Tag: glastar
Tailwheel Springs
I’ve never been entirely satisfied with the way the tailwheel leaf springs are secured to the tail cone, especially when banging them off of...
GlaStar Assembly Sequence
Compiled by Roy Kokenge based on the assembly sequence from the GlaStar Manuals. Builders may use this as a basis for a builder/time log for...
Function of Delta-Wing Vortex Generators
Paul Robertson of Aeronautical Testing Services is the engineer Stoddard-Hamilton contracted in 1994 to conduct all the GlaStar developmental flight testing and configuration changes....
Large Baggage Door for the GlaStar
If you ever thought about installing a larger cargo door for your GlaStar, now is your chance to do it.
When the Glasair factory was...
Fuel Transfer Controller – Lower Cost Version
The fuel transfer controller in this article using an off-the-shelf Time Delay Relay (TDR) yields a simple, effective circuit for this critical function. But...
Lightweight Jack
In a GAOA newsletter a few years ago there were pictures and a description of an aluminum L-bracket that could be bolted on the...
Are You a Test Pilot?
Who do you think of when you hear the term, ‘Test Pilot’? I’d bet many, if not most of you, think first of Chuck...
GlaStar on Zenair Floats
Written by Bill Bracken
This is my 2010 Glastar on Zenair amphibious floats which I completed over the last 18 months. The first flight took...
Fuel Transfer Pump Auto-Timer Group Purchase
It’s been a while since we made a group purchase and the gang had started suffering from withdrawal symptoms, but luckily Rocky Morrison stepped...
Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies
After 11 1/2 years of building time, one more Glastar experimental aircraft (OE-VWD #5605) joined the flying fleet on Sunday, January 16 2011, at...