I want to get airborne with as little building involvement as possible. The cheapest way. And with little maintenance as possible. What are the possibilities? I mean building a gerobee could take years and lots of money and this rotax motors are 'spensive. Building a wooden woodhopper could be...

The PDF document of the committee's final report is he http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/ultralights/amateur_built/media/ARC_FINAL_2008_report.pdf

10-11-12 july at LFLV Charmeil. I'll be there - et qui encore? But I'll be driving, no club plane available and my own still in the "dreams" phase. Ceux qui trouvent ma camionette bleue sont les bienvenus pour l'apéro! More info on http://www.rsafrance.com/

Here's a model report on treating home-builders like grownups. Highlights: Mass balancing controls - tight control wires not enough Reduced stick force per G at higher G made worse by aft CofG Don't push the stick hard by mistake - it may be your...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/ntsb.small.plane/index.html Designed by Zenair. Just saw it on CNN. Karl

Hi! Any RV builders out there? I just joined this forum and am building an RV-9A.

The specs for my C-85 are upper plugs mag @ 28* BTDC and lower @ 30*BTDC. My results are upper @ 30* BTDC and lower @ 32* BTDC. I couldn't find a "flower pot" with attached degree wheel to borrow and attach to the prop hub so used a little "mickey mouse" circular protractor with a free swinging...

12 Horsepower After it's successful flight at Kitty Hawk, upon its return to Dayton the Wright 'Flyer' underwent an extensive overhaul. The engine was fitted with spark plugs and a magneto, replacing the original make & break system. Whilst installing the magneto Orville discovered the original...

If someone was to design a steel tube fuselage or a modification to a steel tube fuselage, does anybody know of a relatively inexpensive and painless way to get a stress analysis done, or software to do it? John

Which sitting US presidents have flown in a a strictly civilian GA aircraft? Date, Type, Pilot, Etc.

Three new additions to our Rec.Aviation "Rogue's Gallery" of participants and their planes... - From Pennsylvania, Mike Granby and his beautiful Piper Arch-Warrior (180 horse Warrior)... - From New Jersey, Lee ("RossPilot") Ross' gorgeous Skyhawk... - From Colorado, Chris ("SeeAndAvoid") Rodiguez'...

Well, I have done it now. Sent of me hard earned for a set of Bearhawk plans. I haven't built an aeroplane before let alone scratch building from plans, hopefully an enjoyable learning curve over the next several years....... Any other Bearhawk builders in the group? Ric

This is one of those questions where there must be a simple answer. This is probably the forum to get the best explanation. Why aren't vacuum driven gyro instruments driven by pressure instead? The reason I'm wondering is because about 2" of suction is sufficient to power a turn needle, and while...

I've not fully studied aircraft construction techniques so forgive me if the answer to this is obvious. I've noted that most(if not all) aircraft made with aluminium airframes seem to be riveted rather than welded. I'm not sure about aircraft with composite or fibreglass skins so I won't...

Hi, Has anyone built Ron Dixon's Mini-Coupe? I like the look of the little plane and have been considering building one.

Did it today! After 12 years of watching the sky and dreaming, I finally had my first fly since buying the farm. (Wonder if anyone can guess why I stopped flying?) 2 hours 20 minutes of shear joy in two lessons, flew over my farm for the first time and flew a taildragger to boot! I know some of...

Like Jim's system most of these DF units do not depend on modulation modes they use doppler effect and electronically rotate the antenna. Popular Electronics a few years back had a DIY article to built a df unit. They used a 16 bit counter and used its output to diode switch pairs of antenna to get...

This may very well be the best thought out item we have read since 9/11/01. Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan ... what we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message. I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan...

If I cut Lexan on a bandsaw, what is the best way to sand out the cut marks along the cut line? Sand paper? File? I want to make a new windshield and the cut edge will be the top of the windshield (open cockpit). -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Building RV-4 Gotta Fly or Gonna Die

I have come by a lathe that has some electrical problems. The unit has a 2 hp 3 phase 220 volt motor. One of the magnetic relays was burned out when I got the lathe. I replaces the relay, turned the switch on and the brand new relay burned up also. Though the lathe came with most of the tooling...