Steve Ricketts' Starduster II

Steve Ricketts' Starduster II - N45GG

N45GG - Aircraft Specifics

	Built in 1993 by Bill Kolb in Vermont
	180 HP O-360 Lycoming (OH 1/05)
	McCauley Constant Speed Prop (OH 6/05)
	Inverted Fuel and P5C Pressure Carburetor (OH 1/00)
	Christen Inverted Oil System
	Removable Pilot's Canopy
	Custom seats front and rear
	Cleveland brakes (new pads and rebuilt master cylinder)
	Scott steerable tailwheel
	Terra TX-760D Com
	Terra TRT-250D Mode C Transponder and AT-3000 Encoder
	PS Engineering PM501 PTT Intercom with music input (CD & MP3 Player)
	Yaesu VXA-100 handheld Nav/Com
	ACK Emergency Location Transmitter w/remote
	Allied Signal/Skyforce SkyMap II Moving Map GPS
	Custom Made 5-Point Ratchet Acrobatic Harnesses by Allen Silver
	Security 250 Chair and Strong 311 Wedge Parachutes
	2 Millennia headsets, boom mic
	1 Pilot headset, throat mic
	1 Leather and 1 Coth helmets
	And very, very Green...

Critical Modifications

Stardusters have two critical areas that should have been modified from original plans, the engine mount length and the landing gear location. Both have been modified on 45GG.

	24" medium length engine mount (12" original)
	Landing gear moved to 8" from firewall (1 1/2" original)
	Steel rods welded inside the landing gear tubing
	Cross member welded across landing gear struts

Stardusters on skis!

Steve Ricketts

I'm Steve Ricketts, the President of Velocedge, Inc. and developer of this and other aircraft and non-related web sites. I developed this site just to have a place to keep some pictures and tell some stories about the airplane. I'm the owner of N45GG. I purchased the airplane having never flown in a biplane and with only 5 hours of tailwheel time. Since August of 1999 I've learned to tame the little rascal and we've had a ball ever since! I don't think flying will ever be the same without the open sky above! This site will continue to grow as new experience, new projects, or new thoughts come along.

In addition to the Starduster, I've got an interesting 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA project that my son and I built... Some interesting times there too.