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Petrified contact cement. Everyone who strips it is confounded by it. Try enamel reducer. It worked better than anything else I tried. It was the...

The jack I posted about is particularly handy for swapping tires to skis and vice-versa since there's space between the jack and wheel or ski. There...

I’ve heard Wayne Mackey has tried his slats lowered one inch and went back to 1/2”, but that’s second hand info. One long time slat pilot I know has...

Re: slat gust locks. Post #296 on page 8 of the Wildcat Cub thread shows them. Mike added a longer stop screw so I can attach a UHMW disc with a wing...

The only way the slat brackets would abrade the leading edges would be if there was motion. If you have movement there you need to eliminate it....

I used nut plates for my slat hangers. I thought it would be better than PK screws into the leading edge metal. Of all the slat guys I know or have...

Another Pirep. I picked up the Cessna gear leg fixture that fits the same jack. I think the Cub jack is the best jack I’ve tried but this Cessna...

OMG. It’s time for me to join Mike!

A simple ‘yes” would have sufficed.

I was careful. It’s good rye.

I think this situation is a shame. My G3X Touch is a joy to fly with. Re: power conditioning? Garmin recommends it. I have nonidea what the other...

My favorite non-fiction book ever. Even when the best of the best go out fully prepared with the best equipment? Stuff happens. If you enjoy glaciers...

I didn’t understand that one. An airplane has the ability to scope out the area prior to landing. I’ve come over a rise on a snowmachine on a glacier...

Or like a handful of years ago when a 182 went on its back in a bog in Galena, antenna on top like every Cessna, and the 406 signal was received....

No secret. It’s simply nobody’s place to publish it.

Right in front of the fin. I know mine works since I set it off one day in parking. The phone call came quicker than I expected.

Empty for W&B purposes my tail weight in 3-point is 200#. When I lift my tail I use my overhead hoist, a cargo strap around the aft belly, and...

I’m a motor guy. I had a 10’ air floor inflatable with a hard transom. 65#. Rated for 10hp but my 15 is the same size and weight so.... I miss that...

Are you using a battery backup/power conditioner for the EFIS?

The plane impacted the ground in transition from inverted to vertical but in that vertical moment it was traveling in a very unusual direction. The...

I’ve seen an 8 second clip from a high viewpoint. That’s a very lucky man. HOLY CRAP lucky. I love happy endings!

246-1/2” CTC front axle to back axle +/- a 1/2” for error. That should be darn close for any post-1962 180 or any 185.

Backcountry’s door goes back far enough to make back seat access/egress pretty simple. The left side window is big enough for emergency egress with...

My understanding is that Victory is the Phillips equivalent of Aeroshell’s Plus oils. Phillips advertises Victory as having Lycoming’s scuff...