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Glastar trailer
How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Taildragger Trailer

I took a Zieman's two SeaDo trailer and modified it to carry the GlaStar - it was very easy to do and only took...
GlaStar gear swap in progress. Photo: Werner Schneider.
GlaStar & Sportsman

Trike vs. Tail-dragger

Many builders have asked the question, “Trike or taildragger?” My short answer for them would be, “I would suggest you go with the trike,...

GlaStar Wing Spar Tips

How to & Builder Tips
glastar kit fuselage

General Tips for GlaStar Fuselage Construction

How to & Builder Tips
GlaStar nose wheel bearings. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Wheel Bearings

How to & Builder Tips
The Power Flow system (left) has a much larger final exhaust pipe and a smaller heater muff compared to the standard system (right).

Perking up the Performance of a Glasair Sportsman

Mods

GLASAIR

How to & Builder Tips

Stainless-Steel Exhaust Systems

The installation and inspection of your aircraft’s exhaust system are fairly straightforward subjects, but we get enough queries from both Glasair and GlaStar builders...
How-to and Builder Tips

Maintaining Glasair Fuselage Width

Kern Hendricks recently brought his kit to our Service Center for some help in completing it, and pointed out that during the construction of...
Glasair has in stock three different number stainless steel washers. The (522-5626-003) washer has a 3/8" ID inner hole for use in the G-I and II main gear retract actuators which also have a 3/8" shaft. The (522-5626-001) washer has a 7/16" ID hole for use in the G-I and II nose gear actuator and the G-III main gear actuators. The (522-5626-005) washer has a ½" ID for use in the G-III nose gear actuator.

Glasair RG Service Alert: Hydraulic Actuator Washer

Maintenance

Glasair Visual Fuel Gauge

How-to and Builder Tips
eyedropper for resin promoter

Properly Promoting Resin

How to & Builder Tips

Aileron Fabrication and Counterweight Installation

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

NASA artist's rendering of a microburst.
Flying

Caught by Downdraft on Short Final

This report was submitted by Gary Bennett. I am sad to report that our Glastar N241GS flipped forward on to its back and sustained major...

Testing the Airspeed Indicator

Flying
Superior XP-360 roller lifters

Superior Engine Build School

Ownership

Can an Aircraft Be Too Safe?

Ownership
Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

Diesel Sportsman Update

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