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The web site does tell you they sell a kit. I contacted them a few years ago and they said they [b]do not[/b] sell a kit , only convert them. At one time they thought about selling a kit. They neve ...

Look them all up on the FAA registry and send everyone a letter asking them to sell you one. This has worked several times in the past for me and friends looking for a specific aircraft. I know there ...

My buddy who is a Yak Guru just listed his 52 for sale on Barnstormers. It is a 9 in and out and low time. He is retiring from flying :-( you would be hard pressed to find a mechanically better main ...

The higher the % the closer the pattern the shorter the glide/drag. Do it at any power setting. I use whatever I enter the pattern at. If cruise setting I just leave it there. I don't load up the prop ...

200 k downwind 70 to 75% leave prop alone rest of landing.
170 k base flaps down trim for hands off
150 k final trim again hands off flight
Hold 150 k use power to hold touchdown point in windsh ...

You did not mention the before condition of your dampener. If the shaft that holds the dampener to the plane is worn or any of it's components or the dampener it's self is not serviced or the tire is ...

AvMap is a Eu company based in Italy. You might see if there is any chance they are working on a Eu cert. Grant works for AvMap.

Weld it. You will be damn sorry you used sloshing compound down the road.

When MT blades are overhauled they are only done in Germany from what I understand. The blades are stripped, inspected, repaired, re-glassed, painted and a new stainless edge is installed and your ti ...

Only 40 hours TT on Wheels, Brakes, Axles. (Russian) As removed with Tires still mounted. They also come with enough new brakes to change them 3 more times with new pads. Stack of new break pads 8& ...

Flying around in a left hand pattern all day or left circling or wing low will cause it every time. Try flying right turns everywhere you go and see what happens. Left hand turn flying is easy not t ...

Cheap socket from Northern tool. I machined down in my lathe.

I have about 10 tires that need retread . Desser must have changed their minds because I went to send a set in last year and they told me NO !
I know for a fact their retreads last a lot longer tha ...

Desser only retreads their carcasses now.

Hay Dawg, HO has a set.

An adapter I make to convert Taylor ignition using Cj or Yak start lead.

Get some ultraviolet oil additive. Clean the engine first. Look for leak
most likely valve cover misaligned or gaskets not seated and the prop air throwing it all over.

Follow the advice of the people that posted checking for a hydro lock by feel. Do not use the starter unless you want what happened to this poor sole's engine. Was a $20K mistake. You CAN way over pr ...

You can bend a rod with just the air starter and can do it just as easily hand propping it with too much force. Big round engins have a clutch in the starter that diengages if it hits a hydrolock. Yo ...

Careful Dawg. We purchased the led's that were listed in the Red Star article.
They did NOT fit in the Yak. So what ever they were your welcome to them we have plenty.
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