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If I had money to burn, (both in Capital expenditure and in Operating expense) I'd get a Sherpa....but would it work for off airport on anything except the firmest grass, gravel, dirt strips? ...

The logs should give a good indication if really "completely rebuilt."

Make sure your inspection mechanic has cub eexperience

Ish....drop me a PM and I'll walk you through the pain and joy of rebuilding a PA-12, if you want to know that aspect.

I really like my -12 for the extra room it has, both for me and behind the...

What SB said...including the part about Los Anchorage being the hub of operations. You'll probably find a greater variety of resources to plan your trip for the other areas of the state in Anchorage...

Hmm....lien for $79,000 plus 3 years interest + attorney's fees.

Someone's $92,000 will just get them second place in the ownership ladder. Wish I had twice the money and it was lien free, I'd...

So....having a sister that lives in the Wasilla area, owning undeveloped acreage also in the very-generic-Wasilla-Big Lake area and owning 100 acres up the Matanuska, I'm fairly familiar with the...

I flew my 12 with 12 tail feathers until the first annual where substantial corrosion was found. Went to the 18 style elevators but no other changes. Well worth the change

Done time with Steve Williams and with Artic's Academy (never Artic himself)

Can recommend both. I think it was mentioned before, but aircraft availability for post-solo renting and flying...

Thought this thread was long-gone. In the polynomial equation that is a good landing (right direction, right airspeed, and correct descent rate), when one struggles with the correct descent rate...

I was also at the field and watching this takeoff more or less alongside MCS. I only have about 25 - 30 hours bootleg time in my old man's 180, but watching that takeoff, I think it is pretty safe...

Not that it was particularly helpful, but this TFR was mentioned in the Merrill ATIS a week ago (last time I flew). The ATIS mentioned (IIRC) something about 30-odd miles to the east of Merrill, two...

I pasted this on another forum where another poster stated that maps, driving time estimates weren't needed in recreational vehicles anymore "....because the iPad can do anything, they even use it...

There is one at West Houston and one at Hooks. There are also a couple others in the area (Houston Southwest and a private development) that are only under consideration if the other two (and I'm...

Any knowledge of a good mechanic for an evaluation of a 185 in the Houston, TX area?

The evaluation will probably be closer to a full annual than a quick and dirty "pre-buy".

Don't know of any sleepers and not trying to be antagonistic, but you might look for a -12.......with your budget and features, the market is a long way off for -18's

Can only agree that MCS does outstanding work with the Kydex as well as everything else.

I'd really second the note that SB had about tie-downs/attachment points if you have the flat floor. On...

SB is exactly right. In my day job, I spend ungodly amounts of OPM for goods that are often used at far-flung places in the world. While I don't have to deal with the possible rejection of my ...

FWIW, many, many moons ago when I first bought the -12, my BIL was having his Maule "restored" and what was to be a "winter project" stretched into summer, leaving him without a plane to fly in...

Thanks all for the information. Have since found out the 180 is a late 50's model...so the GW increase is out and that pretty much eliminates it from consideration. I'll find another way to help...

I believe the 180 is a early '60s vintage...will have to check for better info and will find out other specs as well.

The intent would be to help my friend, but given that the earlier 180's are...

I have an odd situation....a very good friend who is in financial trouble has asked me to look at buying his 180. I'm working with him on other ideas to resolve the financial difficulty.

That...

Jury's still out on the left door....but all the other mods are winners.

Strongly recommend the -18 brake pedals/location. For anyone blessed with, shall we say, sizable feet, the brakes being...

With regard to landing, the trick that I found (flying a -12 w/o flaps and with a 125 hp engine) was to simply burn lots of gas and find out where the "it stops flying" point is.

Learn to slip, it...

(FWIW) Admittedly, two new cylinders is not a rebuild, but after Mike (MCS) put two "new" (one chrome, one steel) jugs on my 0-320, I talked to the engine shop about break-in protocol; they...

In the one valley (Matanuska) that I have enough experience to comment upon, what I've found is that the air is indeed bumpier up high, while the wind blows steady down low. What I consider a...