Andy95W

Mine is painted, but the red has discolored in the concave portion above the exhaust pipe. I’ve thought about painting flat black high temperature paint inside that concave portion. It would be basically unnoticeable unless you stick your head under the airplane.

Asked and answered in 8 minutes. Take that, Beechtalk.

Yes, I agree, that’s what they look like. I just went back through my old Aircraft Spruce orders, the 70° ones were what I ordered and installed. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/lgpages/aero_06-03303.php Bought them 4 years ago. I still only put air in twice a year, once at annual and once when the weather gets cold (which shouldn’t be an issue for you. )

Those crimp connectors lead a hard life in a hot, difficult environment. They don’t last forever. Connector failure is far more common than alternator failure.

Exactly. We had an engine guy that did beautiful work, did everything IAW the Lycoming overhaul manual to include stripping and paint work. Farmed out all the machine work to DivCo. “Overhauled” cylinders himself with all new parts. But when it came to the logbook entry, everything was an IRAN for insurance purposes. I guess the insurance companies didn’t want to be on the hook for the next 2,000 hours because our shop did an engine overhaul.

The word “overhaul” in the logbook entry. The shop where I worked 25 years ago had liability insurance that covered what we did. The agent was blunt and told the owner, “if you say the word ‘overhaul’ I have to raise your rates”.

@Jim Peace

Please remove your copilot seat, put it there, and take a picture.

The valve stem is perfect for the pre-1965 wheels like our ‘64s have. No part of it even comes close to the 3-screw dustcover on the wheel. If I had a picture I’d post it, if I get out to the hangar tomorrow I will. I believe Richard @Skates97 recommended them to me.

Jim- @Jim Peace- I wholeheartedly recommend the tubes below. Made from the same rubber as the Airstop tubes, but with the angled stem for the old wheel style like ours. Good quality, and I only put air in twice a year. Once at annual, and one at the first cold snap in November. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/lgpages/aero_06-03303.php

And every example is better than my poor attempts at Haiku!

It’s a Haiku, Mark, not landing instruction. And considering how quickly he made it, it’s pretty good!

The last US Air flight was in October 2008. After that they were all “Cactus” because the old America West bought them. So this was quite a while ago. I wonder if the NTSB is done with their investigation of this incident yet?

Depends on airspeed. More airspeed = more rudder authority. One of the reasons partial flaps helps. If you can keep your speed up sufficiently and fly it on to the runway, you’ll hit the wingtip before you run out of rudder. Misjudge and you’ll balloon viciously. Realistically, though, I agree with Rich. About 35 knots.

Hi, @Yetti. If you go to the top of the page, just to the right of your avatar with your name and a triangle, touch on your name. One of the options is your attachments, you can go there and they’ll be listed chronologically. Then you have to delete them one by one. It’s a pain, but at least you can keep the helpful photos and delete the unnecessary ones.