Member Projects

EAA Chapter 890

Members of Chapter 890 have a variety of projects in all stages of completion including several RVs, a pietenpol, a buttercup, and a tailwind. Check back here for photos and progress reports.

Scott Bixler & EAA's Speakers Bureau

EAA has long fostered an outstanding volunteer spirit and relationship with members, industry leaders and various aviation professionals throughout the country. Using these resources, EAA has created the EAA Speakers Bureau to assist local Chapters in scheduling interesting, creative, educational and diverse programs for their monthly meetings. One of our EAA 890 members has joined the Speaker's Bureau.
Find out more about Scott's program >>

First Flight of N851JM

John Myers reports he received the Airworthiness Certificate for the RV-8 from the DAR on 8-8-2008. The first flight was Sunday morning with a second flight later in the afternoon.

"Doug Carter did a wonderful job on the paint," writes John. "I chose the paint scheme to honor my Uncles that flew in WWII and we named it to honor my Choctaw heritage. The name is She Ni Yah' which means "Forest Flower" or "Chahta Rose" in Choctaw. She Ni Yah' was my great-great-great-grandmother's name."

Thanks to many Chapter 890 members for the help and advice during the building stages.

HP-11 Sailplane for Sale

For Sale

HP-11 High Performance Sailplane FOR SALE: Designed by Richard Schreder. 12 hrs TT, all aluminum, 52' wingspan, built in the mid 70's. Fixed landing gear. Comes with a new RICO variometer, unused parachute, new canopy (not installed) and a dry, fully enclosed trailer with custom fittings to hold all the components and new tires. Instrument panel stored indoors. Wings need to be filled and painted because filler is peeling and canopy needs to be installed. In very good condition over-all. Had one minor accident that damaged a flap (repaired). Ample builders documentation and plans included. Reasonably priced. For more information and to view photos (pdf format) or to see the plane contact: Scott Bixler buttercupairplane@yahoo.com

How I Got The Bug

Notes on a small project from Ron Iaconis

Here is my new protractor that I made from polycarbonate plastic. I used a small ball bearing for the pivot that I got from an EAA member in Fort Payne (his Dad worked for IBM as a Customer Engineer, like me!!!) He has many and much stuff that his dad saved from IBM projects before retiring. In fact, the polycarbonate I used was also salvaged from IBM. We used it on windows of printers. I have had it for over 25 years and finally found a use for it!!!!

I was having trouble reading the small scale of the commercial available protractor from Sears so I built one with 3/16 inch between the degrees markings and it's quite accurate. With the one from Sears one I could only guess what degrees I was at with my blade collective. Now I am certain! The blade collective is (believe this) 2 degrees at 50 percent and 2-1/2 degrees at 100 percent!

I alway was under the knowledge that over 1-1/2 degerees one could not hand start the blades. But to my revelation, I can hand start them at 2-1/2 degrees and they fly fine! With the Sears protractor I could only approximate about 2 degrees. But now I am closer to being exact.

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