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What's this "sink rate" thing about? You come down when the engine quits?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9v433C0nM 5:00 in for the shutdown. ...

Wow, ya got a lot going on there flyrite! Viva la experimental! I see Joe Dory now has slats on his cub, not sure what type, but I would really...

Something I learned from my father's shop and have used twice: instead of building a bench up against a wall, offset it 4' away from the wall, now...

A similar deal but on more trusses can result in a beam trolley being used the length of the building. I did my 40' shop this way, it has a 4" I beam...

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A neighbor of mine has a son who is a high time commercial helicopter pilot, but with no fixed wing experience. He just bought a **** (I want to...

It's a mild mod, it increases displacement but decreases compression, and changes the torque band in a good way. About a 10 hp gain over stock. It...

Today's update on my fuel burn. I flew to a 7800' high ridge 23 miles from my strip, making 85 MPH over the ground according to the GPS (averaged out...

We Rotax 912 fliers get confused by posts like this, or at least this one does, like the other recent one of 0-200s blowing oil. With all due...

No need for your S-7 friends to go out of their way to get E0, they must be new to the game, the Rotax burns E10 just fine, I've burned lots of it...

Really? Being able to dump a boat load of drag out there, in addition to any slipping going on, is something I'd be loath to give up. I'd bet they...

A fuselage is like a roofing truss, you can design for larger but fewer individual members, or more numerous but smaller components. Simply...

I'd be interested in the Patrol LSA, if it had flaps. I really like the wing on that thing. Bob get's the "give it plenty of square feet" thing.

I would ask myself (if I was you backpacker) while Steve Henry flies a Highlander (though with lots of mods) and not it's variant, the SuperStol. I...

Of course the structure is lighter/smaller diameter, the gross weight is less. Appropriate size for the gross. Cub structure looks wimpy to a Beaver...

All cnc machined aluminum, no leaks at all, ever! I did struggle with the concept of more fittings/complexity/stuff to go wrong, versus it's benefit,...

It's a hand machined,one off, valve, and they only made a few! No more.....

One advantage of a liquid cooled engine for winter ops, is with a divertor valve in the radiator line, cockpit controlled, I can bypass the radiator...

Way back in my hang gliding days, a buddy who had one of those Toys and I were driving down a steep switchback, when his (unrestrained) battery...

Fiat. Fix it Again Tony. Toyotas for me, the worse Toyota is better then the best Chevy, Ford, etc. Says a guy born and raised 20 miles away from...