Rib and Skin Fitting
Skin/rib fitting: I'm sharing my experience with horizontal stabilizer skinning, for the benefit of anyone else who's having trouble pulling the skin far enough...
GlaStar Strake Installation Tip
I tooled these myself off of Jim Londo's GlaStar but the incidence was later changed. It is a real struggle to get these to fit...
Nutplate Jig
Submitted by Don Jessup.
Don't delay—make yourself a metal template to drill all the holes you will make for nutplates. About 1" x 2" seems...
Cake Frosting Applicator for Applying Resin/Mill Fiber Mix Warning
I recently heard a great suggestion for applying the resin/mill fiber mixture to the rib and spar tops of wings, stabilizers, rudders, etc. The...
Leading Edge Lights
Flyleds LED lights in the GlaStar's leading edge - how to make the bracket and form the acrylic lens.
Baffle Seals
Good baffle seals are critical if the airplane is to spend time hanging on the prop at full throttle. These are AMS3320-spec glass-reinforced silicone, using...
GlaStar and Sportsman Flap Construction Tips
Flap track guide hints:
Rivet the flap track guide arms and reinforcement angles to rib pairs A & C and the Deployment arms (pair...
Tom Lempicke’s Aluminum Fuel Header Tank for the GlaStar
This tip was submitted by Tom Lempicke. Modifications to the fuel system can lead to serious consequences, so be sure you know exactly what...
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...
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,...