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Gordon Misch replied to a thread O-290D2 into a O-320A2B narrow deck case in Piper: PA-12 Super Cruiser

Maybe compare part numbers from parts manuals? https://www.lycoming.com/sites/default/files/O-290-D%20Parts%20Catalog%20PC-102-1_0.pdf...

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10-11-2019, 12:30 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread J-4 Cub Coupe in Everything Else (formerly:My Other Plane Is A....)

Google "custom spring" Tons of hits. Or McMaster-Carr - search on springs, then die springs for a large selection I've dealt satisfactorly...

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10-03-2019, 10:22 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread A&P training in Cafe Supercub

I've been doing all my own work for 40-some years. I'm not an A&P, but have been overseen by skilled, experienced licensed mechs. It has been a...

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09-30-2019, 12:32 AM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Performance STOL Double Slotted Flap system now STC'd for the PA-18 in Modifications

Dry ice in alcohol is much cheaper and gets down to around -80 deg C. Works well.

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09-28-2019, 02:06 AM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread PA-18-95 Wheel Pants? in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

Yah but some restorers were looking for a pair of -12 wheelpants not so long ago - - - Perry, what did your -12 do to you to deserve that...

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09-27-2019, 10:57 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread PA-18-95 Wheel Pants? in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

My -12 had wheel pants when I bought it. Pretty sure they were factory because the rest of the plane was stock. I threw them away. Pretty...

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09-26-2019, 10:54 AM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Oil pressure problems... Ideas? in Cafe Supercub

This is a small part of a spreadsheet I put together with all of the sizes to check. It's from the Lycoming O-320 Table of Limits. The columns...

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09-26-2019, 02:06 AM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Oil pressure problems... Ideas? in Cafe Supercub

It's late and I probably shouldn't be shooting my mouth off, but - - - sounds like you've already had a couple of issues with the very...

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09-26-2019, 01:53 AM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread 737 Max in Cafe Supercub

You airline and military old farts lend valuable perspective to those of us old farts who have never flown anything much heavier than a Cub. ...

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09-25-2019, 06:22 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread ADS-B Issues in All Things Electrical

Yes, I knew that - thanks. That's why I was pondering a separate Wheelen unit on the tail.

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09-24-2019, 07:19 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread ADS-B Issues in All Things Electrical

If I were starting with an uncovered rudder, I think I'd consider doing what it takes to put the tail beacon in, including fairing the fabric...

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09-21-2019, 11:10 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread ADS-B Issues in All Things Electrical

Seems I had to enlarge that hole for my Wheelen strobe also. Been thinkin- - Since the tail beacon doesn't have an integral strobe, how about...

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09-21-2019, 11:01 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Hawker SBS J-16 in a Maule Approval? in Maule: M4,M5,M6,M7

Ok, since nobody answered yet and I'm sitting in a hotel room in Idaho enroute New Mexico (yep, traveling in my -12), its cuz if it splashes it's the...

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09-21-2019, 10:51 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Strut question? in Cafe Supercub

I think, pretty sure, that the shank size has more to do with being bent by ignoring the "no step" criterion for the struts than with the original...

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09-20-2019, 03:06 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread 737 Max in Cafe Supercub

A little info re the author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Langewiesche

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09-19-2019, 11:29 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Micro AeroDynamics VG Installation in Modifications

Get the templates. They're worth the money. Search here, and you'll find good data on distance from leading edge.

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09-18-2019, 05:13 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Breakfast Fly-in Spanish Fork Airport Utah Saturday Morning Sept. 21. in Supercub Gatherings

Might be able to make it.:smile: I'll be enroute to Los Alamos, NM from western Washington.

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09-15-2019, 11:45 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Dead Stick! in Cafe Supercub

Shoulda known - that dang guy has too much time on his hands. Good thing too; took him over a day to think of that. :???:

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09-14-2019, 01:35 PM

Gordon Misch replied to a thread Dead Stick! in Cafe Supercub

Here is a spreadsheet I started some time ago, but never got around to collecting data. I'ts crude still, needs some fine tuning, but perhaps a...

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