The reason for the subject of this post comes from the comment Dick VanGrunsven made at the 2019 RAFE forum "The Future of Rutan Designs Symposium". Dick stated the safety record of "orphaned

I loved your -,"Please don't build airplanes"comment. Sorry I won't be at OSH this year. Terry

Last chance people! We're leaving St Louis and will be on the road to Oshkosh on Thursday July 15th. Please RSVP before that if you can it would be really helpful in determining how much to prepare.

You can find replica wood props on line for 150-200 dollars Doug Kanczuzewski

Hello, Im looking for a propeller. It doesn't have to be airworthy, just an old 2 blade wood prop off of a canard. I told my cousin I would help her find one for her father. He is 91 years old, a

Yes I thought my old cowls were light but these are half that. Plus all the extra stuff removed

Since my Lyc O-360 is running so nice I decided to replace the cowl that had been designed for the Subaru

NO...the clamp is not welded to either pipe. If it breaks then it can leave the plane. The clamp is not cinched down really tight, just moderate and the purpose of the weldment

On Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 10:53 AM Greg Norman <gnorm76@...> wrote: Thanks everyone for the advice. I want this plane in the air ASAP so last night I took the spring tube apart to repair and re-install it

I used an AIRCRAFT quality worm clamp. Intended to drill the head and use safety wire...never did it in 2800 hrs of flying, I'm great at procrastination and never had one break or come loose.

Greg, You should chase the female part also with a tap. It is plastic and shrinks over the years. Mine needed it, and worked fine after that. On mine the square shaft was rusted too. But I was glad

I wire brushed the threaded rod even though it doesn't need it, chased it with a thread die. Tried light oil. No joy. Best I get to keep it from racheting is dialed up to 14. Likely will not need full

Greg Norman wrote: It's not often, but it can happen - as with many aftermarket stuff for the E-AB world, the design is marginal. When it works, it works reasonably well (although there's too much

Last year my Strong pitch trim wouldn't move forward or reverse. Just shook in attempt. Thanks to the advise of this group and for sitting ten years in a build I removed it, cleaned the threaded rod

Nice picture Tom! Sincerely, Mike Scovel SE Michigan VariEze Mbl (313) 608-7202 Email ezdriver@...

Nice one! That looks like Mike M's LongEze. Izzy (603)410-7277

Very nice! Phil Kriley N93CF

All, I have managed to learn a bit more about the software Erlend used to create the calendar. For this month, I used another of my own photos. That said, if you have any photos for

Folks: Thanks to Mike Beasley, I've posted the latest version of the CSA/COBA newsletter index here: Happy searching. -- Marc J. Zeitlin marc_zeitlin@...