Aviation Forum / General / Homebuilt / September 2006

Some folks have given me a good razzing about having parachutes in my
airplane.  
I think I may just hand them a copy of this next time.  (click the
link, check the picture.)

Ok, here's my situation. At Osh this year I chatted with a vendor in
the flymarket section that was selling heating pads that epoxy on the
bottom of the oil pan. Since I didn't know the exact size of my Ford
pans footprint I chose to measure it when I got home and order the

Get an A&P license via the EXPERIENCE method or at a community college
and join a flying club. Or become a CFI, and do likewise. No homebuilt
flies that cheap.

Anyone know the status of BD-18?
http://www.jimbede.com/
Is it really a joke or what?

I am seeking advice about mixing and storing epoxy.
I started my first wooden rib last night after weeks of thinking,
planning, building jigs, cutting gussets, testing, rebuilding jigs.....
I decided to use epoxy for a number of reasons.  The problem is mixing

This really made me angry.
http://www.sportpilot.org/news/060803_ann.html
It was a link from the EAA's eHotline email.
I'll be sending out the appropriate emails and links to John

Paz has departed on his last flight.
God speed, old friend.
-R.S.Hoover

Looking at buying an altitude encoder for the transponder in my
yet-to-be-born homebuilt.
I see some altitude encoders have an RS-232 output for sending altitude
information to a GPS.  What kind of functionality does this provide?  Is it