Aviation Forum / General / Homebuilt / July 2009

Does that title tickle any memory-bones?
Well, let's see if I can tickle them again.  First-off come the ground
rules: The data came from "Handbook of Instruction for Airplane
Designers, Structures Tests"  Air Corps, U.S.Army (Not available to

I see video of the museum, but does anyone know of video of the
runway? - Mike

I inadvertently left off the Ripon-Fisk Arrival Transition Procedures and
the Fisk-Oshkosh Arrival Procedures from the pdf file with the posters.  I
will have it posted by late afternoon Pacific time.
Jim

To All:
I have been storing my engine building information in files intended
for use with home-built airplanes.  But engines are pretty much the
same,  for airplanes or cars.  You're welcome to join but the Chuggers-

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/iowa_city_pool_party.htm
Stop in on your way to OSH!  The food and drink will all be in abundance,
served at poolside (just 300 yards from Rwy 25, here in Iowa City) -- and
it's all free!

The artwork for you to print out your own Oshkosh 09 Bound window poster is
up at
www.rstengineering.com
The most visible poster is black printer ink on yellow or goldenrod paper.

After searching the literature the closest thing to what we (my
brother and I) want to build is called the "Aqua-Glider" which is made
mostly out of wood. I thought we might copy the design but substitute
materials. For the fuselage and tail we would use fibreglass/foam

So... how strong is your wing?
The only sure way to know is to TEST it.
How do we do that?  We roll the airframe over on it's nose, support
the main spar with a structure of some sort... Douglas Fir 2x4's works

It's been puzzling me for a long while and there it is again popping up
in the "WIG airfoils" thread: what is this sacred Reynolds number?
I tried our alther friend en.wikipedia but its theory was quite beyond
my level of education* and its examples of oil in a pipe were not ...

http://www.eaach1.org/Design/comm6v1-1R4.pdf
Subject at hand:  Landing gear design.
Article in above link pretty much puts into words my understanding of
why tail draggers do what they do.  I've been thinking about an

In my effort to learn/remember/practice correct building
procedures,I monitor several wood aircraft design sights. In the
emerauders group,much discussion about using a wingspar that was built
and purchased by another builder. The Emeraud spar consists of 2

Pants, not wing spars.
Has anyone ever dealt with 'Duluth Trading Post?'
As some of you know the cancer has caused me to lose about 80 pounds
and nearly 2" in height due to the compression fracture of my 5th

To All:
Or perhaps to that part of All interested in testing by busting things
up...  And to those who got their knickers in a kink over the best
orientation of the laminae in a laminated spar CAP.

Homer was always a very nice person to talk to at Fly-Ins.
Will be remembered in his aviation history.
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Yesterday, I flew to an airport for breakfast and as I turned off onto
the taxiway, the engine quit.  It's never done that before.  Re-started
fine.  Did not quit when I returned to my home airport.  Maybe the
turbulence was enough to fix it ;)