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    Crashes in the News - Thread

    I'm familiar with this video and some years ago looked into it in a bit of detail. What is shows is the deliberate crash of a radio controlled B-707 for the purpose of supposedly testing how a "gelled" fuel system responds to a crash. The original plan for this experiment was to simply land the...
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    Hi All From Akron Ohio

    Many thanks for all the great greetings. I bought my first aircraft at Barber Field in Alliance in 1972 rebuilt it there and then moved to Weltzien Skypark. Also formerly owned a house on the beach about 130 miles east of Caracas Venezuela...
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    Beginning my first build, have lots of questions - thrust bearings, wing covering....

    Re: Beginning my first build, have lots of questions - thrust bearings, wing covering For what it is worth regarding thrust bearings. Any engine not designed to have a prop mounted on the crankshaft will likely have almost nothing in the way of a thrust bearing. The design of such engines...
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    New To All This ...

    I just joined HomeBuiltAirplanes.com and I hope everyone will understand if I'm possibly posting to the wrong forum section. In any case, I've been flying since 1968 when taking my first lesson and am in financial circumstances now such that anything like a two or four seat production plane is...
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    Hi All From Akron Ohio

    Well, in the way of introduction let me say that I started flying lessons in 1968, and am presently rated PPSEL with Instrument. Rebuilt my first plane ('46 T'Craft BC-12D) from a basket case in '72 and '73 (sold it in '75 or '76) and bought a '74 PA28 Warrior in '97. Kept the Warrior when I...
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