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  1. GCD89

    My blog

    Hey guys check out my aviation blog. I'm trying to figure out how to get it exposed, but can't think of how...just check it out....bookmark it if you will.
  2. GCD89

    Is 26 hours too long

    I currently have 26 hrs in my logbook...and I still haven't soloed. I only get to fly about once a week. Is something wrong here? I just got off the phone with my grandfather, a former Chinook pilot in Vietnam and a former pilot for Wisconsin Air flying Twin Otters and Dc6's...he said that 26...
  3. GCD89

    Looking for articles on basic design ideas/principles....

    But cannot find any, even through Google. I find stuff that's too basic about stuff you learn in your first hour of ground school. I want something that tell you how to attain certain goals in design, and why some planes have certain features, while others don't, and how some aircraft can do...
  4. GCD89

    POH'S/SERVICE MANUALS

    I'm currently in A&P school and they're constantly telling us, "Read service manuals and POH's. They will make your jobs 100 times easier" So where can you find them? Google doesn't turn up good results...is there anywhere you can get POH's and or Service/Maintenance manuals for planes. I'm...
  5. GCD89

    Aerobatic/inversion systems of warbirds

    In order to do a lot of aerobatics and inverted flight, the engines have to be setup for it so that the engine doesn't suffer fuel/oil starvation. How do warbirds do aerobatics and inverted flight? Are the engines in surviving warbirds modded to have these aerobatic systems, or was the Merlin...
  6. GCD89

    Certification

    My teacher in A&P school owns a set of plans for a Pitts S-2. Someone in the class asked if you could put composites here or there instead of fabric. My teacher says "no it would change the certification of the plane" But if you build the plane from a set of plans couldn't you modify the design...
  7. GCD89

    Modern Radials

    What kind of modern radials are out there? I want to build a radial powered something (?) but can't get a list on cheap radials...
  8. GCD89

    Basics

    I wanna design an aircraft from the ground up. What books out there put the theory and all that stuff in to lay-men term (or as close to it as possible). I'm considering "Airplane Design" by Donald Crawford. I'm no physicist or anything so anything that puts the process and theories into plain...
  9. GCD89

    Wooden Aerobatic Planes

    Are there any WOODEN high-wing or parasol wing acrobatic plan/kit planes? What about wooden Low Wing planes capable of aerobatics...most aerobatic planes I've been trying to look at are metal....
  10. GCD89

    High Wing/Parasol Aerobatic plane

    Are there any WOODEN high-wing or parasol wing acrobatic plan/kit planes? What about wooden Low Wing planes capable of aerobatics...most aerobatic planes I've been trying to look at are metal....
  11. GCD89

    2 Quick questions

    1. What can I do, if anything, to let an experimental carry passengers (not necessarily for money). I heard experimental aren't allowed to carry passengers at all... 2. Is it legal to change plans to a kit plane to suit your needs? IE, if my kitplane's plans call for a certain thing, can I...
  12. GCD89

    Starting from scratch....

    Hello, I am currently going to school to get my A&P license. Aviation has been in my blood for three generations (my grandfather was a pilot and flew choppers in Vietnam; dad was an amateur pilot). I have an incredible interest in designing my own plane. I'm not going from the ground up, I'm...
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