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 Engine Mounting Pad Part Numbers

Many people are left in the cold by Stoddard-Hamilton’s unexpected closure. One of the hot topics on the GlasairNews website is where to get...

Firewall Grommet Alternative

Submitted by Dace Kirk, Phoenix Composites, Mesa Arizona At Phoenix Composites, Inc. we treat the problem of firewall grommets somewhat different. We find that there are...

Alternate Horizontal Stabilizer Hinge Alignment and Jigging

Submitted by Neal Garvin and Hal Mandly, Glasair Super II-S RG This method uses a taut line strung between the two outboard hinges as a guide...

Glasair Aft Chord Line Board

Submitted by Fred & Chris Van Raden, Glasair II-S RG builders After wing closing and before removing the wing from the jig, install the wing...
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...

Alternate Method for Determining External Dimensions of Slotted Flaps

This tip was submitted by Troy Scott, Glasair Super II RG. Shortly after I began construction of the slotted flaps for my Super II, it became...

Fuel Drains Tip

This builder tip was submitted by Barry Bieber, Glasair II-S RG You know the rounded ends of the elevator and stabilizer shearwebs—the sections you cut off per...
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...

Beating The Draft

Written by Fred Van Rader, Glasair II-S RG Have you cured that big draft that enters your Glasair cockpit from the cutouts in the 'B' ribs?...

N24TX Engine Air Inlet and Cooling Design

Submitted by By Tom. M. Taylor, Aeropride Technology N24TX is an early Glasair IIS-RG with a 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-C1C. I had heard that the...