How-to and Builder Tips

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

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 Tail Light Mounting Block

The instructions for the Glasair call for the cutting of 2 small triangle shaped pieces of aluminum and bonding them in and then drilling...

Level-Headed Observations

This builder hint concerns the lowly instrument called the "level." No matter what kind of aircraft you are building, everything evolves from what is referred...

A Farewell to (Rusty) Arms

Submitted by by Mike Palmer, Glasair I/II FT Three hints—two about aileron counterweight arms, one about easing maintenance of the brake master cylinders. When mandatory Service Bulletin...

Cheap Paint Booth Lessons

We got to the point on our other project—a TEAM Airbike— where we were ready to shoot it. We're using the Polyfiber (Stilts) system....

Fairly Simple GlaStar Fairing

Submitted by Rollin Hatfield, GlaStar Here is another use for a rudder tip fairing (P/N 301-00015-03) — as a tailwheel spring fairing. It fits with...

White Powders of Fiberglass Construction

Every Glasair and GlaStar kit contains plastic bags of the white powders (guaranteed to raise the suspicions of any DEA agent!) that we know...
Nose gear hydraulic actuator installation, Glasair III.

Getting the Wheels All the Way Up Every Time

Tip submitted by Tom Hoffman, Glasair III. It seems that anywhere there are discussions by Glasair III builders/flyers, there continues to be talk of incomplete main...

Cake Frosting Applicator for Applying Resin/Mill Fiber Mix Warning

I recently heard a great suggestion for applying the resin/mill fiber mixture to the rib and spar tops of wings, stabilizers, rudders, etc. The...

Design and Construction of Embedded Antennas for Glasairs

This tip was submitted by Kurt Rutkowski, Glasair Super II RG. Due to the composite construction of the Glasair, there is no need to use conventional,...