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I grew up with a Chevy station wagon that had a slat above the rear window. It did a good job of blowing bugs into the back seat with the rear window open.

3 years ago, I tried some Stits epoxy primer on a section I used PckleX. It stuck just fine. I wiped the area with acetone and painted.

I recall jimboflying has a radial on a PA 12, and is going to put one on the PA14 project. I don’t recall the make. Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

That is such good news!

3 degrees is surprisingly shallow. Rule of thumb is 300 feet descent every nautical mile. If you are mathy, just take sine of 3 degrees and multiply by distance out. At 1000' out, you are 52 feet above the ground, assuming it is flat ground.

I haven’t kept up. Is there a certified ground adjustable for a C90? Last time I looked it seemed like experimental only. Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

Excited to hear about your progress. More than 40 years later I remember my first solo in almost every detail. I’m also sorry you can’t find a tailwheel instructor where you are. I ran into that for an upcoming flight review in W Idaho too. Nobody local wants to get in my antique. I probably...

That was a motivator for me. Canada is close and it looks like they are implementing 1090ES for most places in the next few years. That and with the AV30 I could also finally have an attitude indicator.

That is common for most flight reviews I remember. Is this unusual?

I'm putting one on my Commonwealth. Just waiting for delivery. In my case it ought to be easy because the rudder doesn't go all the way up and the existing tailbeacon is fixed on the top trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer. But the light fitting seems to be the same as on many supercubs. I...

I'm not a hot shot, but I am old. My instructor in the 70s would have chewed me out for dragged-in approaches. It stuck with me. I did learn behind the power curve maneuvers, but the goal, as MTV said, was to hit the spot with minimum energy and minimum messing with the throttle. It helped that...

She was set to enter a guilty plea of some sort. She got a new lawyer in August, but the change of plea hearing and sentencing is still on for now, but delayed until November. My guess is that she will end up accepting a plea offer. The video evidence everyone has seen speaks for itself.

I was in my basement office on Vashon Island early expecting to write some motions. Yahoo news told of the first airplane crash. The second one caused me to go up and tell my bride what was going on. It was awful. I ended up going to my job in Seattle but the boss said we weren't going to get...

Wow! Now I definitely want to do a fall trip over there in another 1946 airplane. Good job!

We missed you, D.A. Saw you tried to check in. I don’t know what happened but had an edifying talk with cubscout and dryfarmer. Maybe next time? Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

Yeah, I was surprised too. He seemed pretty dynamic in his 70s. He's the reason I learned guitar in the 70s. I did lose interest as the Parrothead craze took over.

Yes, closer to a Taylorcraft. Cruise at a whopping 98 mph. It probably would be faster without the wing slots, but they are cool too. Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

Yes, electrical system and C-85 from the factory. Mine has a C-90 installed in the 80s. One interesting thing about the electrical system is the master switch is a push-pull cable attached to a knife switch on the battery. I've had 2 mechanics think the master switch was faulty because it didn't...

I feel kind of bad for being AWOL for several months. My WagAero 2+2 project has been neglected for a while. I have excuses but they aren't important. But today I committed to an AV30 install on my 1946 Commonwealth SkyRanger, with an addition of the TailBeaconX ADSB transponder. Kind of...

Very well done! I'm impressed with the weight.