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One more vote for the Epic. Former hangar mate has one. Completely awesome plane.

I get 223 kts wot 2500rpm and stays pretty much constant at anything over 10k since the loss of power matches closely the decrease in drag as the altitude increases in this plane. I typically cruise above 15k at 17-18in/2300rpm @~12gph just barely ROP @215-218 kts. LOP ~10gph @ 205kts give or...

Coincidentally I just had my engine rebuilt at Barrett and went with the 10:1 compression. Dyno'd out at 330hp but the 30 extra ponies really only netted about 6 extra knots. I'd caution against 11:1 for a traveling machine as it's just not enough margin for detonation. I'd say your best option...

Watched a bit of your vid.. very pretty plane. Glad your enjoying it. Best traveling machine for a couple being so fast and relatively inexpensive to fly and maintain. I've been loving mine since 2006 and if you have any questions feel free to hit me up. I'll try to help.

Oh it's just terrible having to fight your way through crowds of naked chicks.

The only time I feel more vulnerable is on departure below say 2k agl and short final. Engine failure in those moments would be bad. Otherwise I'm flying high or headed up there fast. Roughly 85% of the time there is at least 10,000 ft under the keel and more often 15k, so at 140 kt best glide...

No stalls, just a lot of emergency procedures and familiarization with the ground moving past at a much higher rate then one was used to. Most memorable is the big push which you learn to do without delay if there is an interruption in power on climb out. I have intentionally stalled the...

Before I got my Glasair I heard all the warnings about how dangerous this type of plane was. Now that I've been flying it for 7 years, I wonder what all the fuss was about. Fly the pattern higher, wider and faster.. plan a little more in advance.. Piece of cake.

Are you saying that somehow a plywood wing can soften the bumps? I've got 20 or so hours in a super viking and I don't remember seeing the wing flexing. If I had, I'd have less hours in one.

I've got fairly high wing loading but even with less surface area you still get beat up in turbulence like any other plane. The only solution is moving as fast as you can through, around or over it. There is no substitute for horsepower.

That's god telling me, "dude check this out".

Fluids (water) do not appreciably change volume with changing pressure so your eyes won't expand and contract as a volume of gas would with changing pressure. There most certainly would be gases dissolved in your eye fluid but since they are in solution they would also be incompressible also. I...

Eyes are filled with incompressible fluid. Nothing will happen besides them drying out a bit faster.

Yes.. I installed one Electroair on my IO-540 in 2007 its been working well ever since. In combination with a set gami injectors makes LOP ops a breeze. At altitude I can lean to well below 8 gph and the engine power slowly fades away with no rough running like you get when aggressively leaning...

I'm not against ale per se, but against the trend of craft brewers not putting as much time, effort and resources into their beer as they could or as Europeans do. I'd be all for the craft ales if they would only put more love and care into the beer. But alas as you said, “the people have...

I expected.. Cleared direct, pistonfree engines, having to worry about busting the 250kt speed limit, 40kt tailwind both ways, cheap alternative to 100ll, your gf asking you if her hot friend can join you two in the bedroom.. you know pilot stuff like that.

I'm confused... A bunch of pilots extolling the awesomeness of kitty's and puppies, kuddly children and grandma by the fire with coffee and paella... What kind of alternate universe is this?

I have a coworker that just loves Yuengling but we can't get that here either. He cons any relative driving this way to fill their trunks with the stuff. It's not a bad beer but not worth a smuggling operation in my opinion. I keep trying to get him to have them bring Kostritzer. Now that's a...

The scourge of microbreweries has hit my town hard. Used to be here you could find at least one or two imports on tap along with the ubiquitous big three offerings. Now the local 'craft' breweries, of which there are 8 or more in a town of about 100k, have driven out most every other choice with...

Obviously everyone’s taste in beer is different, but in my opinion the best beers come from Germany Poland, Austria and Czech Republic because they take the time to make a quality product. Miller, Bud, Coors and other large brewers, to save space and time, all brew what is best described as beer...