My thinking also, it HAS to help. Can't hurt anyway....and other than any "speed increase" (I spend a lot of my time in the 70's, because I like it there) and drag reduction will help climb,...
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My thinking also, it HAS to help. Can't hurt anyway....and other than any "speed increase" (I spend a lot of my time in the 70's, because I like it there) and drag reduction will help climb,...
I found some neutral colored foam weather stripping that perfectly seals the gap between my horizontal stab and my elevator on the RANS, and gained 3 MPH top speed and knocked off 2 MPH off the...
I would have made it except for a very late in the day Friday crane job, and a very early Monday job, looked like great weather. I am buying another 30 acres below my current 40 acres to prolong my...
This is the Norden, by Zlin, a LSA type with a Rotax, electric retractable slats.
Seen at Afton today, I may have posted on this some time ago (?) but still pretty cool. No slats BTW.
Only 100 yards across the highway, is a huge farm supply biz that sells EVERYTHING, and opens...
He will be getting billed for "loss of power production" from the agency who owns the lines, on top of everything else. I know this from my crane business. Or so I've heard... Lucky SOB all in all.
Yes indeed, what is called a "wind event" I believe, not just the usual wind. Says the guy with a wind electric turbine that self furls to protect itself in over 28 mph winds, which its been doing...
At the I-15/I-86 junction today, I noticed the state hwy. dept. digital billboard was flashing "YELLOWSTONE CLOSED." Don't see that every day. Though there is nothing funny at all about this...
Regen for braking sure is nice, reminds me of the Jakebrake in my crane, original brakes at 99K miles, in mountain country. The few tenths of a mile in free range every time I hit a red light is...
Great weather finally in SE Idaho, looking north also.
I bet you could find an outside outlet and water about at any strip, I have anyways. All part of the fun!
That article highlights all the disadvantages of a pure EV, kind of like doing a flight review of a new Cirrus by taking it into Mile Hi. The car comes off bad, but used for someone's daily commute...
Saw that iron bridge get washed out on the Yellowstone, wow. The strip at Gardner will come in handy it sounds like.
Hybrid plugin makes more sense, like my plug in Prius, love that car. 74 mpg last tank, don't care if it's girly! I have a 1 ton flatbed and a crane truck to keep me manly.
The best thing I can can say about the RANS S-7's I've flown for the last 20+ years: they fly a lot like my old T-Craft, high praise indeed. All my 118 hrs was 4500' ASL based, but the one time I had...
My BC-12D ended up in Bozeman, I ferried it up there about 13 years ago. Hickory brown and Daytona white, a fine example of the line.
My tractor with a 12" post hole digger auger, and a cheap lawn chair with a hole cut out in the seat, were invaluable the first few months I moved onto 40 acres of raw ground! A new hole every couple...
FWIW: Not having planned ahead, I just used a hot glue gun to stick my ID plate to my rear fuselage, 15 years later it's still there.
This thread made me realize I currently have NO sight gauge markings on my RANS, since I put larger wing tanks in. a while back. I guess I just eyeball it, and go by time of course, but for sure my 3...
Many of the hayfields in my area being turned into subdivisions have gotten one last landing from me, with full permission from their owners, before they officially get turned over to the developers....
?! No one else going to comment on this?
Turning into the wind direction causing a rise in airspeed? Not in anything I've ever flown, the stick does that, same with downwind turns. Says the...
I have no interest in them myself, but no one is holding a gun to the head of those who do choose to participate, still a free country.
I landed at 8800' the other day, and since I was already leaned out "just right", didn't mess with anything for the takeoff. Now that I think about it, that's how I do all my higher up ops. Rotax,...
Of course no one EVER flew under it, even before base jumpers started calling from it. That would be wrong.
The 500' rule....,what if one approaches and lands an area much further away than 500', but than slowly taxis closer to " man made structures etc." think I know the answer. Asking for a friend.
