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Pinecone

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  1. That may be the only answer, due to concrete being porous.
  2. Hmm, the only experience I have in a King Air (C90) it did have a castering nose wheel. Steering with brakes and power (including beta).
  3. To be clear, I am NOT recommending using it in your hangar with the plane in there. Just that once it is applied and stops foaming, there is no longer any acid left.
  4. He was talking about a true altitude chamber, where they pump out the air. You experience both lack of oxygen and low pressure (other physiological effects). The traveling system just lowers the oxygen level to simulate lower partial pressure of oxygen at altitude.
  5. Except working the throttles with the right hand, then reaching across and down to the center console with your left hand to work the rocker switch, and still be able to look around to clear the area. Oh, and there is no indicator, so you have to be VERY careful on takeoff that the nose wheel is straight. One neat mod on one I got to fly. They put a second double rocker on the glare shield about where you would naturally grab it with your left hand. So left on the glare shield with thumb on the switch, right on the throttles, sitting upright and straight.
  6. There is no off gassing if it is used correctly. It reacts totally to become salts and gasses. Calcium carbonate and HCl becomes Calcium chloride and CO2. The CO2 is why it foams when reacting. When the foaming stops there is no HCl left (unless you use so much there is no concrete left ).
  7. An infamous Ted Smith nose wheel steering system. Have you taxied an Aerostar?
  8. This is why I mentioned painting it. The U-Coat-It in my garage has been down for 20 years and is going strong. I only put down the color coat, I did not add the clear coat (most slippery) so it does show some grime.
  9. You acid wash fresh concrete to neutralize the excess alkaline. Excess alkaline exudes from the concrete and will lift any paint that you apply if you do not acid wash. But again, about 2 cups per gallon of water. Spread it around and very quickly the acid and alkali neutralize each other and all you have is water with some salts in it.
  10. I saw two. One was mine. I was at the FBO and they have one in the hangar for some maintenance. Looks like a short body, but with a J windshield. I do not remember the N number.
  11. For a carb engine, try running just slightly below WOT. The slightly cocked throttle plate can cause turbulence to even out the misture distribution to the cylinders. Also try a touch of carb heat. That can also help. Otherwise, go old school, lean until it is rough, then just rich enough to smooth things out.
  12. For moving Cessnas around, the deal was, push down on the SPAR, right nest to the fuselage. Too many people pushed down on the leading edge, leading to damage
  13. As was mentioned, it is like 2 cups of acid to a gallon of water. And ALWAYS ADD THE ACID TO THE WATER.
  14. Almost 3 hours at cruise for me.
  15. I did my PP in Grumman Tigers. No nose wheel steering either. No problem. BTW, the King Air doesn't have nose wheel steering either.
  16. BTW, if you have speed brakes you only gain just under 30 gallons.
  17. FYI, I would not use sulfuric acid. For cleaning/etching concrete, you use muriatic (hydro chloric) acid.
  18. Dawn and water. You need a surfactant to allow the water to remove the petro. The dye stain may never come out. Cement/concrete is porous, so things soak in. The other option is to paint the floor. When I did my detached garage is this - https://ucoatit.com/getstarted-gad/?gclid=CjwKCAiAvK2bBhB8EiwAZUbP1BA2w7ME0n9pNAHJDkJi0Q65knTIK6FrmuGeVRri40TJCOMdrwlyrhoCQlsQAvD_BwE It is a water based epoxy. The first coat has an additive and it is applied to damp concrete, and actually soaks into the concrete to bond. I pulled a loaded metal shelf unit across it and it ground the paint, off the shelf unit. It is not hurt the coating.
  19. Based on these posts, I am still loving my 252/Encore. 174 KTAS in the mid teens on 10.3 GPH
  20. I haven't used them, but for a total seat rebuild, there is also Oregon Aero. Everything I have read is that their seats are amazingly comfortable.
  21. I will be talking to Parker when renewal time comes.
  22. https://www.shipsticks.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAmaibBhCAARIsAKUlaKSiAaZfZ9r1L2OLS9CfFYpEkLj7hQS4nxvRrHghxcw4WyFglAButvYaAnfuEALw_wcB
  23. It was nice to non-stop NE MD to KSRQ, with hefty headwinds, without having to worry about maybe needed into stop. 73 gallons.
  24. When I turn off power on the aircraft, the G5 asks if it should keep running on battery or shutdown.
  25. BUT, if they knew they were mainly dealing with radar missiles, they could load more chaff. On the A-10, we had a button for each. So could dispense just chaff, just flares, or both. Individual or a program.
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