? Specifically, how high can a machine fly AGL before its technically classified as an aircraft and not a hovercraft, hydroplane-boat, Ecronoplan, etc.? Is there a loophole for a powered...