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Pavement ops? You'd be better served by extended gear and small tires, Opinion.

Is working on a panel a sport? It requires some serios gymnastics even with a removable panel!

The crack isn’t unusual. Add a brace but you’l still need to inspect it. Skywagon guys have fought tailpipe cracks for decades. There’s no place to...

Big tires are all about reducing rolling resistance. If you aren't having a problem with a skinny tire you won't benefit from a wide one. If you need...

A -12 needs a gross increase to be useful legally. They fly great at 1935#, too. Really good on EDO 2000s. I enjoyed mine.

If flying is a sport, does that make me an athlete? :lol: That ship sailed a couple of decades ago!

Burl's Magnum wide fork ski works great with the BBW.

It would have provided enough drag to require more thrust to taxi but it would look essentially the same. Do it with a heavier plane and it gets...

2*? Relocating the aft stab attach would be what needs to happen to do that. I think my own -12 had that much surplus trim available. No matter, I...

Do tell. My -12's yoke travel up and down was restricted by tubes, not screw threads. How do you move the jackscrew?

Apex. Yamaha doesn't make the 4 cylinder Apex anymore, do they? They still make the 3 cylinder Genesis. That's a great motor. Better than the Apex...

Nothing wrong with Inreach but the standard service only tracks at 10 minute intervals. The 2 minute interval plan costs $50 per month. I use the $12...

Johnny's post about $29.00 plus hourly tracking is correct for the basic plan. There are more comprehensive plans but those are more suitable for...

Re: Spider X. What does ADHRS do? I presume it allows base to monitor the plane's attitude? Does it do anything for the pilot?

Looking at a -12 vs -18 in flight I'd say the -18 has less airframe drag. Mod a -12 to include Cub gear, Cub tail, etc and the cruise speed is pretty...

My gear is a little splayed out. I could shorten the tube and extend the rod end to square it up but I'd rather not. A little splay doesn't bother...

I wanted to put -12 wings on an -18 airframe to get the -18 AOI and the -12 ailerons. As it turns out that's pretty much what I have with the...

Primary strut length is determined by the main tube. My first gear took two tries to get it right and the long gear was perfect. All three sets of...

I think they introduced in with the 5, but they don't talk about unsupported units much. Your family will appreciate the Spider. My wife sure...

I never knew texting from an airplane was a thing until a couple of weeks ago while walking the dog a friend had a very sporty takeoff on a very...

Why the X and not the 6 or earlier model? I see the X provides ADHRS. Is that important for a private operator? I'm not at all up to speed on the X....

I was just going to say the same thing. Been there, done that a few times. Recently! What brake bleeder tool? I have an ATS pressure tank but with...