Recent content by MauleSkinner

They’re not calling Va a “gust penetration speed.” “maneuvering speed” “gust penetration speed” are two different speeds with different sets of regulatory criteria. In many (most?) light planes, they’re close enough that the manufacturer provides one number for both.

I’d bet that @Jim K has one on his belt right now. ;)

My mom let me carry a pocket knife on Saturdays when I was 5. I’ve been carrying some form of knife since. It’s a tool, a fidget whittler, and a worry stone. Ive lost several to airport security, but now that I am successful in avoiding airlines like the Plague, I carry my grandpa’s knife. Note...

The prop control adjusts a governor. If the prop is turning at idle speeds on the ground, the governor is only trying to increase rpm, keeping the blades at low pitch.

Is that kind of like a conventional nose gear? ;)

Your prop control should have no effect at idle.

Does this POH publish a separate rough air speed?

It’s (at least in part) an AOA-based number.

Having grown up on the farm, where old farmers retire, move to town, and are dead within 6 months because they don’t know what to do with themselves, I used to worry about my dad retiring. He really didn’t have hobbies. He made it 8 years before cancer (well, technically chemo) killed him.

Yeah, but ya gotta get the intel to find out if the CP is left- or right-handed, so you know which side to put the staple on.

As Kenny Rogers sang…. “You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!”:biggrin:

This is the correct answer to your question. But… YOU will be generally happier if you use an electronic logbook. It makes it a lot easier to fill out times for checkrides, and depending upon where you work, you may have to fill out insurance forms that will require certain categories of...

Depends which Church.

I notice that female superheroes apparently don’t need to pee.

You’re talking about the insitution of education, particularly spelling, that died? ;)