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GlaStar - drilling the flap skin doublers
How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Aileron and Flap Installation Tips

Whilst many have been at Oshkosh enjoying themselves, I have been doing likewise checking out my first wing in preparation for riveting on the...
New glass installed. Note the 12" spun aluminum wheels and bead locks.
GlaStar & Sportsman

The “SuperStar”

Recently, I worked with a friend from San Diego after he purchased a GlaStar that had briefly flown. He wanted the GlaStar to undergo a complete make-over plus some upgrades.

Spray Gun Lowdown

Glasair

Keeping Oil Temperatures Low

How to & Builder Tips
Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Flying

The Zen of Riveting

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Maintenance

When Good Hydraulic Pumps Go Bad

I have had more than my share of issues with the retracts on my Glasair II RG: Actuator Leaks Hydraulic pressure gauge cracked and...
How to & Builder Tips

Fillers

Every Glasair and GlaStar kit contains plastic bags of the white powders (guaranteed to raise the suspicions of any DEA agent!) that we know...
Nose gear hydraulic actuator installation, Glasair III.

Getting the Wheels All the Way Up Every Time

How-to and Builder Tips
Spark plug tray, adjusting tool, gap gage, spark plug socket and extension, magneto timer, torque wrench, combination wrenches, ratchet, socket and extension

Tools to Maintain Your Sportsman or GlaStar

Maintenance
glasair flap plaster molds

Determining Glasair II-S Slotted Flaps Cut Locations

How-to and Builder Tips

Rear Wing-Attach Bolt

How-to and Builder Tips

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