ak49flyer

He may not have known it was another plane until he saw the news- at which point he knew everyone was ok. “Caused” seems pretty rich- just because...

Yep- you’ll wrinkle the finish before you hurt the fabric- once it’s painted.

I don’t see why it’s a “true issue”. If there’s no damage to his plane, who cares? What are they going to do, tell him not to fly so close to...

Could totally be fixed with a heat gun and someone who knows how to do it. I’ve retightened a lot of finished fabric after either not being shrunk...

I watched the course description vid too, and I’m not sure what I expected, but it doesn’t look like anything intrinsically dangerous, unless the...

Yep- stay at the top with your skis/board until your buddy is safely at the bottom, then jump in the plane and go get him...

yeah that’s what I do- I’m too lazy to skin/hike very far, and you can do a lot more runs per day flying back up- just requires at least 2 pilots...

Do a real alignment per the manual. I’ve seen them with a slight bind from the offset but nothing that doesn’t disappear when you start tightening...

A bit outside your radius, but I know of a couple spots I’ve done that on the Harding Ice Field... One super tame (landing areas and skiing...

I like to double each stitch to prevent aforementioned failure...

Is your crank bent? Why do you need an entire engine instead of just a prop strike inspection? As far as the fuselage goes, a decent rag and tube...

Interesting- I’ve always wanted to try a 206 wing on a 180/185. Anyone know of there is a structural reason for the reshaped rear windows on the...

That’s what I’d do if I was repairing a fuselage, but I’m trying to dial in and tune up/check an old jig and just wanted a number to check it...

Mike is content to let a world that can’t handle his no-baloney, call-it-like-I-see-it approach move on without him. And this site is the worse for...

Thanks- that’s what I thought. I’m tweaking a jig and just trying to get it as perfect as possible. I get that everything should be square, and the...

Anyone? Pierce? Anyone have a known good fuselage they could measure?