Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Mods

Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

Events

GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Maintenance

Marc’s Sportsman: The Trim Saga

We left the end of the annual with a note about problems I’ve been having with the electric pitch trim system in my Glastar...

Additional inspection cover for GlaStar aux fuel tank fitting

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Auxiliary Fuel Tank Tips

Extra inspection hole: I installed an extra inspection hole, located at the connection of aux tank to fuel line. I obtained the parts (doubler...

Spray Zolatone (or equv.) in shaded area prior to fuselage assembly.

Weight Conscious GlaStar Assembly

How to & Builder Tips

Keeping fiberglass parts in a hot attic comes with the risk of warping.

Fiberglass Parts Warping in Hot Storage

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Baggage Door Installation Tip

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Wing Folding

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors

Submitted by Jim Sipprelle, Glasair I RG Jim Sipprelle sent Stoddard-Hamilton a fax about some spoiler bumps that he has tried on his landing gear half...

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Torque Values

We receive a number of calls asking for the torque on bolts such as the engine mount to firewall or other fasteners that go...

Fillers

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair Super III

Flying

Unsticking Cleveland Master Cylinders

How-to and Builder Tips

Gerry Hodnefield’s Glasair II-S First Flight

Glasair

PEOPLE & PLACES

Flying

GlaStar Required Nose-up Trim

This tip was provided by Craig O’Neill , Stoddard-Hamilton. Several folks mentioned having difficulty trimming out the required back pressure at 60 knots down final....