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  1. Pinecone
    Hmm, if there was a market, someone could build a mold off a good cowling.
  2. Pinecone
    I fly a K, but 252. I take off full throttle, max RPM, full rich, cowl flaps open. I climb the same. I level off, all the plane to accelerate. Then pull the power back to 32 inches, 2300 RPM, pull the mixture back to 10.3 GPH (65%). And enjoy the 174 KTAS ride. Descent, I push the nose over and see over 200 KTAS.
  3. Pinecone
    Same here. My PCP does my Basic Med and SCCA med without any problems. And I get an complete physical every year, so it is just bit of extra paperwork.
  4. Pinecone
    Many people have gone to a doc in the box that does Commercial Driver's License med exams.
  5. Pinecone
    I remember before there were E-tickets. Only A through D.
  6. Pinecone
    You can experiment and see what works best for you. Do a series of takeoffs with slightly more nose up trim for each and see what seems best. And do so at different CGs. Most light aircraft I have flown need a bit of back pressure to lift off at the "normal" speed. If you don't apply back pressure, the eventually fly off on their own. IIRC, the Aerostar is one that MUST have back pressure added, as the wing sits at a negative angle of attack with all 3 gear on the ground. Jets, due to the swept wings, required you to rotate to a specific pitch attitude (thus Vr).
  7. Pinecone
    They quoted me over an AMU to replace the ALT bulb in my KAC-150 and to fix the dim KAS-297B. Larry at Sarasota Avionics did both for about 0.5AMU including pulling them out and putting them back in.
  8. Pinecone
    May not be hull insurance on it. Maybe just liability.
  9. Pinecone
    Nope. Hazardous as a dust or mist and inhaled.
  10. Pinecone
    If you have a friendly DER, that gets it done.
  11. Pinecone
    1) Monitor your stock of wire so you don't run out. 2) Keep a spool of safety wire handy.
  12. Pinecone
    They still won't understand. I am a Fed Gov employee. Retirees and Social Security are getting an 8.7% increase due to increased cost of living. Workers are getting "4.6%" Except, Fed pay is Base plus Locality. The pay raise is 4.1% on the Base and 0.5% on the Locality. That is NOT a 4.6% overall pay increase.
  13. Pinecone
    But the tanks are based on the same wing design. So unless they moved the spar ir ribs, the volume should be the same.
  14. Pinecone
    Again, you cannot just install a -SB into a 231. That is NOT legal. It doesn't matter if you convert your -LB, orbuy a new or factory reman -SB. You need an STC to do so. ModWorks had one (the 262), but they are gone.
  15. Pinecone
    Hangar next time mine is an R44. His insurance is almost SIX times what I pay.
  16. Pinecone
    You should try a 4 v 4 furball.
  17. Pinecone
    I recently rode in the back of a C-182 (CAP training). I was a bit concerned, as it was maybe the 3rd time I had ridden in the back of a light plane. I survived.
  18. Pinecone
    Mine is with Byron at Fly RPM based at KGAI. https://flyrpm.com/ He is a regular here on MS. I talked to the other A&P working for Byron when I dropped the plane off, and he said 90% of their work are Mooneys.
  19. Pinecone
    I have not seen any documents on this one. I flew in the show at Sun n Fun twice. They used both lateral separation and altitude separation. And no one passing anyone in the same pattern.
  20. Pinecone
    I haven't paid attention. I managed to order a few more orders than I realized. I have a multi year supply.
  21. Pinecone
    If they were looking back. As I understand their position, they are looking at their aircraft, not looking around for other aircraft.
  22. Pinecone
    Yes, they restarted production a month of two ago.
  23. Pinecone
    Based on this, I retract several things I have previously posted. I do question the design of the pattern that has different speed aircraft flying the SAME ground track at the SAME altitude. There is NO room for error with that pattern. It means that the P-63 did not cross a boundary, but was aiming for the same ground track as the B-17, based on the design of the pattern. In the video, it points out that for the 2021 show, the fighters appeared to be above the bombers, with some altitude separation.
  24. Pinecone
    Pilot, copilot, flight engineer, and 2x scanners. The scanners would be a the waist gun positions and look for things like smoke or fire. Confirm gear down. I am not sure that the B-17 uses scanners, but I know that they are on board the B-29s when they fly.
  25. Pinecone
    Weeks? Days maybe. They have the specs. How many CNC machine shops are there that could program this part and start cranking them out.
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