Ventral Fin for Yaw Stability
Most components added to a plane forward of the center of lift usually have a negative effect on directional stability (other than canards perhaps)....
Keeping Oil Temperatures Low
Sorting out the oil temperature issues and CHT temperature spread was a bit of a challenge. Extended climbs during Sydney summers had to be...
Sportsman Service Bulletin 71
Glasair Aviation has issued a service bulletin requiring inspection of the jam nuts in the horizontal stabilizer.
Russ Beers reports that he purchased a 2...
Cooling Ramps
These are cowling inlet ramps that help significantly with keeping cylinder head temperatures down during extended climbs in hot weather. They can be ordered...
Baffles Reduce Cylinder Temperatures
This is a technical tip for the cylinder baffling modifications we’ve come up with for the IO-360 and IO-375 engines. The windows in front...
Wheel Bearings
I was concerned about the salty sand we landed on in Baja corroding my wheels, so I rinsed them off and went flying, but...
Glastar Cargo Door Mod
Production and delivery of the large size baggage door kit has been going very well.
To get an idea of the scope of the retrofit,...
Same Wheelpants, Bigger Wheels?
Since I'm due soon for another set of tires I was wondering if the 380-150x5, (basically a 6.00x5), would fit into my wheel pants...
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 Aileron Servo Tab
This is an old topic, however I would like to point out what I have experienced. After my first flight in N12YR (July 2012),...