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 III Emergency Gear Extension System

The Glasair III emergency gear extension system was developed to provide gear extension redundancy for complete peace of mind. It separates the emergency extension...

Changing the GlaStar Seat Back Angle

Whenever my wife has me drive her car, I always have to adjust the seat since she’s 5’-2”. That includes adjusting the seat back...

Picking Up/Unloading Your Kit

Use of boat trailer for crate pickup: Living approximately 70 miles from the closest Consolidated Freight yard, the cost of a rental truck or...
Automatic center-punch

Locating and Center-Punching Holes

You may have the best tools, but it's knowing how to use them that makes you a craftsman - in this case our members...

Glasair Wing Rotation Jig

This tip was submitted by Jerry Shilt. The picture is of some jigs I made to rotate the wing by myself and as you can...
glasair cowl modification

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

Initial installation of the 200hp engine (slightly wider than 180 hp) in my Glasair-II resulted in contact between the heads of the two forward...
Precise Flight Speed Brake

Precise Flight Speed Brakes in a Glasair

This tip was submitted by Ted Beck History In 1990 while attending Oshkosh I made a deal with the people in the Precise Flight (PF) booth...

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...

Glasair Wing Closing Tip – Checking for Water Traps

Submitted by Bob Buckihul In preparation for wing closing, I scrubbed out the fuel tanks with water and Simple Green. After lots of scrubbing and...

Shur-Lok Substitute

Submitted by Lou Kitz, Stoddard-Hamilton R&D Although the Shur-Lok nuts make for a fairly easy installation, they have a cosmetic drawback. When installed from the...