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  1. FCL .055 : English aviation language proficiency and audio glossary
     1. FCL .055 General terms : Aviation general terms
     2. FCL .055 The aerodrome : The aerodrome and infrastructures
     3. FCL .055 Ground operations : Usual ground operations
     4. FCL .055 Circuits : Flying aerodrome circuits
     5. FCL .055 En route : En route control terms
     6. FCL .055 The airplane : The airplanes and its systems
     7. FCL .055 The cabin : The cockpit and instrument panel
     8. FCL .055 Radio : Radio tems
     9. FCL .055 The engine : Engine and mechanical terms
     10. FCL .055 Weather : Weather vocabulary
     11. FCL .055 Formalities : Formalities and paperwork
     12. FCL .055 Incidents : Incidents and urgency situations
  2. Articles : Technical info on aircraft homebuilding
     1. US drill bit size conversion : Drill bit size conversion chart in inches and millimeters 
     2. US machine screw dimensions : US machine screw dimensions 
     3. Bolt locking devices : Some modern devices, by Anton Lawrence
     4. Conversion chart : To avoid complicated calculations 
     5. hPa and in Hg : We sometimes use an altimeter in inches of mercury 
     6. Nosemetric unit system : Nosemetry (French pifométrie) is a universal science
        1. Page 2 : Foreword
        2. Page 3 : Application domain, principles and rules
        3. Page 4 : Units
        4. Page 5 : Value and guessing units
        5. Page 6 : Space and time units
        6. Page 7 : Speed and money units
        7. Page 8 : Temperature and miscellaneous units
        8. Page 9 : Bibliograpy and references
     7. Waviness Gauge : Controling flying surfaces for laminarity...
     8. QLDSB Portable blower : How to locally test fairings...
     9. So your plane is too fast ? : Builders fly with deployed airbrakes...
     10. Airflow visualization : In-flight use of oil and tuft to visualize airflow 
     11. Measuring true airspeed : Doug Gray's three GPS heading method
     12. Stresses in biplanes : Basics on biplane structure
     13. Canopy sunshade : Avoiding excessive temperatures under the canopy
     14. On-board kit : Which equipment kit for a cross-country flight...
     15. Aircraft dollies : Short review of possible dollies...
     16. Fuel syphon : Gabriel Consigny gives his version of the fuel syphon
     17. "Must have" tools for Christmas ! : Gleaned on the Net, "Must have" presents for the homebuilder 
     18. Desmodromy : Article on valve control system
     19. Drum brakes and MCR : Adjusting cable-actuated drum brakes
  3. Airframe : MCR 4S building techniques
     1. MCR 4S Secret archives : Contrails ! unveils the secret plans of the IF-Team... 
     2. MCR 4S oleo struts maintenance : Of air and oil...
     3. Beta Pins : Installing or removing the canopy
     4. MCR 4S wetted area : To determine aerodynamic quality...
     5. MCR 4S cabin heat : Cabin heat on MCRs traditionally "works well in summer" 
     6. MCR 4S defogging : Not every flight is performed on a hot summer day... 
     7. Trim tab hinge mod : M.Riazuelo shares his modification
     8. MCR 4S baggage door : Rear baggage door mechanism
     9. Navigation light fairings : How to install nav light transparent fairings on the MCR 4S
     10. Building IF cowlings : How to build engine cowlings from scratch 
     11. Making Jabiru 3300 cowlings for RT : Raphaël shows how he made his Jabiru 3300 cowlings 
     12. Making cowling molds : Raphaël, Jérôme and Alain show how to make quality molds from existing cowlings 
  4. Engine : Engine installation
     1. The Bosch VE Diesel injection pump : For Diesel lovers, a remarkable study of the Bosch VE Diesel injection pump by Bricofoy 
     2. Throttle lever stops : Rules that apply to any poweplant
     3. Bing 64 carb floats : An undocumented failure on a Rotax 91X
     4. Rotax Reduction Gear : The element that makes a difference in the Rotax 9XX engines 
     5. Rotax Oil Starvation : The Rotax 9XX are very reliable, but they hate oil starvation...
     6. Rotax 914 fuel pumps : the Rotax 914 has 2 electrical fuel pumps, but Rotax gives two different setups... 
     7. Rotax 914 fuel pressure regulator : Some info on the Rotax 914 fuel pressure regulator 
     8. 914 Fuel System Testing : Ron Parigoris and Wayne Gutschow share their findings on the Rotax 914 fuel pumps... 
     9. Connecting Rotax 91X mags : The latest Rotax 91X engines have new connectors for the magneto wires... 
     10. Rotax 914 spark plugs : How to identify Denso spark plugs 
     11. Tightening Rotax plugs : Plug wrenches, torquing, etc.
     12. Inside a Jabiru : Anatomy of a Jabiru 3300. 
     13. Jabiru rocker lubrication : A Jab 2200 owner shares his findings on lubrication... 
     14. Jabiru lubrication fix #2 : A new approach to Jabiru 2200 lubrication 
     15. Jabiru lubrication fix #1 : Martin's solution to the rocker chamber lubrication problem 
     16. Jabiru spark : An amazing picture by Lynn Matteson 
     17. Jabiru ignition coils : Jabiru recently recalled 900 faulty ignition coils under warranty
         1. Jabiru's recall letter : Here is the letter received by Brithish owners from their dealer 
     18. Jabiru flywheel bolts : Jabiru's SB on flywheel attachment aroused the Jabiru community. Anton Lawrence's study on the flywheel bolts answers many questions
     19. Jabiru flywheel investigaton : On the 3rd December 2006 three Jabiru 2200 engines had their flywheel bolts replaced and re-torqued, Anton Lawrence shows the process and findings 
