Glasair Wheel Pants and Nose Gear Strut Fairings
Written by Jim Dutton
Glasair FT Builders - file this information away for future reference when you start installation of the wheel pants and nose...
Glasair Elevator Hinge Offset
Written by Jim Dutton
This information may help builders (Glasair and other composite aircraft) who have not yet closed their horizontal stabilizers avoid the dreaded...
Glasair Rudder Assembly Hints
Written by Jim Dutton
When I reviewed the rudder assembly instructions, I thought there must be an easier way to install the three foam ribs,...
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...
Canopy Door Seals
Written by Bob Buckthal, Glasair II-S FT
My canopy/doors fit perfectly. And then I installed the door seal and the doors wouldn’t close. After thorough investigation...
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...
Gerry Hodnefield’s Glasair II-S First Flight
Written by Larry Graves and Dave Saylor, AirCrafters LLC
We successfully conducted the first two flights yesterday with Gerry Hodnefield’s Glasair II-S FT (kit 2008)...
Look Ma, No Mags!
Ken Johnson replaced the magnetos on his Oshkosh Grand Champion Glasair III with a dual electronic ignition system from Klaus Savier's Lightspeed Engineering. The...
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...