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  1. Boscovius

    Seaplane Fuel Systems.

    Happy New Year fellas. I'm looking to nail down some preliminary planning for my seaplanes fuel system and I could use some help. I've looked at various setups and I'm not sure exactly which features would be good for my application and which would pose additional risk with little benefit...
  2. Boscovius

    Extending the lead on a air/fuel meter.

    I'm very much interested in using a particular air/fuel meter on my build but it only comes in two lengths. Too short and too short. Actually, 3 feet and 8 feet. But since I'm doing a pusher 8 feet isn't going to reach. Is it realistic to assume the lead can be cut and spliced with...
  3. Boscovius

    What makes for a FAA approved seat.

    For those that don't know, I'm working on developing a one-off, LSA category, amateur built seaplane/amphibian. Been doing some thinking about cabin layout and seating. Every so often an add pops up in my social media feed for a pair of really slick looking racing seats...(don't ask me why...
  4. Boscovius

    Scoop Coupe

    This thread is intended as a place where members may share information about the Scoop Coupe experimental aircraft designed and built by Harold Thompson in Henryetta, Oklahoma. Thompson and partner Bob Vance with the Scoop Coupe III
  5. Boscovius

    Manufacture aircraft kit parts as a retirement side hustle.

    Considering retirement is on the not-too-distant horizon for me, I was wondering if making parts for kit planes could be a lucrative side hustle?
  6. Boscovius

    Hellride

    I stumbled upon this project on the way to looking up something else. I guess they call that serendipity or something like that. Anyway. This German fellow is building an electric version of the famed WWII Horton flying wing. Looks promising. “Hellride” or how we ran Schneewittchen’s motor...
  7. Boscovius

    LSA a regulation for design and build

    I really hate to have to ask this, but this is obviously the forum to have the question answered. In all of my online queries about FAA regulations on the subject of an individual designing, building, and flying his own LSA, all I can find is information on kit building and certification. Can...
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