National Aeronca Association Bulletin Board

HELP... need to change a cyl and don't know the proper torque. anyone can give me a number here or use my e-mail. thanks.

Hi guys,we arrived here yesterday,spent today recuperating! plan to be at the airport in the morning. see y'all there. we are at the Best Western also.

We, my wife and I, will be arriving at the Best Western, probably on Thursday and plan to get right to the convention site. It is possible we might even get there on Wed to meet her brother (an ex-Cherokee driver!). Anyh ow we are anxious to see and meet some of the guys (and gals?) we have "me...

This might be too late to do any good. I had the same problem and managed to find out that there are at least two versions of locking device used,depending on age I guess. There was one on E-Bay that showed teeth or ratchet notches. My machine had no place for a ratchet type device. I contacted a ne...

thanks guys for the info and advice. I use the brakes primarily for making tight turns getting to the hanger, and mag checks. they hold quite well to about 1900 rpm. I have learned to use the hand starter and have never yet had to hand prop it. My problem is the people who nearly always want to prop...

[cjavascript:emoticon(':(') Sad Hey guys, new problem with the mechanical brakes on my Chief...NO PARKING brake. I have some parts there under the inst. panel but not connected to any thing. What I have been doing when on Tarmac is pulling down on the lever at the wheel and inserting a block of wood...

What a great subject. With about 100 hrs tailwheel time which ended about 10 years ago I thought flying my new Chief would be a snap. After all I also have about 1700 hrs of time in those a/c with the tailwheel on the front. Wow, was I wrong. No mishap yet but on my third solo landing, the Lang t/w ...

I am looking at a Micro Air radio, instead of the hand held, cockpit full of wires, poor reception, transmissions that are unintelligble,weak, intermittent etc. My AI friends tell me to go ahead and put it in and go fly. They tell me the paper work and time involved to do it legally, is not worth th...

Hi folks, will try it here again but will be on other subjects soon. Thank you all for the comments and welcome mat. Joe I am going to send you a pic of me, my bride, and the CHIEF. N9431E, 1946 Model which if memory serves I could have bought a fleet for what I just paid for this one! Incidently, m...

relatively new Aeronca owner/ pilot, enjoy the forum a lot and have used some of the info gleaned from it thanks to all