Tech Talk
An Information Repository
Technical information to assist Fly Baby
builders
and maintainers.
Further assistance can be found on the Advice
page.
Questions? Email Ron
Wanttaja
.
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Miscellaneous
- Bob Hoover's tail hook design
- Replacing Goodyear Wheels with Groves
- All about wheels for the Fly
Baby
- A homebuilt Elevator Trim system
- A Weight
and Balance
spreadsheet, in Microsoft Excel.
- Two primary FAA manuals on aircraft construction and
repair.
These
are primarily aimed at certified aircraft, but the workmanship and
techniques
shown are what should be used on experimental aircraft, as well.
- AC43-13B,
Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Alterations
- CAM-18.
The predecessor of AC43-13.
- Panel-Mounted Handheld Radio
- Wind-Driven Generators
- Tailwheel Springs
- Propeller Selection
- Fly Baby Bulletin Downloads
- The Hillbilly Swing - a
less-than-standard
method of swinging the compass
- All Those Wires! A
discussion
of
wing-bracing alternatives for the Fly Bay.
- Shopsheets
- Single-page reference sheets for the homebuilder
- Rotating Fly Baby Tires to equalize
wear
- The Fly Baby and Sport Pilot
- Belly Inspection Panels
- Battery Selection and Locations
- Wolfgang Dertnig's summary of Fly Baby plans
revisions.
- Drew Fidoe, on Inspection,
Rebuild, and
Installationfor
the Maule SFSA and SFS-P8A tailwheels. PDF file, about 600K
- Pre-Buy Inspections for Used Fly
Babies
- Remote-Release Tail Hooks for
hand-propping
- The Maintenance Log . Reports of
maintenance
problems that arise over the years
- Service Note on the Tailwheel
Support
Bracket
- Spar carry-through modification
.
A recommended addition for both aircraft under construction and flying
aircraft.
- Starter misbehavior on your C-85? See the Starter
Clutch page.
- Load Testing.
(PDF)
Translation
of a Finnish FAR-23 level load test on a Fly Baby
- Materials List. An Excel
spreadsheet
with a stab at the total materials list for building a Fly Baby.
- Proshold Gap Seals. Cheap and
easy gap
seals for the tail feathers.
- Goodyear brake pad fabrication.
With pads costing $250 a pop, here's a lower-cost option.
- Internal antenna options.
How
to make radio antennas on the cheap that don't show outside the
airplane.
Wood Information
- Non-Certified
Wood
Testing
and Selection. (PDF File). Drew Fidoe wrote
this treatise on how to test wood to determine if it's sufficiently
strong.
- Wood
as an Engineering Material - Forest Products Laboratory handbook
- This Old Plane.
Drew Fidoe documents the repairs and restoration of his older Fly
Baby.
There's a lot of good information here....
- Drew's Wood Links. Drew
recommends these
links for those building wooden aircraft. Many of these are not
aircraft
sites, but give good insight into wood construction.
- Tail Post Repair
Questions? Email Ron
Wanttaja
.
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