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If you frequent short fields, the three-blade may help bleed off airspeed and assist in getting slowed down. My weight difference between the two-blade Hartzell and three-blade McCauley is 16 lbs.. The McCauley was installed 26 years ago, has been overhauled twice, and the prop/polished spinner still run and look great. There was a nuisance vibe after install, but it turned out installing landing light cover cured it. Go figure. As Mike Elliot points out, some have not been as lucky.

Eh... that's what I get for posting past my bedtime... sorry about working in the wrong direction...

My '63C flap hose had a fitting behind the copilot side panel, just forward of the door. From there it was tubing up to the reservoir.

A landing light cover cured the vibration on my Dad's C when he put the McCauley three-blade on some 20+ years ago. Not sure if the IO-360 generates the same harmonics though, C vs. E.

You make a couple of excellent points. Certainly the attachment of the new panel should replicate the original design. The LASAR install kit included all new shock mounts and standoffs of the correct length. Ironically, two of the three .040" angle bracket standoffs riveted to the top of my orignial panel were cracked. I'm sure mine are not the exception. Gaining the approval of your A&P/IA is also important. Although swapping one piece of sheet metal for another is simple at face value, the ramifications of making a mistake could be expensive, if not worse. My personal opinion is that if you keep it simple, it's a minor alteration and log book entry. The difference in weight between my .050" original panel with plastic overlay and new .090" panel is negligble. In my case, I don't have to replumb or rewire anything. I'm signing off the panel swap and letting the avionics shop sign off the Aspen install on a separte entry. If you're not the one signing the log book or next annual inspection, you'd best be talking to your A&P/IA to satisfy their expectations before you begin.

The LASAR panel adds rom at the top...

LASAR was very generous with me. I wanted to put a flush mounted Aspen in their 9-hole, but they didn't offer that. So what does Dan do? He gives me the contact info for their CAD guy, who just happened to live across town. He sent me the file and I had my own CAD guy tweak the drawing to add the Aspen. I'm not finished yet, so cannot declare success (I have turned out scrap before), but optimism is very high. There's some sub-panel trimming to do with the 9-hole, but not insurmountable. Dan sold me the mounting hardware as a kit which included the standoffs and little aluminum gap filler for the panel right side. Below is just out of powder coat. I located (not part of the CAD) the mount holes and gear lights, master switch, mags, and vacuum guage myself. I'll post a picture when I get it done... I had a spare panel made just in case I did turn out scrap since the cost was not that much more for two. I used Quality Metal Fabrication in Auburn, CA. Greg there was great to work with.

I've got the cigar lighter. My voltmeter is plugged into it, along with all the usb peripherals. A longer body would be nice from time to time, though. Luckily, at only 48 gallons, the rear pax are ready to get out and stretch their legs by the time we stop for gas.

To build on that, where would the step crank go if there were a door there? Perhaps not recommended... but I'm sure many of us have done it. At enroute stops pax can deplane/enplane with the engine running with the door on the right side with the pilot in control of the aircraft from the left seat.

Some 15 years ago I deployed to a desert location. They handed me a brick (LMR) when I arrived and asked me what my call sign was. Not being rated (crew chief) I hesitated for a bit and then said "Roman" for Dan Roman. Nobody asked and I didn't volunteer the source. Good thing, because I am neither a Dan Roman, nor John Wayne. Cloud Dancer (David Carradine) is good if you're aerobatically inclined...

He used his AOA on landing. Angle On Automobile.

FIrst off, I'm very happy that he's ok and no one was injured on the ground. It could have been catastrophic. Now the crew chief in me takes me directly to the gutter... A forced landing in the San Fernando Valley... The N-number ends in 'KY' ... there's got to be a message there somewhere.

Are you suggesting that when Al was at Lockheed he influenced Kelly Johnson? Wouldn't that be something... Do the years he was there line up with U-2 development?

Beale was using RW 33, light NW winds. Pilot said it was smooth as glass.

Heck of a sunset in NORCAL last night...

I think some installations use a tapered pin instead of the 10/32 bolt. If the AD to inspect for cracks in the yoke shaft apply to your model, you might look in your logs and see if you're close to being due. It's every 500 hrs, I think.

I powder coated my vintage yokes 5 or 6 years ago. The plastic was peeling and cracked, especially on the pilot's side. I was surprised how easily it came off. The local trophy shop cut a couple new logo plates for only $20. I was surprised at how cold the yoke was, even in winterless NORCAL. I can't imagine what they'd feel like in a real winter. Please excuse my CB leather solution, but it's comfortable.

Give the crosspoint bit a tug and see if it is reversible. It might have a common screwdriver head on the other end. The blue collar might be threaded to cinch down and hold the bit tight. Speaking from previous experience on a cheap alternative...

You might give Knisley a call. They rebuilt my tailpipe with a new ball a few years ago. A few years before that my #3 flange cracked and they rebuilt that stack with a new ball, too. My muffler was tweaked and it didn't fit so they had me bring over the whole exhaust and they got it lined up on their fixture. It helps (a lot) that I'm local... knisleyexhaust.com

Jonathan, It's pretty steep between FMG-SWR with a 12K MCA and 13K MEA on V6. Consider going VFR and fly up the Verdi pass along I-80. Departure is used to that route and you can slide through there at 10.5K. Leaving in the morning it's almost certain to be VMC and less bumpy over the mountains. Reno departure will dump you and ZOA might not want to work you, but you'll be in NORCAL airspace soon enough and they'll stay with you all the way down the valley. If there's a marine layer at the destination you can get a pop-up IFR to get down. Fly safe, Tom

Aircraft sales between family members are also exempt from the CA BOE use tax, even if you transfer between states. I got a couple extra days visiting on the farm (in Iowa) waiting for the weather to clear up to VMC back in the fall of 2008. Thanks, Dad! 20 years I owned that Cherokee 160. It was great. Going on 6 years now on my (Dad's) Mooney? FANTASTIC!!!

The vertical row below the flap pump handle is the flap and trim position indicators. But, take Marauder's advice. Find someone local to put eyes on this lonely bird to see if there is anything left of her to pursue. Five years since the last annual... tied down outside.... in New Jersey... that's pretty scary. If you're looking for a restoration project, surely there's one closer than on the opposite coast.

Faster, FASTER! My prostate is acting up and I got to get to my litter box NOW!

I can't figure out why the CDI isn't centered... I can't see any course line out the wind screen!

Was that a bird I saw?