Modifying Glasair’s 180 HP Upper Cowl to Clear 200 HP Lycoming Engine
In the 2nd quarter '94 Glasair News (p. 1138), I described the mods I did to the lower cowl of my Glasair II, to...
Engine Control Cable Binding
Recently one of our customers experienced his throttle control binding up while taxiing. The aircraft was brought back to the hangar and uncowled to...
Maintaining Glasair Fuselage Width
Kern Hendricks recently brought his kit to our Service Center for some help in completing it, and pointed out that during the construction of...
Glasair Torque Values
We receive a number of calls asking for the torque on bolts such as the engine mount to firewall or other fasteners that go...
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...
Landing Gear Extension Spring Installation Tool
Many builders have had difficulty installing their gear extension springs. The following is a technique sent in by David Gengenbach that could make your...
Glasair Visual Fuel Gauge
The pictures show a visual fuel gauge that is located approximately at wing station 37 L. It is visible through the landing gear opening...
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...
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...
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....