Recent content by MikeS

Aviation tires go from the very worst (TON KEEP) to the very best so the "on condition" inspection seems to make the most sense. On motorhomes, whether in use on the highways or not, seven years is considered to be about the time to be thinking of new ones. So they say.

With the R model Cessna took this design to it's ultimate and perfect state. The extended nose to allow CG balancing, together with the extra 25 HP per side takes this design into perfection. Perhaps the Colemill and Riley conversions with the IO-550's (Riley? Dunno) is even better than the...

I just posted my first and probably only YouTube video, thinking this information (up until now fairly obscure since only those who bought the wing skins got the video) will be ov value to a great many out there, particularly those interested in the KR series of aircraft. Dan goes into a lot...

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Hopefully your friend is giving some attention to the prop. For this being a racer I'm surprised it's got a paddlewheel propeller. Paul Lipps, designer of Phantom's prop, has influenced just about all the prop makers these days and seeing a prop like this on a fast plane gets my attention...

If you'd read the comments as I suggested instead of getting scared . . . . Try Tractor Pulling. Less scary.

" . . .should be able to read a runway and make a reasonable determination on if the runway is usable or not." True. We would have been fine if I had listened to my passenger and filled in the gully halfway down the runway. A plane with normal gear would not have had a problem with it. A...

While looking for something else I noticed Sporty's AirFacts Journal still has an article of mine they published some years back. Since this forum is "Aviation Mishaps", this incident is possibly unusual enough to be of interest in case anyone has some time to kill...

Sometimes there are resonance/harmonic issues with certain engines with certain props. (RPM & power setting combinations to avoid) Owner needs to do some research.

Some odds & ends - 0.07 or below is the target IPS since (I've read) humans cannot detect vibration at or below .07 IPS. The accelerometer can. I bought the Dynavibe when it first came out 2007 - one of their first customers. I've done dozens of planes since then. Some interesting things...

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Mine was recalled almost as soonn as it was delivered. I didn't ask what the issue was (or maybe I forgot), but is it overwith? Are they shipping this unit? I'd ordered the AV-30 aong with it. Just putting an inquiry out there . . . anybody know? Yes, I can call the factory in the morning ...

Didn't you read the instructions at all?? Of course it has a fan. It also apparently has some type of cooling apparatus to lower the temperature of the air. Sound like it might be water. Evaporative. A small swamp cooler perhaps. They're not expensive and might be worth it. Why express an...

Is this just a small, portable swamp cooler? If so, swamp coolers work great if humidity is low - Nevada, Arizona, even SoCal to some extent. Maybe not so good for Texas, Florida. Even in these humid environments the cool, humid air of a swamp cooler can be better than nothing . . . and...

Portable, so suitable for rental aircraft. Independent of aircraft's power. Self contained. Just, possibly, the thing to put in the cockpit/fuselage half an hour before departure when getting ready to fly a heat-soaked airplane that's been sitting on the ramp for two days since last flight...