National Aeronca Association Bulletin Board

Paul, thank you very kindly for that information! I am feeling much better about it!
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Paul, thank you very kindly for that information! I am feeling much better about it!
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...So I am looking at the TCDS (type certificate data sheet) for my airplane, placards all look to be there, everything looks to be good and in compliance then I notice the approved engine for the 7ac is a Continental A-65-8......... well, just so happens I have a Continental A-65-8f installed and i...

Wow, Thanks Bob!
A picture is worth a thousand words, and probably a fair number of punched holes. Happy New Year!

Jon

Thanks, guys
I was looking for the holes today, too nasty to fly, anyway no joy yet, I think a paper template will be helpful.

Jon

Hi everyone, Reluctantly, I am needing to install a tab on my 7ac. I have the drawing of the tab but not sure where on the rudder it mounts. Also, whats the prefered attachment hardware? I would prefer to only drill thru one side of the tube and install with cherry rivets,but with screws it could be...

The neck gasket on my fuselage tank looked like that top picture- it worried me also, I removed the gasket and removed about 1/8" of seal materal to expose a air gap under the cap so it could properly vent. This issue seems to be a real gotcha to me and thanks to MikeB for bring it up. Jon Mari...

Thank you Nathan, that was what I was thinking. A note to everyone about that failed fibre piston- even though the AD to replace that piston is over 60 years old, heres proof that they can still slip by. The piston retaining pin was bent in an arc, beating the stuffing box to an unairworthy conditio...

After flying this 7AC awhile I finally got the courage to disassemble the oleo struts- Yuck! One strut had the original fibre piston which had broken apart allowing the attaching pin to beat up on the stuffing box, the results were not very pretty. The other strut had an aluminum piston but it's stu...

Hi Guys, Well, Ive just been to an IA renewal and walked away somewhat frustrated.... I've got two questions that I've wondered about but been unable to resolve, any help?? 1) It's a known fact that the 7AC was certificated under CAR4a, also tailwheels were not regulated at that time. So why is it t...

Hey Mike,
I can feel your pain.... Where I live (Mojave Desert in California) there are thousands of wind turbines on the surounding mountains, care to guess why??

Jon

The API duel fork works great on my Champ, I've also had good luck with the Maule- why would anybody pay for the Scott??

Jon

I don't know what percentage of funds are used for disaster relief, but I felt I had to do something, my money went to the Red Cross and I hope it can help at least in some small way.

Jon

Mine has Aviation Products, with tension springs- haven't had any problems at all, but currently changing to compression springs- if badness starts, I'll report it!

Jon Marion N81488

Yeah, I was hopeing to remove the snare cables, but not knowing how the pistons were made, I guess I'll leave the cables on....just in case.
Thanks everyone!

Jon Marion N81488