Anyone have a proper spinner and backplate for the IO-470H? Photos or part numbers for them? Someone put a "good enuf" one on my plane and it's disturbing the airflow into the cowling, so high oil temps....................yes, we sorted all the baffles, sealed cowl leaks, put in a new oil ...

So my plane(and Kevin Whiteside) has gone through the pain of going into the structure, manufacturing reinforcements, and installing them. IF anyone ever has the internal jack point structure damaged as mine was, we have the solution. NOW the annual is done and it's and airplane again.

I want that, as a matter of fact. My mech is not happy with the idea. You picture putting the padded sawhorse/lift just outboard of the landing gear on a rib?

That sounds right and I think I have a source for the replacement bathtub fitting riveted to the rib. I have a different photo that shows an interesting thing about the rib and the jackpoint fitting. The rib actually is wider at the jack point to provide extra loadbearing surface. To add to that, a ...

Based on the damage to the internal part of the jack system, I think more pressure in the area will only aggravate things. That's why I was wondering about lifting / pushing the right wing up with pressure outboard of the landing gear. [img][/img]

My Ryan is in annual and will be an airworthy aircraft on completion EXCEPT the repair station cannot jack the plane to do the gear checks. The right wing internal receptacle/fitting for the jack point/tie down ring has cracked and the jack point cannot be used. Fixing that is an issue we're taking ...

Got mine in Nov. 2020 from Montana. Now home at Easton, MD (KESN) on the Eastern Shore. She's a 1948 Ryan Navion named "Blue." (Can't imagine why :-) ). Am busy setting various things right and getting to know her. Good performance, so am looking forward to trips and maybe some formation w...

Going through the several Navion POHs, the L-17 guidance, and one W&B spreadsheet posted I'm not getting a solid idea of the unusable fuel in our planes. The L-17 page says zero on unusable fuel while the posted W&B spreadsheet says two gallons per tank.........I'll guess that is the two mai...

So by matching extended flaps to the fully down aileron, what percentage of flaps is that giving for takeoff?

What is involved in uprating an E185-9 to an E225-4?