• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Search results

Advertise with us
Find deals on ebay
Find deals on amazon
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. minimaxjon

    Flightline FL-760 Engine Noise

    Dan, Yes my engine has a generator... its the original one that they put on the C-75-12F engines. When at idle the radio works good as you mentioned and also at full throttle its hard to hear anything, but it is really not a high pitched sound... which noise filter do you recommend and how are...
  2. minimaxjon

    Flightline FL-760 Engine Noise

    if all my grounds are not to the same point would installing a ground loop isolator correct that rather than changing all my wiring?
  3. minimaxjon

    Flightline FL-760 Engine Noise

    Hi all, Recently ive been busy restoring a 1946 Ercoupe and finally got it flying this past saturday. I have a FL-760 radio in it and all installed. The radio works great with the engine off and when the engine is idle... Brand new antenna and all wires to and from the radio. New ign...
  4. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    No actually I got them from jim who posted the photos in the Cricri group as little aircraft factory :-) all I have to do to them is round the corners off... I have all sizes of solid rivets and 1/8th and 3/32 pop rivets my airplane mechanic at my airport is going to lend me his rivet gun and...
  5. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    ahh ok good point ... figured thats all it was... lol
  6. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    ok so not to compare my build to anyone elses but shannon is doing an amazingly beautiful job on his...so today after getting all my boxes of parts and sheet alu. i rough cut most of the small parts today for the stabilizer and going tomorrow to my buddies Duct shop to shear off my spar to...
  7. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    hey shannon, i dont see part 307 03 in the middle of your spar and the stab hinge bearing brackets... did you not use this part?
  8. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    hey bluebird.... thats a nice little setup... too bad I cant find the info i was looking for.... lol what size electric motors did they use to achieve those speeds and also what batteries to power the suckers and how long of a flight can you get off one charge??
  9. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    Lol yea some of us don't have the big bux you do so we have to outsource our parts from nz and a guy named Shannon... And the angle I got at aircraftspruce :-) it was close enough... There is that little note at the top of the plan sheet says different thinkness is ok
  10. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    HORIZONTAL STABILIZER To start the build, im starting off real slow waiting for parts! I got the L extrusion pieces for the spar caps today and marked them for rivet holes according to plan! tomorrow I will be getting all the sheet alu. for the horz tail and rivets and such to make ribs...
  11. minimaxjon

    CRICRI MC-15 NY USA!!!

    Here we go everyone, My name is Jon and I too have hit the cri cri addiction:gig:! This will be my first build thread and my first metal airplane build! So anyone with insight, helpful tips, or any other knowledge will be greatly appreciated! I am not going to rush thru this build so no...
  12. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    On the spar... How did you go about getting the taper on the end of the spar caps accurately like the plans say?
  13. minimaxjon

    Why do you sometimes see homebuilts for sale with such low hours?

    Haha if my girl ever says that... I'll just say "oh that's not really mine, the owner just let's me fly it when ever I want and we share this hanger" hahaha
  14. minimaxjon

    Post pictures of your cockpit with instruments here...

    here is my Mini-max 1300z panel works just fine for me!
  15. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    Shannon, out of order here on this one... where did you order the fuel tank from and do they have more in stock or was it custom made? same with the canopy??
  16. minimaxjon

    Serious Problem

    I love how your interest suddenly changed from your cheating wife(thou I do feel bad for you) directly to your airplane! Definitely sounds like something I would to too!
  17. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    hey shannon quick question... i notice you have a $%&^ load of clecos that you are using... what size are all of those... or maybe i should ask, whats the most common size used for so many holes? im getting tooling together as of now! just bought a compressor and a drill press and break and...
  18. minimaxjon

    Famous homebuilts !

    I have to nominate my all time favorite plane homebuilt by the Granville Brothers....
  19. minimaxjon

    Anybody know what plane this is?

    Hey voyeurger, looks to me like an mxp-740 Savannah see link below Photos: ICP MXP-740 Savannah VG Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
  20. minimaxjon

    CriCri MC-15 in NZ

    wow shannon I cant wait till im at the stage where you are at now in building. Seems so far from now for me thou...:cry: wish there was a kit or partial kit available.... (wink wink nudge nudge:roll:)
Back
Top