Work progresses, but as I write this I have a cold and it’s 5 degrees outside. The shop is heated and insulated, but even with that it does struggle to keep it comfortable on days like this. I have the panel just about ready to go back together, but GRT is back-ordered on the large […]
Read MoreMad props to my…. No, no, that’s not what I mean. We’re still trying to decide what constant speed/variable-pitch propeller to buy for our airplane. It’s pretty frustrating, actually, and we’ve bounced back and forth a couple of times now. At first we thought we had a a lead on an MT for a really […]
Read MoreSo my Christmas break is over, and I’m catching up on all of the stuff I’ve neglected over the last two weeks. As I mentioned in a blog post, I’ve been planning for several weeks, and started working over the break, on a new instrument panel. My buddy Andy was good enough to give me […]
Read MoreMerry Christmas everybody. We’ve been doing this since 2001, and it only gets better, and this time of year encourages one to reflect on life’s blessings. We’re busy making upgrades, but that’s a topic for another day. Beth and I wish you and yours a happy, healthy holiday and a better new year.
Read MoreWell, I’d been meaning to test our ELT, but not this way. I was busy working on the plane, my usual “Christmas Holiday” work-a-thon, and I must have clipped the manual switch across ground or something as we got a call from the SAR unit in Oklahoma on the cell phone. They were reading my […]
Read MoreWe’ve finally flown with our Vortex Generators installed. For more about installing them check out this article. We have found, in the very limited flying we’ve done so far, that the VGs have lowered our ‘pitch buck’ stall speed by 5 kias (to 70 kias with 2 pilots – very close to forward most CG), and […]
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