Tag: glasair
Accident Briefs, November 1994
As FAA and National Transportation Safety Board reports can take up to one year to be published, advanced publication of accidents in this column...
Fuel Vent Float Valves
We felt that the following schematic of the FVFVs would help to better understand their function. Though Glasairs have been operating successfully for 15...
Doing Business with the Glasair III
"You try to do too many things when we go someplace," is a comment I'll sometimes hear from my wife, Bonita. And I guess...
Glasair Visual Fuel Gauge
The pictures show a visual fuel gauge that is located approximately at wing station 37 L. It is visible through the landing gear opening...
Glasair RG Hydraulics
Several RG hydraulic landing gear pumps have not been producing proper system pressures due to any number of reasons, many of which have been...
Maintaining Glasair Fuselage Width
Kern Hendricks recently brought his kit to our Service Center for some help in completing it, and pointed out that during the construction of...
Engine Control Cable Binding
Recently one of our customers experienced his throttle control binding up while taxiing. The aircraft was brought back to the hangar and uncowled to...
Accident Briefs, September 1994
As FAA and National Transportation Safety Board reports can take up to one year to be published, advanced publication of accidents in this column...
Landing Gear Extension Spring Installation Tool
Many builders have had difficulty installing their gear extension springs. The following is a technique sent in by David Gengenbach that could make your...
Glasair Torque Values
We receive a number of calls asking for the torque on bolts such as the engine mount to firewall or other fasteners that go...