Hank

15K fpm = 170 mph = 148 knots, vertical speed. Add in 54 knots forward groundspeed, he was moving. Full throttle steep descent? I've practiced emergency descent, but never above 2000 fpm, and that was dramatic (45° bank, cruise throttle, falling out of the sky). If the pitot ices over, doesn't airspeed act as an altimeter? So it wouldn't show the increased airspeed as he pointed down due to ice on the wings and tail. In fact, the tail would ice up before the wing due to smaller leading edge radius, lose lift and allow the nose to drop. I've never experienced a tail stall, and no thank you, don't want to try one. If he wasn't IFR rated and got Spatial D as the plane iced up, no telling what the flight path and speed would become, but the end result would be this . . . .

I always heard it was the big nut on top of the rotors, as it was the only thing between you and Jesus. That nut on the tail rotor fell off of a helicopter my dad was flying, circling to pick up an admiral. With no tail rotor, he did an autorotation into the SC sea oats. Grounded all USN Sikorskis at the time (c. 1960), turned out the nuts were out of tolerance from the factory. Ya'll be careful out there! helicopter--(noun) a flying machine composed of many moving parts, all rotating around an oil leak.

You should ride the WV Turnpike sometime. I drove it often enough that I only slowed for the three toll booths, but not for any curves. Did have to brake on a few downhill runs to avoid speeding tickets, and the frequent 90-mph-approaching-a-curve scenario. Flying over it is much nicer! Yeah, the roads here in Sweet Home are kinda boring . . . Set the cruise, take a nap . . .

Lookkee there--a bag of 25 barrel nuts, 1/4-20, for $10 . . . . A fair price of 41 cents each, versus the Inflated Aircraft Part price of $47 each.

FAA types are specifically instructed to not conduct ramp.checks at air shows. Nevertheless, I was once asked for my registration as I parked at one, it was the first of the three-year issuance. I saw him ask a couple of others, too, but that's all he wanted.

Pull the ring up and hold; squeeze in 1-2 drops of oil; relax and let ring fall down. Pull and release several times to move the oil down the shaft to the o-rings. It may be time to replace them.

I used to keep three 60-lb tubes of sand in the back of my little Ranger pickup in WV, really helped with traction in the winter. Shouldn't be hard to hand them from the engine mount; it'll be more work if the mount is also off.

Anymore, I just offer Pireps to whoever I'm talking to (Center or Approach; sometimes I'll give ceilings and tops if I'm talking to tower, but I usually fly to & from uncontrolled fields), they've always been thankful.

Wonder how it would work now? Or at least whenever the pollen becomes less visible on the car overnight . . .

Does the FAA have time and people to ramp check light, noncommercial GA?

That looks interesting! I use Wash Wax All on fround and air vehicles, is this easier than squirt on, wipe and buff? Walmart has the kit for $33.97, Amazon for $33.96. I'm out right now, and have to drive past wally world on my way home . . .

Could you take them off, tighten then a turn towards each other and reinstall? Or is the slop inside the holes at each end?

Signature did my engine (O-360-A1D) many moons ago for the previous owner. Twenty two years and pushing 1100 hours, with a couple years' not flying before I bought her. Still going strong!

Tie some barbells to the engine mounts. If that's been removed also, bolt some lumber to the mount holes with correct-sized bolts, and hang weights there. Sandbags should work, too, just tie them on well. You'll need to approximate the weight of the engine, more if the engine mount is off.

I guess the original settlers were either directionally challenged, or too completely stonkered by the wagon ride through the mountains to pay attention anymore. The roads must still be not very good, Google maps says it takes 4-1/2 hours to drive the 238 miles from one to the other. But North Bend does explain the body of water at the end of the runway. A saltwater bath will surely total even a Honda jet.

Ah! That makes more sense.

Saw this on the news just now: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/494972 Was surprised to hear that the plane that overran the runway and ended up in the water was at St. George, UT, and not on a coast somewhere.

Based on flying time and gallons to refill, my standard C with 52 gallons is good for almost six hours (4:45 flying, refilled with 41 gallons; did this twice. Don't recall gallons to refill after two more recent 4:30 flights).

Sorry to hear that you are against aviation and convenient travel.

That's already happened in the last 3-4 years since Covid . . . . Another huge price jump will slowly ground a number of planes.

Even the much lower fuel pressure in my C varies significantly in flight. Sometimes the needle will point up near or even above 2 psi, sometimes it will drop as low as 0.5 psi, right at the bottom of the green arc. Not sure I want a second-by-second graph of what it's doing, the swings of the needle are enough!

The only appearance of "crosswind" in the Owners Manual for my 1970 C, on Page 1-3: So I have to roll my own procedure(s) for crosswind landings.

I understand that! And yes, I do keep "do you hear how fast i speak? That's how fast i hear, too" in my.back pocket. But I also don't fly in SoKal or the Northeast Corridor, but some controllers seem to be practicing for there . . .

Depending on how I feel, I'll check in as "triple-four" or drawl slowly "four, four, four". Just because.

Some of us prefer sweep hands and pointers to non-moving arrays of digits. I can recognize hand position and understand it immediately, while it takes a second or two staring at a digital display. I have this clock in my yoke, and love it. It times my flights, and every time the hands overlap, I switch tanks. I'm not worried about it's accuracy over more than 4-1/2 hours. At the top of my Pre-Talkeoff Checklist is Wind and Set Clock, a task i usually don't after priming and before engine start. Yes, it's on there twice . . .