Rowland, Verniers are great for throttles for aircraft which need a very fine adjustment like on the Beechcraft you flew. (I personally am a fan of the Debonair, loved it and the vernier prop control
Alan, Not to but in, but the reason for putting the top on is that that makes the fuselage quite stiff. If the wing pins and tail plane tubes as well as tail post are all square and level, it would a
David, Perhaps it is best to check the following in this order for a field check: First check and ohm out your radio connections and coax attachment to your antenna. Check out the coax that the cente
Gentlemen, My years are going to show, but we must understand and be consistent in our opinions. I have found it necessary to be fair. I hate them all. Rotax is expensive, and has two carbs, two igni
Karl, Education is the key, as I have found out the hard way. Batteries are great if you like polluting third world countries and china with heavy metals. Plants like CO2. Our bodies need it for resp
Guys, I guess I really have a dumb SWR meter in comparison to yours. It allows me to measure if my antenna is tuned to the freq (all our antennas bought on the market are tuned, only handmade ones ar
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Still, ask as if you are the original owner and the spinner cracked you may get another one if it is defective. Worth a shot. Thanks Bud, but I was looking for a second hand one Read this topic onlin
Yes, picture two, on the good bad scale, is bad. I have used a straight edge also. The custom pins are a bit over the top, but useful as sometimes the cradle structure gets in the way of seeing just
Gentlemen, Two recent ground loops have occurred to proficient pilots. In both cases the tail wheel had no stop installed or it had failed previously during ground operations and was not repaired. In
Kingsley, Look on the diagram for the tail wheel installation Chapter 23M-7 figure 10. There are some who have expressed interest in reducing the tail wheel from the 9.25 inches to say 7 inches to ge
John, The classic and very early XS had an extension on the rudder pedal return spring in Chapter 22 on the pilot side. That has since be superseded. (Frankly, I don't even have the pages for that an
John, Please adjust the friction in the throttle quadrant. I have made a throttle friction adjuster and found it acceptable, but not necessary (another 20 hours of tweaking). Simply adjust the AN 4 n
To all, and congrats to Raimo Toivio When preparation, proficiency and proper procedures meet a potentially catastrophic chain of events, the chain is broken and the aircraft, pilot and passengers al
Jim, Lynn and all, I won't make it to Osh with 12 AY almost finished with the repairs from Sun 'n Fun and six planes in the shop now to turn around. We are going to hunker down and keep turning out a
Raimo, Yes, McCreary has probably been bought out, but they still have a phone number and are listed in Aircraft Spruce as a supplier. The adds still say: "Located in Indiana, PA and Unicoi, TN, Spec
Jeff, Glad to here your making progress. The pin is a BLS4R 11 N. I am out of stock, as this is happening a lot lately with broken heads and corrosion with time. Email Karen direct at Europa and she
Raimo, Sorry for the slow response. Alas no tube is perfect and frankly, I hate how the bent tube wheel works. The stem never sets really straight, even when I affix a 5/16 inch by 32 nut and a washe
Jim, Sorry to be absent from the list but these 60 hour weeks are making great progress, however I have had to give up the time of getting into these discussions: I too have had enough of the clampin