hotrod180

I owned a 48 170 for a long time. Another, perhaps more important factor in requiring a fuel pump was the fact that the fuel lines were routed down...

There's a number of R&M Steel hangars at my airport, I own hangars in two of them. IMHO some of their design details are poor: Not enough roof...

Some of these regs are written very vaguely, for example FAR 91.119 "minimum safe altitudes": "over congested areas" vs "over other than congested...

I took a trip last year with a couple buddies, through eastern WA, Idaho, eastern OR-- my ADSB in was good for keeping track of where my cohorts...

Kinda surprised they didn't have a "stadium TFR" or equivalent in place.

Thoughts on long pawl vs short pawl? I installed a short pawl in my 180's t/w & didn't like it, went back to the long one.

The 3214T steering arm is kinda spendy at $275 but worth it. But you can save about $70 by notching out the standard dust covers to fit the beefier...

As I understand it, the Catto prop is wood with a composite covering. How do they repitch it?

I don't worry too much of I'm truly anonymous to the feds when in anonymous mode. I had my tailbeacon set for anon when I first installed it, but...

Sure they did.

I've gotten PAPR's when I was operating in anonymous mode that didn't generate any results. But other anonymous mode flights did generate a report....

Curious if you 1) yelled at her for ruining it? or 2) apologized to her for leaving it in her way? Guess it depends if you were 10 or so...

I agree, it sounds like some sort of anonymous issue. I have gotten a good PAPR when my Tailbeacon was in anonymous mode, but on other occasions I...

IMHO one of the good effects with YE events is not only the kids, but the parents get a positive taste of aviation. So maybe the next time they...

I had that issue with my Tailbeacon-- it was quite a while ago, but I think I solved it by turning up the "gain" on the Tailbeacon using the app....

Ask Martha Lunken what she thinks about this. I don't mind wearing a cow bell, but see no safety reason why it has to broadcast my ID.

I've had the same sort of experience. Hard to believe everyday phone use could top enjoying the novelty of an airplane ride, but I suspect this is...

Years ago, we had a YE event at our airport and a guy showed up who had a personal goal of wanting to fly XXX number of YE's. He would load up the...

I got roped into doing an aerial scattering in about 2 weeks. I don't want to spend a bunch of time building some sort of fancy ash-deployment unit...

Would you expect them to say anything else? :roll:

If it matches up with the fuselage fittings at the top, and the axle is at the correct angle at the bottom, does it really matter where it bent?

Who's to say that the gear which was removed hadn't been tweaked to track straight sometime in the past? The Univair gear might be right on the...

Are you using greased plates under the wheels? Double layer trash bags can be substituted.

Looked like a normal Maule landing & take off to me!

I guess this means there's no tailwheel steering, and the t/w is free-swivelling all the time. I've seen this done before, but I'm curious as to the...

IMHO radio phraseology should be clear to everyone, not just controllers. We (used to) have some RV formation guys --maybe ex-military, maybe not--...

Tallyho, visual, & no joy sound sporty, but I'm not sure that the FAR/AIM lists those as appropriate responses for civilian flying. "Traffic in...

There's a number of these trucks aka "gators" at the seaplane base at Renton WA airport.

FWIW I installed Micro VGs on my old C150/150TD, and was underimpressed. They might be great added to a sportsman cuff, but I don't think I'd...