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Keeping Oil Temperatures Low

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Sorting out the oil temperature issues and CHT temperature spread was a bit of a challenge. Extended climbs during Sydney summers had to be...

Jeff Liot’s GlaStar Mods

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Jeff Liot has done outstanding work on his GlaStar. Here's a bunch of mods that he's done. You can contact Jeff at liot@shaw.ca.

Flush Oil Door

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This tip was sent by Graham Nutt. In my case I worked out the area I was going to use on my uncut cowl,...

Glasair III Engine Alignment, Cowling, and Spinner Installation

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Stoddard-Hamilton instructs the builder to match and blend the lines of the cowl to the fuselage then shim the engine motor mounts to center...

Use of Van’s Induction Air Scoop in a GlaStar

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A number of builders have used this modification—adding an air intake scoop from Van's Aircraft. This description was the procedure that I used, which was...

N24TX Engine Air Inlet and Cooling Design

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Submitted by By Tom. M. Taylor, Aeropride Technology N24TX is an early Glasair IIS-RG with a 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-C1C. I had heard that the...

Fitting the Glasair Cowling Before the Prop is Installed

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Constant-speed propellers and even fixed-pitch units are a significant investment, and often there is a significant lead time between ordering and delivery of the...

GlaStar Cowling Installation Tips

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Cowling installation: The Lycoming cowling instructions say that you need to have the prop and spinner installed before you attempt to install the cowling....

Modifying Glasair’s 180 HP Upper Cowl to Clear 200 HP Lycoming...

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In the 2nd quarter '94 Glasair News (p. 1138), I described the mods I did to the lower cowl of my Glasair II, to...

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

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Initial installation of the 200hp engine (slightly wider than 180 hp) in my Glasair-II resulted in contact between the heads of the two forward...