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I wouldn't be surprised to have them say that they leave it out so you can adjust the arm position to fit your application.

Tim Hickey

Ron was one of the most unique individuals I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I only saw him face to face once, at Oshkosh, but we traded emails back and forth, and I had deep admiration for his knowledge and skills. I too, had been wondering how he was doing, as over the past two years our ex...

As long as we are discussing air boxes, is anyone installing any baffling between the front of the air box and the cowl itself? It would seem to me that any air leakage past a gap between the two would/could reduce the flow of cooling air from the top of the engine to the bottom and then out the exh...

I have no filter on my Zenith CH-300. Just now passing 2300 hours on a rebuild in 1986. At 1000 hours I put on 4 new Lycoming cylinder assemblies. I don't feel at all bad about not having a filter because I change oil every 25 hours. While that may seem overly expensive, it has always seemed to work...

Yesterday I was working at installing a SMA connector on some RG400 coax for my Sandia STX-165 Transponder. I messed up the install, and ruined the connector. It was the end of the working day anyway, so at 7:30 pm I email Sandia Sales asking for a new connector. At 7:38 my phone rang, and Barry LeB...

I can't tell by looking, but the fuel valves in Jerry's picture, described as the Murphy supplied valves, look to be 1/4 inch. I decided early on to replace those valves with 3/8". I was concerned with the flow restriction that would occur. With a Lyc O-235 in my case it may be over kill to use 3/8,...

March 4, 2014 There has been a lot written about the construction of a Murphy Aircraft Owner’s Association web forum in the last several days, some a little harsh, and some less so. I am a member of the steering committee and I want to take a moment to respond to some of the postings directly. I hav...

If you can't find what you are looking for specifically, search

http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/ ... appendix-D

which is a link to part 43, appendix D, which is what you will sign off on in your annual condition inspection. It contains a pretty good summary of things to check.

Tim Hickey

Many of you (US) builders may have heard something about this proposal. The big organizations (AOPA, EAA) have been strangely quiet about this. The only thing I have read is that the AOPA wants people to wait until the "time is right" to support this bill. The essence of the bill is that a 3rd class...

I would drop a plump line from the center of the bulkhead at the top, to the center of the bulkhead at the bottom. If your table is level, and the plumb bob is making sense, then you are good to go. You can also cross-check by measuring the diagonals and checking that they are the same. I would doub...

I would recommend that you buy the full set of books by Tony Bengelis. You can buy a set of 4 for $90 from the EAA.
You might also find some on EBay. These books contain a wealth of knowledge about homebuilt aircraft.

Tim Hickey

Don't have any rivets, but I want to offer up for your consideration something that Charlie Eubanks ran into when he was putting on his wings. I have not gotten that far yet, so I can only introduce the subject so you may check for yourself. Charlie believes that it is important to check that the an...

Update on my friend and the GlassAir project purchase in Canada. I have sent copies of all your replies to my question about the border crossing to my friend, and after waffling for the last 10 days he finally decided yesterday that the trip was just too far, and had too many problems for him to mas...

Thanks for the tips, guys. My friend intends to proceed with this adventure, and if anything truly interesting transpires, I will post it here later. I fear he is heading for a minefield, but hope springs eternal.

I will be there starting Sunday PM, and leaving for home on Friday AM.

Tim Hickey
319 795-2684 Cell
Staying at the Super 8 in Fond Du Lac.