courierguy

Some nice tight turnarounds shown! I just shot a dozen or so landings right before sunset, and now I feel the need to backup, or not, my statement...

I could be fooling myself, wishful thinking, but I think having a steerable tw when on skis lets me make a tighter turn around, when I goose it with...

Nothing like winter time ski flying to really make a guy think about this subject. One thing I started carrying a couple years ago is one of those...

The final version, I think, maybe. The tail ski now stays level in flight, and I gained 8 mph cruise and 100 FPM climb. Just kidding, but I'll take...

I'm in the process of getting a new to me used WW 75" 3 blader dialed in for my Rotax Rans S-7S combo. A smaller dia then my usual 78" Prince 2...

For lack of any other input, you can do it the old fashioned way: take a wild assed guess, eyeballing another prop to get you in the ballpark, and...

Payback? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3bvRZRXLw

Yes, source them yourself and modify if necessary, works for me also. I don't have a problem with Jean at all, it's the frigging border BS I don't...

My last two planes both have VictorZulu, (I never use zebra) in their N numbers, the first is is eight niner, the other niner eight. So, "skiplane...

They are fairly cheap, at least the somewhat similar ones on my Datums, and I like to keep a spare just in case. I had a bit of a learning curve...

Squeaking low over the pass into the Copper Basin ID strip a few years ago, coming from Antelope to the east, about 5 minutes after I landed 2 F-15's...

About 40 years ago I was mixing it up with B-52's for 10 days while doing a National Geographic shoot at a wildlife preserve right next to their...

The reason for the tow bar being there is the reason I can't take it off. It holds me in place once the skis are down, the engine is fired up, and...

Cruising along yesterday from a 3 hr. flight to the Grand Tetons and back, with lots of screwing around on the way back, I started to become obsessed...

The stock S-7 seat is more or less a glorified lawn chair, get's the job done and is light though. But I suffered from dead ass syndrome before I got...

For the last 30 years in various aircraft I've planted my rear end on the thickest and highest quality sheepskin I can find. I think I paid a couple...

Plus, and I know this from the crane rigging I do, at a 30 degree angle you lose half the breaking strength of a sling, an angle just torques on...

At one point, several years back, I was flying with a buddy who at the time, also had a BC-12D T Cart. For whatever reason, my right brake was...

The first time I've heard the phrase "cheaper" associated with Datums! And I realize you mean less expensive, I didn't know the Summits were that...

Question is, how much of the weight savings is due to a lighter sidewall v. a thinner tread? I notice mine look "different" on the sidewalls when I...

Having just taken my 29" "ultralight" Airstreaks off my 780 pound S-7S, I weighed one, 22 lbs 6 ozs. These are the ones they made for the European...

Yeah that'll work! I bought my tail ski when I bought my Datum skis, what was another few $$ was the thinking, I didn't even consider making one. ...

The newer versions of the Rans S-7S have no cross bar behind the passenger seat, where my 13 year old model does. When I noticed that, I thought of...

NO no, on the BOTTOM of the wing and the TOP of the hor stab. That better?! Actually, I assumed it was a given where they went of course.... ...

Sounds like you maybe want lower speed touchdowns on your S-20? As it uses the exact same wing as my S-7, allow me to point out that if you don't...

Gravity is my cat shot, no real need for a full power tail hook release! Same with landing. That "just enough power but not too much" to make it up...

I have a flying buddy in Prescott, if you ever see A to Z Crane (his outfit) working in town, and a short stocky guy at the controls, go up and tell...

I'd wager 99.9% of the gen pub doesn't even realize avgas (or that there even a thing called avgas for that matter ) still has lead in it, I'd also...

Got ya, should be fine, it will only be used after I push the plane straight out the hangar far enough to close the Hydroswing door. Then I close the...