Shadrach

Exactly. Garrison has some insight into transaction prices. Asking prices are all over the place. I have a friend that routinely sent me listings for 80 and 90k Cherokee 140s last summer. He finally purchased a reasonably equipped Cherokee 140 locally for under 40K. There are still plenty of those 80-90k 140s for sale, but I am not sure who if anyone is buying.

You may find a Mechanic that will weld it but those kinds of folks are getting scarce. I would take it to a local machine shop/metal fabricator. Most could repair that easily.

I think if you polled vintage owners with Brittain equipped aircraft, you would be surprised how many well preserved, air tight, vacuum servos are still in service after 5 decades. It’s not that I am avoiding maintenance. On the contrary, I have a stack of replacement servos bagged on the shelf that I procured in anticipation of a failure. It’s yet to happen. I’m not saying they don’t dry out eventually. I am saying that high quality rubber that is unexposed to UV and high heat can last a very, very long time.

Figure out the stall speed envelope and then you can interpolate based on estimated weight. For me landing weight can vary between 1950lbs (pilot, 1 hr of reserves, oil) and 2740lbs (MGW). At MGW stall is 55KIAS. That means 1.3Vso (72KIAS) on final slowing to 1.2Vso (66KIAS) crossing the fence. At 1950lbs stall is calculated as follows: (1950/2740)Sqrt * 55 = 46KIAS 46KIAS * 1.3 = 60KIAS on final slowing to 55KIAS across the fence. This gives a VFR approach speed spectrum of 60 to 72KIAS and a threshold speed spectrum of 55-66KIAS. Fairly easy to interpolate the numbers in between. The truth is many just fly too fast for any legal weight. There is rarely a need to cross the threshold above 70KIAS, yet many do as a matter of practice.

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Do you have the stock windshield? If so, just get a lighted SIRS Compass and be done with it.

Feds only require fences at airports with scheduled air service or military operations. Beyond that, security is decided at the local level. At a lot of small airports it’s a fine line. You want the community to feel comfortable and welcome, but you don’t want them impeding intended use. I’m of the opinion that at small fields without the resources to keep an attendant on duty, it’s best to put up signage and let sleeping dogs lie.

I miss Dennis Farina…Not because he was a great character actor, but more because he was such a great personality that he was able to make an acting career out of just playing himself.

Imagine the narcissism required to believe that a plane that is repeatedly flying down the runway in which you’re walking is a pilot flirting with you.

I haven’t fogged mine as the alclad in the wings shows almost no signs of corrosion and everything else is covered with zinc chromate (if not at the factory then by me ). Back in ‘08 I painted the cage with two part, zinc chromate epoxy. I finished with a top coat of semi gloss, light gray and then cut to fit sections of closed cell foam to cover all sheet metal. We inspected the cage annually for the first few years…then semi annually. Now it’s more like every 5 years. No changes in condition noted after 16 years.

Both IO360 and O360 IPCs list the part number as 70419.

Having an IPC will help you a great deal when seeking parts. It is available for download on the Lycoming website. there are several brackets available on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=lycoming+70419&_sacat=6000&_odkw=lycoming+generator+mount&_osacat=6000

I installed a Skytec 149NL in 2009. I sent it back to Hartzell in 2018 because it was cranking slow. They called to let me know that it was fine but that I had somehow been operating with a broken shear pin. I could not understand how this was possible, but traced the shear pin issue to a bad start several years prior due to a malfunctioning ignition switch. They replace the pin and sent it back to me with the spare pin intact. Still going strong after 15 years and >800hrs in service. Maybe some of them are junk, but mine certainly hasn’t been.

Unless things have changed drastically, you should be able to get the endorsement in your own plane. Insurance company will require some amount of dual and then prohibit passenger carrying until minimum requirements are met. Don’t make this harder than it is. Call your insurance company and ask them the best way of moving up. I had 200hrs TT and no complex when I started flying the Mooney. I did a few hrs of dual and 10hrs solo before insured to carry passengers.

@canamex you might want to add useful load to original post.

Skip, What did you use to create these drawings?

The shipping cart comparison is more odd as the zero axis (axle and contact patch) and steering axis do not intersect.

At no point did any thing I described meet the definition of negative caster with the exception of the shopping cart.

The axel of a bike never is as far as I know. It either aligns with the fork/fork slider or is ahead of it as pictured.

I noticed that it had been registered to the same owner for 18 years, which added to the mystery of the incident.

Perhaps on some bikes, but I don’t think thats the norm. I have restored a few different motorcycles from various eras (Jap and Brit) and all had triple clamps with the fork mounts offset forward of the steering pivot. The axel mount is typically at the center point of the fork. HD springers have less offset at the triple clamp, but the wheel is offset on a swing arm at the bottom of the fork. Many MX bikes have axel mounts offset forward of the fork, which is already offset forward of the triple clamp.

Yes, I think the change happened in 69 or 70. Incidentally, the button lock version on my early F has required little more than lubricant and a new rubber seal every 8-10 years. I expect the cable will be due for replacement in the next 5 years.

LASAR calls for 70+ hours to install the one piece belly on an undamaged plane. Is it fiberglass? Was there a UL penalty?

So what is he disagreement about? I would think that between the IPC (attached) and the damaged parts, it would be pretty straight forward. I have 67F which should be the same. More info would help me capture the details you’re looking for.

Baggage door still intact and was open and in the up position at the crash site. Possible that it went through the crash sequence in that position, but seems more likely that it was opened by first responders.