GlaStar Antenna Installation Tips
Transponder ground plane: Make your aluminum ground plane for your transponder as large as possible for effective use. I placed mine under the pilot's...
Trevor Berg’s Sportsman on Floats
Here are a few postcards from Trevor Berg and his Sportsman on floats.
These are some of my favourite because they are all taken on...
GlaStar and Sportsman Aileron Construction Tips
Fitting the aileron skin: In fitting the aileron skin, after clecoing the lower skin surface to the aft ribs, it is easier to turn...
Differences in the Sportsman vs. GlaStar
Two of our primary goals in the development of the Sportsman were to make it much easier to build and structurally stronger (so it...
GlaStar Fuel System Tips
Fitting fuel tanks: When fitting the fuel tanks into the wings, the spar spacing at the upper wing surface tends to spread apart when...
OMF Symphony Aileron Fences and Vortex Generators
Just to show there are multiple ways to skin a cat, we are showing how some things are done on the OMF Symphony. -Editor
We spent...
Ken Wickland’s Cockpit Modifications
Ken Wickland is a craftsman. All you have to do is to look at his tool chest to know that his workmanship will be...
Battery Backup
Two Weeks To Taxi Sportsman have been all built using one of two Odyssey motorcycle batteries. Most taildraggers were built using the PC 680...
GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips
DON'T do it like the manual says! The drawings show the stop plate mounted below the elevator bellcrank with the spacer pack modified to...
Wingtip Installation Tip
There is a conflict in the wing tip construction as per the Manual (Rev C) Section VI Wing assembly, Fig 43 p.103 instructs you...