How-to and Builder Tips

No need to reinvent the wheel every time. Tips and hints for builders and owners constructing and maintaining aircraft.

Glasair RG Hydraulics

Several RG hydraulic landing gear pumps have not been producing proper system pressures due to any number of reasons, many of which have been...

Fitting A McCauley Propeller on a 4-Cylinder Lycoming-Engine Glasair

Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft does not stock a McCauley spinner installation kit for the Glasair I, II, or GlaStar aircraft. We do stock a McCauley spinner install...

Fitting the Glasair Cowling Before the Prop is Installed

Constant-speed propellers and even fixed-pitch units are a significant investment, and often there is a significant lead time between ordering and delivery of the...

Glasair Gear Door Gaps

Submitted by Neal Garvin If your wing is still in the wing jig (and upside down) then the best way is to build the doors...

Glasair Fuselage Hoist

This tip was written by Richard May, Glasair III. For builders like myself who have to work alone, the sketch below shows an arrangement that makes...

Fillers

Every Glasair and GlaStar kit contains plastic bags of the white powders (guaranteed to raise the suspicions of any DEA agent!) that we know...

Glasair Brake System Installation

File this info away for future reference when you start your brake system installation. When you start pondering the Nylaflow tubing/brass fitting brake system...

Instrument Panel Washers

This tip was submitted by Barry Bieber Glasair II-S RG If you're trying to build a showplane, don't bother trying to use allen head instrument...

Marking Electrical Wires and Connectors

This couple of tips for marking electrical connections from builder Roy Kokenge might save you some time when you are doing your wiring. Dye for connectors:...

Glasair Engine to Fuselage Alignment

This builder tip was submitted by David Walker, Glasair II-S RG. Coming to the point where you want to align your engine to the firewall? The method...