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Don't go by bottle color. Read the label. NAPA isopropyl is in a yellow bottle and is half the price of HEET brand. Isopropyl is the only approved...

That looks to be correct for 8012, the 8011 fits 149. It's good to check, at some point my cub had the ring gear changed.

I counted 122...

All Good advice above! The alcohol these guys is referring to is the red bottle HEET product, found in auto parts supply. It’s iso propyl alcohol,...

FAA called me on an SQ2 or some derivative that flipped over out west with heater blowing right on the brake cylinder with the same result.

The recent kit versions of the bird I fly have gone to flat spring gear. No thanks, I get the speed increase/less drag issue, but the best mod I've...

Pete, I totally agree with you, on a couple levels. Those boosters do their job, and the situation I found myself in was a VERY unique one. I...

I believe the owner said on the video his first Badlands Traveller with C150 wings took off a bit shorter than the one with 172 wings. Difference in...

Get a Luscombe for $20k or a Pacer for $25k. They'll teach your feet everything they need to know.

Cessna master cylinders have a part called a "lock-o-seal" which works like a check valve...when the brake is applied. When pedal pressure is let...

That seems like a pretty good rate for wheels... and considering you're on amphibs at least part of the year, that's a great rate!! Very good...

Some C150 taildraggers use the stock tubular gear. They often have handling issues, as the tubular gear has no provision for adjusting the toe-in....

That still would require adequate structure in the fuselage to absorb the loads.

Putting Grove aluminum spring gear onto a Kitfox or Avid with bungee gear was kinda popular a few years ago. A guy with an Avid at my airport did...

Cessna gear on a Cub? Do you have the STC number or any other info?

we got back to winter a little these last couple of days, a little snow and -20 below here in n. dak.

If it is 84”, I’ll trade you for a legal 82”. I suspect it was measured with a faulty measuring apparatus. I have two of them. One of them is used to...

That's it, only 84" I have been around.

Use the red bottle alcohol, not the yellow bottle. Use extra care not to cold shock your engine. Preheat. Be prepared for frosted windows. ...

Pawnee prop is 1A235

Clint, are you using Cessna's 40° max for flaps or adding more? Ever considered adapting Keller flaps? Using a 206 wing? Interesting wing project!

Sounds like a good time to switch to a split nosebowl.

Dress warmer! Unless you have a 4-cylinder engine monitor you should leave cylinder airflow alone. If you had a monitor you'd come to that...

In those sub zero temps what things do you give particular attention to that may not be a factor when it is warmer? Do you add anything to a...

The 84" McCauley that I have been around is the 1A200 on the Pawnee.

Glad I made you shake your head Mike. :lol: