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Does anybody know what this is? It’s part of a 24v carbon pile regulator electrical system on a turbine Ag Cat, most of the electrical system comes from early king airs. The wires were corroded and in terrible shape at the solder and they fell apart tracing wires, 2 were already broke when I...

I’ve done some anecdotal data gathering while working. My Ag Cat has a PT6 turning a 106” Hartzell 3 blade to 2200 on takeoff, I’m limited to 42.5 psi on the installation which I easily make year round. With maximum drag being made with the fertilizer spreader and a 2200# load of fertilizer...

I sold my J3 last year for $30k. It was a fair airframe with no electrics and stock tank, wings were from 1969 with Irish Linen and fuselage done in 1994 with ceconite, Cleveland wheels and brakes. Best thing about it was the 200 hr C85 stroker with a 7438 McCauley, it jumped off the ground and...

I’ve got an adjustable oil cooler shutter on my Husky, it works great. I’ll pull it completely shut on cold days for warmup and takeoff, then open it as needed while flying. I try to keep the oil temps between 190-205, and it does that easily. Cylinder temp will be around 340 at 24 squared at...

When I bought my 450 Cat I had 750 hrs in my J3, and maybe 20 hrs in a 172. You could crush 3 Cubs, stuff them in the hopper and it’d haul it like nothing. Needless to say I was intimidated. I was in Americus, GA and the owner slapped me on the back and said “go have fun, it flies like a big ol...

Ha, no I’m over in Texas and Mike Ramsey broke me in, but he had a great story about why he wouldn’t buy Air Tractors. When Leland Snow was touring with his original Snow model, Mike was 20 with 2 years of spraying already, and climbed on the wing to check out the cockpit. Leland yelled at him...

Great footage, can’t say I’ve ever seen an Ag Cat doing anything but ag work. A somewhat local guy owned Kittinger’s Cat for a while, although I never saw it fly. Cat’s are the only plane I feel some sort of soulful connection with, I’ve worked 6 and enjoyed each of them. Wrecked 2 and they took...

The 470 in my 182 had flown 20 hrs in the 15 years before I bought it, I’ve flown it about 275 hrs in the 6 years I’ve owned it. 1250 smoh in 1977 with nothing but routine maintenance before I bought it. I’ve replaced the mags, rebuilt carb, and 1 cylinder. I can’t complain, been a great engine...

My 180hp A-1 Husky with an MT Ultra on 31’s will run 115-120 mph at 24 squared burning 9.5 gph. The real sweet spot is 1950/21” at 95 mph, at that setting it’s lighter on the controls than my J3 was and burns 5-6 gph. I’ve flown with 2 different Super Cubs, both 160hp with uncovered gear and...

I’ll be curious how the Lift works out, might have to look at one in a few years. I’ve got 3 years in a HGU-55 with Lightspeed comms and it’s been great. I gave up on maintaining my AC so I fly with the left door off, and it vents well enough to keep you comfortable on a long fertilizer day when...

These show lower dry weights but the same weight difference. https://www.csobeech.com/files/IO470L-EngineSpecs.pdf http://oceanair.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/O470R_engine_specs.pdf

Going off the basic dry weight with no accessories, the IO470 is 25# heavier according to the data sheets. Injected 470 https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID101124865020221110185825.0001 Carbureted 470...

I’ve got a beater ‘56 182 I’ve gone round and round on selling or keeping, upgrading or keeping it simple. After digging through countless websites and Continental data sheets, it appears that anything other than the stock 470L will be 30 lbs heavier at a minimum. I seriously considered the...

With the exception of the last 10 years or so of production, all Ag Cat’s started life as a radial and were converted to turbine. I’ve worked around a few that are 15k+ hrs of turbine time and don’t show any abnormal wear from the turbine, mine has 3k hrs with a turbine after 8k hrs of a radial...

Maybe doing surveys in preparation for laser leveling.

My planes have lived in uninsulated metal hangars 15-30 miles from the Texas coast as long as I’ve owned them, so they get same storage conditions as yours with the added bonus of salty air. The fabric doesn’t seem to suffer, but corrosion happens quickly if not addressed. Once you finish...

For a real fun time leave it in ground idle, if it’s like an ag plane you’ll be looking through the top of the canopy on final.

Thanks again for more ideas, I think I’m on the right path. My cowling is rough enough I’ll probably replace it with the Selkirk like yours Steve, and I redid my seats pretty well the same way as yours. The back seat is simple enough to take out now I doubt I’ll put in folding seats only as a...

The bad dream feeling is a weird one while you’re standing there looking at a pile of metal that was a beautiful machine moments before. Don’t beat yourself up, but take an honest assessment of what went wrong and what to do differently next time. I get pushing your mental limits in the name of...