     20. Bing 64 carburettor : Hints and tips on Bing CV carburettor maintenance
     21. Fuel tank vent : Fuel will leave the tank only if air can enter freely...
     22. Air intakes : Basics of air intake design
     23. Engine cooling : How to ensure adequate engine cooling
         1. Air or liquid cooling : Despite popular belief, all aero engines are air-cooled.
         2. Coolant : Glycol or 50/50 mix ?
         3. Burn, Baby Burn ! : Coolant flammability tests 
         4. Aerodynamics of the Radiators : Aerodynamics of the Radiator 
         1. Meredith effect : Excerpts of F.Meredith's note, august 1935 
         5. La Pierre Skunk Works : Design of a radiator duct, in English 
     24. Firewall: Firewall installation and penetration
     25. Étévé Method : How do we check a wooden propeller ?
     26. Anatomy of a prop blade : Pictures of the internals of a composite prop blade 
     27. Satellite reduction gear : Realizations of the apogee of aircraft piston engines
     28. Filters : What we can read in our filters
     29. Lycoming fuel injection : Principles of Lycoming fuel injection
  5. Electricity : The mysteries of electric circuits
     1. Designing an electric circuit : How to design an electric circuit, with no single point failure, in a few simple steps
     2. Practical wiring : Wires, connections, acceptable practice
        1. Ferrite bead protection : To improve ferrite bead reliability
        2. Protection of printed circuit boards : Protecting wires soldered on PCBs
        3. Installing big terminals : Must we swage or solder ?
        4. Troubleshooting stick grip wiring : What one can do and not do...
        5. Choosing wires : Which wires for our homebuilts ?
        6. Aeronautical wires : Aeronautical wires specifications
        7. Surplus wires : How to identify surplus wires ?
     3. Battery : How to choose, install and maintain a starting battery
        1. Lead-acid batteries : Basics of vented lead-acid batteries
        2. Recombinant gas batteries : The batteries of choice for our kitplanes
           1. Concorde factory visit : a slideshow on Concorde RG battery factory
     4. MCR 4S ground power : ensuring real electrical reliability
     5. Installing a second alternator on the Rotax 914 : An innovative approach by Manuel Bonniot
     6. Electroluminescence : Instrument panel lighting
     7. Xenon HID light : Installation of a xenon HID light on an MCR 4S (Manuel Bonniot & GTH)
     8. Rotax Alternator : Specs of the Rotax/Ducati alternator and rectifier-regulator (Jérôme Delamarre & GTH) 
     9. Low voltage notification : Investigation of a noise issue with a Tyco battery contactor and a low voltage warning module. (GTH) 
     10. Troubleshooting alternators : French translation of an excerpt of Bob Nuckolls' Appendix Z
     11. Comparing crimp tools : French translation of an article by Bob Nuckolls
     12. Three blade coax stripper : French translation of an article by Bob Nuckolls
     13. Crimping coaxial connectors : French translation of an article by Bob Nuckolls
  6. Instruments : Installing instruments
     1. Cockpit : Cockpit design
        1. Instrument panels : A survey of MCR panels
           1. F-PHIF panel : Panel of IF
           2. LX-NIT panel : Panel of NIT
           3. F-PMTR panel : Panel of TR
        2. Ergonomics : Cockpit ergonomics
        3. EFIS ergonomics : EFIS ergonomics
        4. The wizards of OZ : A new graphic cockpit display.
     2. Magnetic compass : Operating and swinging light aircraft compasses
     3. Autopilot : Gabriel Consigny's MEMS autopilot project
     4. Measuring VSWR : When tuning a radio antenna, specialists use the VSWR...
     5. Installation of a Bob Archer antenna : Choosing and installing a high performance COMM antenna
     6. Simulation of a VHF antenna : Study of a VHF antenna-pitot combination
     7. GPS : Global Positioning System 
        1. Installation manuals : Downloading any Garmin or Appolo manual
     8. Garmin GPS 400 memory battery : How to replace Garmin GPS 400 memory battery
     9. Becker AR-4401 transponder error codes : Becker AR-4401 transponder error codes
     10. Transponder : Becker's transponder and antenna installation
     11. Dynon : The Dynon EFIS by Manuel Bonniot
     12. Pressure recording system : How to make a flight test pressure recording system with National Instrument hardware
  7. Weather page : Satellite view, updated every 60 minutes 
  1. Animation satellite : Western Europe visible light animation 
  2. Wind Animation : Real time wind animation with Windy
  8. Glossary : Some definitions of terms used on Contrails !
     1. Pronounciation : How to pronounce aircraft tricky terms ?
     2. Origin of OK ! : Tracking the origin of "OK !"
  9. Biblio : References and bibliography
  10. Links : Links of interest to homebuilders
  11. FAQ : Some responses to questions frequently asked on the internet
  12. Other projects : Works and projects past, present and future
  13. About : Why, how, who is behind Contrails !
      1. About the author : Who is Gilles Thesee ?
      2. Condensation trails : What would be Contrails ! without a page on...contrails ?
      3. Legal webpage : Intellectual property, disclaimer, etc. 
      4. Attraits de la voltige : For the streamline lover...
      5. Filigrane PHP 6 : Protect one's pictures with Paint Shop Pro 6
      6. Formulas with HTML & CSS : One can directly write math formulas...
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