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Don't go by bottle color. Read the label. NAPA isopropyl is in a yellow bottle and is half the price of HEET brand. Isopropyl is the only approved...

Clint, are you using Cessna's 40° max for flaps or adding more? Ever considered adapting Keller flaps? Using a 206 wing? Interesting wing project!

Sounds like a good time to switch to a split nosebowl.

Dress warmer! Unless you have a 4-cylinder engine monitor you should leave cylinder airflow alone. If you had a monitor you'd come to that...

Steve's and Dakota's are vented so more forgiving. You can add a vent to the North Rivers, too, and Skywagon8A has posted photos of how (he invented...

I remember a ski landing in my 180 many years ago (Chris was riding shotgun) where drifts were rock hard and steep faced, and invisible in flat light...

I don't have a censorship problem because I'm not interested in the politics of hate regardless of which side is spewing it. I don't get together...

For curiosity's sake do you have any pictures of how the gear bolted in? I can't imagine how a Cessna gear box scheme could be adapted to a Cub. All...

Like with pre-STC Bushwheels!

Nice. I don't watch 95% of flying videos but I always watch yours. Well done! Did you ski it?

The tightest snow turn I saw was when my neighbor asked to to be a human dead-man anchor on the left strut so he could power the plane around in deep...

Turns depend on snow (or ice) conditions and airplane load. I spend much of my ski time on a creek too narrow to do a 180° turn so I hook a rope on...

He had a lyrical way of speaking. Similar to Jay Hammond in that respect. My fav Tom story was about icing up all 4 engines on a DC-6 somewhere near...

A friend’s wife always stuck to a rule. Nobody in her family was allowed to fly with anyone that had fewer than 500 hours. Smart lady. Crawl before...

To learn to fly. Landing is an itty bitty part of that. Forget the internet hype that taildraggers are some badge that you’re cool. Airplanes are...

For a low time guy? Buy a 172 and learn to fly. Get a couple hundred hours and then you’ll know better what you want and need. And for a low time...

Maybe insurer's prefer certificated. Aviat's raising the bar! ...

I thought it was interesting that he was so concerned with drying while preheating. If I'm preheating I'm fixing to fly. Moisture isn't a concern at...

Bending Carbon Cubs isn't exclusive to airline pilots.

FWIW, the two friends I use for BFRs and other recurrent instruction are both jet pilots. One's a senior 737 captain and the other a corporate guy...

Full plex on both sides makes the rear seater much more comfortable but in truth my wife prefers the 180 over a Cub. I’m fortunate that she’s...

I promise it will. My first flight was at Birchwood, so lots of space to get it off the ground and test controls with runway ahead of me. Short...

Why not buy a Cessna or Maule? The magic of a Cub is enhanced by piloting it from the center.

Not unlike the canvas curtain in my Cub. It keeps survival stuff partitioned off so it can't slide forward. Forward of that we put in floor anchors...

12% of value per year. YIKES!

Mountain Wave in Washington. Fine Line Interiors in Anchorage.

Watching how my Skytec survived a kick-back that destroyed a ring gear earned my respect. If I had repetitive failures (that would be 2) I'd...