Hi,

Building a wooden aircraft from plans, part time in a single garage will take a few thousand hours, probably more than 3000 hours - perhaps significantly more.

If you are working 50 hours a week to earn your daily crust, I suspect you would do well to average 10 hours a week building, (that's ...

Graeme,

I don't know the answer to your question - but it hasn't stopped me replying..! In fact, if you have an aerospace-electronics background, aren't you in a position to tell us 'non-specialists'.!?

Anyway, a couple of comments from me, as someone who has been treading a similar path to yours ...

Adam,

That question was asked at one of the LAA-organised Rotax maintenance awareness courses, which I attended last summer. The concensus (unofficial) was that if Avgas use was kept at less than one-third of the total, then, in conjunction with using a good lead scavenging oil, the service ...

Mike,

Here's what I did:

Remove the flat, rectangular pivot plate from the arms.

Tap out the roll pin to remove the handle from the pivot plate.

Cut a new notch for the handle and drill a new hole for the roll pin on the opposite edge of the pivot plate - dimensions as the originals.

Drill two ...

Folks,

It is human nature to whinge when something is wrong, sadly we usually neglect to acknowledge good things.

In the latter vein, may I offer my sincere thanks to Brian, Francis, the other regular contributors and helpers, on producing what has been a consistently excellent magazine.

Moreover ...