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  1. Kurt Ayres

    Sport Pilots Association

    In the latest issue, about the only thing that caught my eye was Bud's article about nut plates.
  2. Kurt Ayres

    Sport Pilots Association

    If there was a group dedicated to sport/experimental aviation, I would leave EAA to join it in a heartbeat (which I noted on my EAA Member Survey just this week).
  3. Kurt Ayres

    Longeron Bending Jig

    Here's the simple one I will use when the time comes to bend the longerons for my H5: https://vansairforce.net/threads/the-30-cent-longeron-bending-device-for-parts-f-1013-l-r-and-f-1046-l-r.145025/
  4. Kurt Ayres

    Change.org: Urge the FAA to Address the Deficit of Ultralight Aircraft Instructors

    I agree 100%.
  5. Kurt Ayres

    Airplane For Sale Anyone want a Nice Looking Protech PT-2C Cheap?

    It's at KCTK -- Canton, Illinois.
  6. Kurt Ayres

    Airplane For Sale Anyone want a Nice Looking Protech PT-2C Cheap?

    If anyone's interested, there's an unfinished one at my airport that's for sale -- no engine, plans or builder's log.
  7. Kurt Ayres

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    I'm sure someone has already asked this incredibly naive question in these 60 pages of comments, but would the whole problem (slight pun intended) go away if you just stopped using flush rivets?
  8. Kurt Ayres

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Having just watched the Kitplanes video, two responses (and, yes, I realize that they were trying to focus on the engineering aspects): 1. There was no one on the panel representing a different point of view -- an op-ed, so to speak. They were all on the same page, so to speak. 2. They might...
  9. Kurt Ayres

    Rivet Shear Test

    This thread brings to mind a question I've had about my current Mini Coupe build: When it was designed (using steel rivets throughout), the focus seemed to be more on rivet availability (as per Bob Hoover, being able to buy them from the local hardware store) rather than on needed strength. So...
  10. Kurt Ayres

    × Transportation United Kingdom UK Startup Develops Low Carbon Jet Fuel Made From Human Waste

    I don't know what the energy potential is, but the joke potential is limitless. 😊
  11. Kurt Ayres

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    A bit off-topic , but I feel the same way about Sonex -- they won't sell Aerovee components to anyone who doesn't have one of their engines. I have a GP 1915, and with the lack of customer support and slow-to-respond parts ordering from them, I'd buy Aerovee stuff in a heartbeat if I could...
  12. Kurt Ayres

    The endless 'what to build' dilema

    Have you considered any of the RagWing designs? Designs | RagWing Aeroplane Company
  13. Kurt Ayres

    Determination of Aft CG Limit

    I'm stuck in one particular "Twilight Zone" -- I'm building a Mini Coupe whose plans have zero c.g. information and whose plans supplier is not the original designer. Completion is still a couple of years away, but at some point I'll need to figure this out, so I'm following this thread with...
  14. Kurt Ayres

    Flying Magazine

    I'm far more concerned about the future of what I consider to be the best aviation periodical on the planet -- Aviation Safety -- which is also in the center of this situation.
  15. Kurt Ayres

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏
  16. Kurt Ayres

    Swift Fuel Unleaded Causing Valve Problems? UND goes back to 100LL

    Has anyone seen any response from Swift? I can't even find the usual PR word salad nonsense that companies put out (when I Googled "Swift Fuels" under the "news" tab, most of the results involved Taylor Swift 😂).
  17. Kurt Ayres

    Teenie Two (maybe)?

    Have you considered the Hummel H5? Bigger than the Teenie, good performance, good builder support.
  18. Kurt Ayres

    Minicoupe

    I'd be interested to hear if you receive a reply. I ordered my plans through the website, and they arrived promptly enough, but the seller has not responded to subsequent emails. I've had to figure things out on my own as I've continued my build over the last year and a half.
  19. Kurt Ayres

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Off-topic but also on-topic: Do Vans' kits come with a complete set of plans so that, if worst comes to worst, builders could still buy their own materials and complete their airplanes? I know that this doesn't address any of the issues surrounding money already paid to Vans that might be...
  20. Kurt Ayres

    Is homebuilding going to vanish?

    Not as long as Menards Aircraft Supply is still around. 😊
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