courierguy

I have joined the "the tail ski has to be able to move" crowd. Even though my 360 hrs of fixed tail ski time, all mountain flying with all kinds of...

I have patched many holes in the belly and the bottom and top of my horizontal stabilizer (rocks, one clear through) on my Poly-Tone covered plane...

Looks like you have a stop, a thru bolt, that comes up against the fork to keep the springs from bringing the tip up too high? Simple enough, now you...

But, would you use Oratex if appearance was not a deciding factor? That is the question, from a guy satisfied with a mat Poly-Tone finish. I'm more...

Sourcing a Burl's type piston spring may be beyond the capability of my junk drawer, and since my tail is so light (50/60 pounds,) I thought I'd give...

The J-3 tail spring is gone!

I am re-doing my Datum tail ski rigging, after getting a T-3 spring. I did a quick search here hoping to see some examples as to how a tail ski is...

I'm very familiar with working with the Poly Fiber system in a "cool" shop or hangar. Not so much the fabric work, I am able to get my shop nice and...

This is the stuff I use. The industrial plants around here use it for no slip walkways, and for whatever reason a lot of it ends up at my local...

Pacific Scrap Metal in our area Robert, often has various pieces and types of expanded metal, cheap, and when you're done using them to paint on they...

One of the claimed reasons a friend sold his, was because his wife absolutely could not stay awake in it! The same plane had about $8,000.00 worth of...

FWIW: My cub style gear and Rans S-7S combo uses AN-5 bolts on the gear legs. 1320 pounds gross. Can't bend or break them, tried!

Soft Scrub, a bathroom cleaning product most stores sell, works on my Poly-Tone pretty well. Sometime I use one of the commonly available citrus...

Having flown MIG welded airframes for the last 32 years, I still totally agree with CharlieN. The best I can come up with, is that MIG welding an...

In my '88 12 valve 1 ton dualie, I put in a new steering box, and new stabilizer, and had the front end checked after I experienced the death wobble...

And... I just searched Amazon Prime, and damn it I could download it to my Kindle, with the original cover, which my cop lacks, no less, and I...

Can you use your Kindle to start a fire, like book pages? That's what sectionals are for. And for shading the windshield when tied down. ...

I have a Sirius sat radio, and have been listening to some live news from NYC, while also landing a mountain top. I enjoy the contrasts of the two...

Got my first electronic reader this year, when I think of all the paperbacks I've carried around for years when on XC's in light planes and even...

One of my favorite mods on my S-7.....is the little ledge that, protrudes out a bit from the actual wing root, runs the depth of the chord, about 5'...

I've been flying with different aux. fuel tanks for over 20 years in two different Rans S-7s. All are designed to come out quickly as I only burn...

I replaced a stock J-3 tailspring on my Rans S-7S with the T-3, and found I was able to dial down the spring (hard to explain, but there is an...

I've had this outfit build one ferry tank, and a very complicated 3 gallon header tank. The header tank was all tapers....., and beyond my drafting...

Costco sells this trail mix, and I always keep several 1 cup zip lock bags of the stuff in my crane, (you get about a dozen 1 cup bags out of the big...

Just 5 years ago, there was no cell coverage in this area I landed this morning, now it's 4 bars! And, it's remote, but the ranchers need cell...

Coincidentally, my home bulk mogas tank for the Rans ran dry this morning. It occurred to me that rather then wait a few days like I usually do, I...

I landed an island once at Thompson Falls MT, back in the early '80's, on an XC in my Pterodactyl ultralight. I blew up my raft after setting up my...

I guess one thing that can be said about e power over hyd, is 2 switches on the panel take up less cabin room then a pump handle?

My biggest problem with the 21 is that my S-7S flies great and was paid for long ago. Every other kitplane I've built (5) I didn't have something to...