Thoughts on Cooling
Oil cooler
I did something a bit different with the oil cooler. Since we typically take the oil cooler air from behind cylinder #3 and...
Scotch Electrical Tape for Sealing Gaps
I change the gear every float season so for sealing the gap between the gear leg and the fuselage I used a general purpose...
Easy Muffler Shroud
This is an easy way to make a mold for a muffler shroud layup.
I pegged a board which I clamped to the table of...
Water Seal
Water leaks and noise have been things I’ve wanted to solve for a long time. Once my Sportsman was painted, I taped some simple...
GlaStar Boost Pump Installation
The old hands at aircraft building in my area impressed upon me that it was necessary to mount a boost pump, if using one,...
Engine Break-in
Break-in of an engine refers primarily to the initial phase of operation in which the piston rings will "seat" against the cylinder walls.
Run-in refers...
Vernier-Assist Throttle Control
I struggled with the ACS throttle control cable on N11YM for the first 82 hours. I had two issues:
The throttle control was too...
California Custom Metal Polish PIREP
California Custom makes two products of interest to some of us crazy enough to think we want polished aluminum surfaces on our GlaStar or...
Sportsman Aileron Rigging Process Improvement
During the process of final-rigging of the ailerons in our early-model Sportsman it became abundantly clear that a very small number of improvements to...
Wrap School
I have found that wrapping the airplane can be quite frustrating but I’m learning a lot.
I've been testing 3M 1080 wrap and the Avery...