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PLANS - Engine and Airframe

Leonard Milholland - Better Half VW and Legal Eagle Ultralight airplane designer.


Video's 

-  Information about the Legal Eagle Ultralight - $25 postage paid

-  How-to convert the 1/2 VW cylinder head - $25 pp...  Any 1/2 VW devote will benefit by using this video...

-  How-to build the Wing for the Legal Eagle and Double Eagle - $25 pp... This video runs 1.5 hours and really covers the building process including shop practices that are worth the $25 alone...

Send request and funds to:  L. E. Milholland, Box 747, Brookshire, Tx 77423

Telephone (281)-375-5453


Prop Extension 

Leonard Milholland

Dual EI ignition 

Leburg
Honeysuckle Farm
Jarvis Gate
Sutton St James
Spalding
PE12 0EU, UK

Tel: (UK) + ( 0)1945 440165



I have found David good to do business with and Air Mail to the UK takes 3 days or less from San Diego, CA...

1/2 VW Engine parts

Great Plains Aircraft Supply Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 545     
Boys Town, NE  68010


(Must have Type I assembly manual)



Propellors

Tennessee

Website:http://www.tn-prop.com/ (Look at website Monthly Specials for best pricing)

Leonard is flying a 52" diameter x 22" pitch for the Milholland Better Half with a 69mm crank and 92mm jugs...
---Specify for a 1/2 VW and Milholland Prop extension re: Bolt pattern---

I am flying a 54" x 20" on my 69 x 94mm engine which yeilds a much better ROC than the orginal Perry 54" x 24"...



Better Half VW Crankshaft 

DeMello Machine Shop (DMS Cranks)
Huntington Beach, CA
(New Tel # 714-898-7405)


German forged crank with counterweights modification.
Will use your cores and jugs to build crank and balance (crank, rods and jugs assembly) DMS has crank and rod cores if you don't.

[Tell DeMello that your building a Better Half VW and they will drill / tap the cut end of the crank and provide the cap screw, roll pin and 1/2 inch thick washer Milholland calls for]

Order providing lead time and follow up with Bob... A builder tends to get lost among production runs... This is a volume operation run by a family of dedicated people...

Klegacell PVC Foam (For Gas Tank)

Chuck Beason
11845 Loop 107
Adkins, TX  78101
Tel. (210) 649-1727

Call Chuck for pricing and delivery...

Materials Kit

This is the Milholland approved materials kit prepared by John Bolding...
John also is making a welded fuselage available...

Tel # (281) 383-0113  Address: Box 3193,  Baytown Tx, 77522


ClearSpan Shelter 

The shelter seen on the Perched Rock Field page is 28' X 35'...  It was built with an additional steel reinforced concrete post and beam footing for under $1750.00... We purchased the (2) 30' X 50' tarps from Harbor Freight on-sale for under $150.00... The plans were accurate, complete and easy to use...

Plans are available from:
Dave Coan
6646 Hessenthaler Rd.
Byron, NY, 14422
Tel (716) 548-7468

Welding

Grove Aircraft

Aircraft Supplies

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty

Wicks Aircraft Supply

Legal Eagle T-Shirts 

Paul Loghry
15 Windfern Place
The Woodlands, TX 77382
(936) 273-2106