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Crane porn, car porn, and "NOTES FROM THE COCKPIT", written by my neighbor lady's father as it happens, more importantly a decades long Idaho...

I did a test on my new bungees from Datum, pull testing along with the old ones showed the 10 year old original ones (and I thought it had been 7 or...

I heard once that the reason you Cub guys all go for that paint scheme, besides historical accuracy and tradition, is that it makes it hard for...

When I poured my floor slab in the shop, I knew where the main bench would be, so I set J bolts in the concrete while it set up. Then I framed up...

Not really knowing what I was doing when I rigged my Datums, my old carpenter sense told me the same, the angle going back to the gear leg forward...

Right here: at 10:13, going up my ramp, is what causes my rigging issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycv2GDm2DOo&t=66s. I got to play the...

I noticed that on my Datum setup,deformed thimbles indicating a major pull on the 1/8" cable. I kept a close eye on the bolts and and the bushings...

I kinda backed off EAA when Sport Aviation magazine started running ads. Guess that dates me.

I really like/liked (past tense) the Odyssey batteries, I've had two, both lasted about 10 years. My last one, after being replaced by the...

Look no further! LEXEL. White or crystal clear, been working for me for 12 years on my lexan skylight, on a lexan to lexan lap joint. Also on my...

While your dealing with EArthX, replace your boat anchor of a battery, the Oddysey ( I've had 2, good but HEAVY, with one of their's, you'll knock...

As a 1320 lb. gross RANS S-7 pilot and builder, I find this thread fascinating, seeing what it takes to build up a 2200 wing structure! It...

Not quite here yet, as of 10 days ago anyway, but after this current batch of storms.......?

The other day, on a breakfast flight to Afton, just ghosting down low level down a very narrow canyon following a stream, FIVE bald eagles took...

My RANS S-7S uses cable for the rudder, and they travel thru nylon guides. I had both start to fray at 1200 hours (stainless) and replaced them with...

Insulation doesn't cost, it pays! Urethane spray foam on my two HydroSwing doors, (and for sure, over the frame not just inside the frame, to...

Yeah, while the laser system is the most accurate we've (meaning us Rotax riff raff who have been flying with ground adjust props forever, they are...

I and others use a system to set these adj pitch props, using a cheap laser, jigged to the blades in such a way to exactly replicate it's location on...

I just heard back from the Datum head guy, and he agreed it'd be a good idea to replace mine, with the years on them. He has a pair on the way to...

Thread drift I know, but ski related: I can get 50' of this USA made UV resistant black shock cord, for $37.00 and free freight. Probably less then...

Air load on the bungees? Never thought of that, but just eyeballing mine they don't appear to be under much tension while in flight, maybe it's the...

Bungees for me on the Datum's, but it's rare, never actually, that I get below zero temps. And when in the hangar I always block up the skis to take...

I fly with my phone plugged into my Lightspeed just so I can say and think I'm working, as in if I get a call for a crane job, I can beat feet home...

Not to bring down the conversation, but I have had great experience with bonding aluminum with JB Weld. I mean for decades now, and yes I use some...

On a much smaller scale.... I used a Subaru conversion in my first S-7, about 40 pounds heavier then the Rotax I used in my current. It worked...