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TurboBeaver replied to a thread 79 PA-18 wing repair in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

You may be looking at the wrong end of your Cub for your culprit...... There is often a direct link to the tailwheel in ground loop accidents. If...

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10-14-2019, 05:55 PM

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

Welcome. A guy in FL had a gig to overbore the clyinder base holes out to accept 0320 clys. " Outlaw Engines" Used to be $100 a hole from memory....

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10-14-2019, 05:14 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Stoddard STC for 0-320 on PA-12 in Modifications

And Earle, chances are the long mount CG was not "normal". Most of the long mount 150 conversions can use some tail weight added.

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10-14-2019, 05:11 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Stoddard STC for 0-320 on PA-12 in Modifications

Good question Earle. And the answer is that after weighing the plane, that's what he needed to get in into the best CG he could. Remember that no two...

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10-14-2019, 01:51 AM

TurboBeaver replied to a thread Stoddard STC for 0-320 on PA-12 in Modifications

Adding 2 extra pounds of weight is a bit of a mystery when converting from a long mount to a short mount???? The shorter mount will move the CG aft...

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10-14-2019, 01:29 AM

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

Robert, One of the reasons the 0290's blow so. much oil from the breather tube is the case design compared to the 0320's. The forward mounted exit...

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10-12-2019, 05:26 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Commonwealth SkyRanger 185 in Everything Else (formerly:My Other Plane Is A....)

We had one on the field here for a few yrs. in the mid to late seventies. I flew it some along with t-crafts and a chief. It flew great and was...

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10-12-2019, 03:36 AM

TurboBeaver replied to a thread Commonwealth SkyRanger 185 in Everything Else (formerly:My Other Plane Is A....)

Nice to see the old Skyranger on here! It was almost my first airplane, there one here at Pushaw Lake in the mid 70's. Yellow and Blue ceconite...

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10-11-2019, 02:29 PM

TurboBeaver replied to a thread Help identifying old wood skis in Ski Flying Forum

I think those were sold in the 60/70s as the " Northwind Ski" by Wag Aero. I had a pair on a 90hp Champ, with extended Teflon bottoms they were...

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10-09-2019, 05:19 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Foam Gap Seal Kit for Pa-18 in Cafe Supercub

I have them, along with the stabilizer VG's and I saw an improvement at the low end near the stall.

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10-06-2019, 09:37 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Tempest TAF-L oil filter on C90 in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

STC doesn't give you install instructins?

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10-01-2019, 02:21 PM

supercrow replied to a thread Flap settings in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

The TC says 0 to 50 degs. and doesn't say anything about in between so I don't see the issue with making what you want.

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10-01-2019, 02:20 PM

supercrow replied to a thread Flap settings in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

I owned an original 1960 Pa-18/150 that was unaltered and had a notch at 10 and one at 50.

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09-30-2019, 12:03 PM

supercrow replied to a thread Elevator spring in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

I never used the spring on any of mine. Just fine without it, even on oversize tailfeathers.

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09-30-2019, 05:23 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Flap settings in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

Type Certificate says 0 to 50 plus or minus 2 degs. I'm thinking they originally had two settings from factory? I remember seeing several that had...

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09-28-2019, 02:10 AM

TurboBeaver replied to a thread For Sale Wag-Aero Supercub 150 Experimental in Airplanes

With wood spars that attach same as a J3, its interesting they refered to this as a Super Cub? This looks totally a wood wing Wag Aero " Sport...

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09-25-2019, 05:25 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Wing rotator - we are working at it in Cafe Supercub

I have two sets of Wag wing rotators that I have been using for over 20 yrs. They do need to be set up correctly (takes about 20 minutes) and they...

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09-22-2019, 04:06 PM

Chicken Hawk replied to a thread 737 Max in Cafe Supercub

Proctologist! Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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09-22-2019, 09:24 AM

supercrow replied to a thread Micro AeroDynamics VG Installation in Modifications

I have stayed out of the pissin" contest about whether they work or not. Those that say they don't are not getting the most out of there machine....

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09-21-2019, 04:14 PM

Chicken Hawk replied to a thread How to cut aluminum tubing? in Cafe Supercub

Mark your cut line, start your cut on top of tube, then only cut down the face of the tube following your cut line. Rotate tube as needed. The key is...

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