Looks like some decent articles and pictures of older Bellancas in this Aero Digest mag on ebay if anyone's interested:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371876087490?ul_noapp=true
74392 came with twin venturis mounted on the bottom of the boot cowl. I figured that wasn't the original configuration because of the panel riveted over the left side of the boot cowl. Well here's a pic from the Muse'e de l'air with the same setup as 392 had.
Personally I'll stick with mounting...
Not sure if this is allowed here, but I wanted to let you guys know the best 14-13-2 Cruisair Sr project ever is now for sale in the Fly Market.
It was a hard and depressing decision to make, but I finally had to be totally honest with myself. Certain events and circumstances in my life just...
I'm adding a second headset plug-in point to my new panel. I was planning to just parallel my wiring off the original plug to the second one across the back of the panel.
Am I missing something? My feeling is I need to do some noise suppression (electrical) to prevent the wiring from becoming...
I was "cruisair-ing" ebay and came across this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687882793?item=221687882793&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME:SS:SS:US:3160&vxp=mtr
Opening bid is a mere $500. Buy it now for $1100.
Would LOVE to have the stack of drawings!
Well I got REAL excited when I found out Mrs. Leydecker had a really nice Aeromatic prop for sale on an F200 hub. Bought it, brought it home. While admiring it sitting on a kitchen chair, it dawned on my I had bought a 74-inch F200 Aeromatic with a 6-bolt flange on it. :roll:
Any idea what a...
I'm very close to assembly of 392. The way I see it, you can't shoot the Poly-Spray until you have everything assembled except for the flaps and ailerons. Everything has gap tape. Gap tape between the elevator and horiziontal stabilizer, between the rudder and fin, between the horizontal stab...
OK- I don't get it. I like the look of the painted area at the top of the windshield, but Do you just mask off this area and shoot Aerothane on it? Do I prime it first with Epoxy Primer? Does it get some sort of fabric there beforehand?
I'm just confused :?