hotrod180

Here's an FAA webpage re retrofitting shoulder harnesses: Shoulder Harness Kits (faa.gov) The FAA policy statement on shoulder harness...

Spruce sells two different generic ACS-brand skull cap spinners-- a 5" for small continental, and a 6" for Lycomings. But if their 6" is too big,...

Bushwheel sez 120 inch-pounds for the wheel with BBW spacer. 3200 3400 TW Fork Kit II Intallation Instructions.pdf (airframesalaska.com)

Not much good for big bears etc but how about a single shot shotgun in 20 gauge? You can carry both slugs & birdshot, and be ready for deer &...

A firewall mounted Odyssey was installed on my 180 by a previous owner close to 20 years ago. They did some other stuff at the same time, but when I...

As far as tractors go, there is an outfit located in Port Townsend called Yesterday's Tractors. Does a lot of mail order / online business but also...

Same assembly number RH & LH, but different sub-part numbers. But the different p/n LH & RH parts just might be identical-- who knows what evil...

Looking at the IPC now.... page 107, LH door: hinge assembly 0411579-5 consists of 0711037-3 hinge lower LH rear & 0711037-10 hinge lower LH...

FWIW a stratux adsb in device works fine with my Samsung android tablet running Avare.

Gordon, I've got an 8" Samsung "Galaxy Tab A" that I bought about 5 years ago, it's still going strong. Paid about $200 for it back then, but I see...

As far as test rides go.... when I was selling my first airplane, a 1969 C150, one of the potential buyers wanted to test ride. He didn't own an...

Sikorsky S-58, aka H-34 / Navy "Seabat" & "Seahorse" / Army "Choctaw", also had a Wright 1820 radial in the nose. And was a taildragger to boot.

I'm a sucker for "free" so went with Avare several years ago. Bought an 8" samsung (android) tablet specifically for in-airplane use. Avare's not...

The Port Townsend Aero Museum (on my home airport) has a youth mentorship program, the kids in the program do a lot of rib stitching. In fact, one...

Seems kinda like a Sharper Image for survivalists. Luckily I'm pretty much bald, else I might be tempted to buy their $14.50 titanium comb.

FWIW my friend bit the bullet & bought a new tailspring, saddle, etc. So everything is pretty much all new back there. Spendy, but it should be...

The two bolts that go through the tailwheel & tailspring are AN5's-- aka 5/16". When you say "oversized"", I assume you mean an "itty-bitty" bigger...

Curious what the fix is gonna be. A friend of mine recently bought a new tailwheel assembly-- when he pulled off the old one, he discovered that...

I always enjoy looking at skywagons, maybe you can start a thread & post some pics of your progress. FWIW there's a lot of skywagon owners on this...

If you move back to CA with it later, you may owe tax on it at that time. When registering an airplane (or car) when you move to WA, you must show...

Those "point in space" datums are a PITA, I think the Luscombe does that also. Dunno if they mix-n-match point-in-space and WLE like Piper does...

FWIW I never even bother with either of the grease fittings on my 180's tailwheel. But I do disassemble, clean, & liberally grease the t/w assembly...

My suggestion is to throw out ForeFlight (at least for now) and read the W&B stuff on the J3C TCDS. It should answer your questions re fwd & aft CG...

That was the special tester they manufacture for airplane salesmen.

I wouldn't buy a car, even new, without a test drive. Why would it be different for an airplane? In an airplane though, I'd expect a test ride -- as...