National Aeronca Association Bulletin Board

In addition to the regular fuel guage on the nose fuselage tank..I have on both my Champs also a second piper type guage aka a wire with a cork float on the bottom extending through the top of the gas cap...one can paint colored marks on it for quantities...very accurate and a good backup..can be ma...

As per my previous post..option 1..I used the longer 7EC motor mount and the 0-200 lord motor mounts along with a new 7EC bottom cowl from Wag Aero..Guess what everything worked out..I don't have to use conical metal inserts..The lord mounts brought everything where they should be.. http://i270.phot...

In addition why don't you guys use a stronger BUTT rib in place of the thinner MAIN rib for additional strength? That's what I do..sorry for being the devil's advocate..also that is what my friend does who has built minimum 60-70 Champs and Citabrias.. plus many more more wings..

You better check them out personally before you purchase them from Ron Pearcy at Rainbow in Moses Lake....others have bought them with the holes drilled in the wrong places. etc etc..Check the internet.. I personally bought a set from Rainbow aka Ron for a 7AC....one spar had the holes drilled in th...

Mike...here are pictures of a 7EC motor mount modified similarly to a C-150 with the 0-200 which Mel Smith advised me to and who once held an STC to do this..If one is to use the standard 0-200/C90-14 lord mounts, then one has to make up bushing to take the AN6 (3/8) bolts as in the first picture wh...

More photos of baggage door http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/tugaske2/baggagedoors018.jpg http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/tugaske2/newbaggage002.jpg http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/tugaske2/newbaggage004.jpg http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/tugaske2/newbaggage005.jpg ht...

here is the baggage door I made for my second champ, the fittings for putting the elevator cables underneath the floor boards were made according to blueprint 7-1050...also as was quoted the elevator cables will rub against the flat bottom of the 7AC control torque tube, therefore one has to substit...

Dennis..here is the diagram for the aileron cables..hope this helps..Bill

My diagrams show 104 1/32 inches from the outside of the hole in the eyelets (1-2453) which would be the same as Jody's..1-2084 nicopress sleeves are used.. Four of these aileron balance cables are required (1-2339)...As for the cabin aileron control cables 91-2397) ..they are 35 1/2 inches long fro...

Dan,
AN7-32 bolt, AN960-716 washer, AN310-7 nut, An380-3-3 cotter pin..
Tried to call you on your cell but no answer...give me a buzz when you get home..I just finished building a side baggage door for my second Champ..Thank God, one was lent to me to copy..
Bill in Lamont

Boeing, Did you buy the Champ off of George Murray south of Calgary (Okotoks, etc)..anyway email off line at wmsnet@telusplanet.net...located at Tofield, Alta..Built one champ and am rebuilding a second...phone me at 780-895-2813...we can discuss the procedures and problems...have been flying Champs...

Joea,
I will borrow a digital camera and take some photos later..right now the stripped bare fuselage is on a rotary rack for some touch up painting..etc..then I will have to learn to download to my new computer ( the other computer totalled)...
Bill

I am rebuilding a second 7AC Champ (0-200 with C-90 cam)...I used wheels and hydraulic drum brakes off of a PA-22 (same numbers listed in Univair), and I used Citabria master cylinders (stronger than the thinner 7EC master cylinders)... However instead of welding those tabs on the square tubing wher...

A cheap source...The mechanic who totally rebuilt my 0-200 (I put a C-90 cam in it) uses silk thread which is used to sew wedding dresses...He used to own Alberta Aero Engine in Edmonton..and still does engines for them and formerly for WesTech, Okanagan Engines...So he knows what he is talking abou...

Preferred airparts have several 1000 of these inserts(NOS)..standard size and several oversizes...about $15 each if I remember right..