I have been going through the old Sport Aviation archives (free to EAA members- and a great benefit) and I am amazed by how many Fly Baby's were built. It was...
Ian, From the Hevle Aviation web site (http://www.hevleaviation.com/hevleaviation.htm) here are the specs: Specifications: Empty Weight-Â Â Â Â 900 lbs/ 800...
    Lowering the gross weight should be easy, getting a hundred pounds off it might be a bit of a trick. ... From: corrie <corrie.bergeron@...> ...
Use a lighter engine (Rotec 2800 = 275 lbs, O-235 ~ 230 lbs, C-85/O-200 ~ 180 lbs), leave off the aux fuel tank and your there for the dry weight. The gross...
Rob, Thanks for posting this article, it's very interesting. It looks like both planes pictured have the same canopy treatment which is one of the most...
... Actually, I just ran out...19 patches ordered from Australia. I'm going to drop an order for another hundred, though, even if it DOES take five years to...
That is cool! As a Dad of three, one being a 28 week preemie, I know how dedicated the folks working with newborns are. Ron, you and Roscoe's designer should...
I don't know what Roscoe patches look like but I suspect that I will be a buyer if it's Fly Baby related. So don't despair, I'm sure it won't take five years...
Does anyone know if Andrew Budek-Schmeisser is still providing welded components as advertised on the "unofficial" flybaby website? I tried to call him a...
I lost contact with Andrew myself about 3 months ago. He does not reply to e-mails. I know he is ill, and I have been worried about him. Ed Leineweber From:...
I'm in Panama City, FL working for a few days and have tomorrow (Sun. 12/12) off. Anybody with a Fly Baby in the Panama City area that wouldn't mind letting...
I have a question about the tailpost anchor. Page 1-18 of the plans state that the tailpost anchor is secured to the tailpost by the lower hinge bolts "and...
I've seen reference to a book I think written x Poberenzy/EAA called something like "Building a wooden plane". Of course now that I'm trying to find one I...
Cuold it be this one? Goto Amazon and search for *Poberezny* not Poberenzy There are many other books too but I guessed this may be the one. Bruce *EAA...
Olan, I can't find the page from the plans that you are speaking of, but I did run into a similar problem with a mistake I made in one of the hollow spars....
Good day Olan, Thank you for referencing both page and illustration numbers, it makes replies a lot easier. There should be three holes in the tail-post's...
Looks good Robert. Beautiful airplane and beautiful afternoon to be out aviating! In a message dated 12/12/2010 3:12:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ...
This page on the EAA website references the book being sought. It does not show up in the shopping part of the EAA site, so it might not be available, but a...
Matt, I have a friend up in Chicago who would love to make these parts we were going to make a production run of all the metal parts for the Fly Baby to ...
