courierguy

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...

The release is meant just to be strong enough to let me, while parked at the top of my ski ramp, to transition to the skis, and then start the engine...

Hopefully.....yes, bolted in two places. Shortening it up may lead to interference with the rudder, so that's why it's long as it is. The thump I...

After we got just enough snow to make me install the Datum skis on the main gear, I could wrap up the tail ski mod. The AOA difference between the...