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Did he leave any dimensions?

Glad I found one. But until my panel is done, I am NOT sharing.

Supply and demand

I don't use rate of turn for the pattern. I use angle of bank.

Who flies standard rate turns???? I agree, it is hard to see.

You have to look at the axis of the steering pivot. And extend that line to past the axle. It would be just about impossible to ride a bike with negative caster "Again, the angle this line makes with the vertical is the caster angle. The first purpose of the caster angle is to give stability to the steering wheels, which would otherwise be unmanageable." "In the context of bicycles and motorcycles, caster is more commonly referred to as "head angle", "rake angle" or "rake and trail", especially in American English. The terms caster or castor angle are still predominantly used in British English."

ALL dope is highly flammable. Nitrate is much more flammable that butyrate after it dries.

EXACTLY. Also, on race cars the caster causes camber gain on the outside front tire, reducing understeer. My M3 setup, when I was going a lot track work, made people think something was broken if I parked with the wheels turned. 3.5 degree static camber and a lot of caster will do that.

Actually if you look at the pivot axis on a motorcycle and extend it to the axle, the axis line IS in front of the axel.

DUH. jet lagged posting.

Another vote for a spherics device. Both VFR and IFR. Enough so, I recently purchased a used WX500 to go into my new panel.

Axle moving back increases caster. Look at shopping cart front wheel. Axle is well behind the pivot axis.

Mountain High, and I think Aviox, have the parts to install a built in system. I wish Mountain High had a panel mount O2D2

Sorry, missed it

It isn't that hard to defeat the key switch.

You need re-read that link you posted. The product is PolyGone and used to REMOVE ploy sulfide sealant. Polysulfide IS the sealant used.

Iam combining part of my annual with my avionics work. 1) Plane is down for 2 months with work 2) No need to pay two different shops to pull all the inspection panels and interior and such.

There is also the Mooney factory.

Bolts are supposed be loading in shear when possible. That is, 90 degrees to the length of the bolt. With lifting by the mount, I would be more worried about bending a mount tube. So I would make sure the strap is at a cluster of tubes.

I don't think it is undeserved. And I understand where you are coming from. And I agree with who to use for a pre-buy, in general. But there are some mechanics that I would trust, even if they had a relationship with the plane and owner. But those are ones who do a real annual and do not skimp. So, in those cases, their word would be enough for me without a "formal pre-buy."

One issue is, if you have issues with your King AP, you will be spending a lot to fix a very old piece of equipment. Going to GFC-500 means you are likely to not have to be fixing things. My KAS-297 has issues, but I am not interested in spending several AMU to fix it and they have something else fail.

Since it was experimental, it was probably legal. Years ago there was a big gypsy moth spraying operation. One group staged out of my home field. They had two Ayrs Turbo Thrush aircraft. They were Restricted airworthiness. The fuel placards said USE ONLY - Jet-A, Jet-A1, Jet-B, Jet-B1, JP-4, JP-5, Diesel Fuel - Kerosine, Home Heating Oil, AVGAS 80/97, AVGAS 91/96, AVGAS 100LL, AVGAS 100/130, AVGAS 115/145, MOGAS I loved the ONLY The text wrapped around the filler several times. I was surprised that they did not list Moonshine.

I would contact SureFly.

No. The pawl engages based on the speed of the reel turning. Slow, it is free, increase the speed and centrifugal force moves the pawls to engage.

Hmm, I wish I had known that a day ago. Too late now. But a good idea.