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  1. Ed Haywood

    Domestic Cat in GA plane

    I recall an accident report from years ago where a cat placed in the baggage area of a Cessna got loose and found a way aft, lodging itself in the tail cone.
  2. Ed Haywood

    1969 Cherokee 140B: Slow to climb

    You cannot reliably infer airspeed from ground speed. Too many variables. Wind is not constant, it changes direction and magnitude. What did ADS-B tell you about time to climb? I sometimes travel with a few Cherokees. TBH it freaks me out watching them clear the trees by 50 feet on...
  3. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    Somebody should alert Lycoming! :hairraise:
  4. Ed Haywood

    1969 Cherokee 140B: Slow to climb

    Do you have ADS-B Out? If so, plug your N number into FlightAware and get your time to climb to altitude, then calculate ROC. At 150 fpm it would take you 20 minutes to climb 3000 feet.
  5. Ed Haywood

    What attributes do you think new MOSAIC compliant LSA aircraft should have to return General Aviation to 10,000 aircraft sales per year?

    Ah ok, I thought you meant during VFR flight.
  6. Ed Haywood

    Thinking about a T-6

    Could it be they spent their early years at Navy bases?
  7. Ed Haywood

    1969 Cherokee 140B: Slow to climb

    "Cherokee 140B: Slow to climb" Yes.
  8. Ed Haywood

    Tool box recommendations for future A&P mechanic

    NAPA Carlyle makes nice stuff. I've got several good ratchets from them. IMO completeness and organization are important for sockets. Nothing worse than getting in the middle of something and discovering you misplaced the 3/8" socket. The Craftsman sets at Lowes are decent quality and the...
  9. Ed Haywood

    What attributes do you think new MOSAIC compliant LSA aircraft should have to return General Aviation to 10,000 aircraft sales per year?

    What's wrong with that? AI is not even a required instrument for VFR aircraft.
  10. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    My JPI 830 has normalize but I haven't learned to use it yet.
  11. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    If that's the level of humor that prevailed, I'd call it quite functional. But I'm a 15 year old boy stuck in a 60 year old body. In more ways than one.
  12. Ed Haywood

    when you don't have your maint. logs with you?

    =
  13. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    What does that mean?
  14. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    I trust the engine manufacturer as primary source for data. The Lycoming operators manual for AEIO-360 series says:
  15. Ed Haywood

    when you don't have your maint. logs with you?

    Typed and printed stickers are the most practical and legible. When I rebuilt my aircraft, the airframe sticker was 3 full 8x11' pages long. The engine shop gave me a full page sticker with my overhaul. I bought one of those snazzy full size log sets that go in a binder and restarted...
  16. Ed Haywood

    Leaning during climb

    My AFM and Lycoming Operators Manual both recommend climbing at full rich to keep the engine cool. I've always followed that advice. But looking at the engine performance graph, it's clear that results in high specific fuel consumption and less than best power. Now that I have an engine...
  17. Ed Haywood

    91.126(b)(1) - Yes, Virginia, it is regulatory.

    And only 3% happened on downwind, despite that being where all the merging is happening.
  18. Ed Haywood

    Watching the Blue Angels is Unhealthy

    Cool! Too bad it didn't last.
  19. Ed Haywood

    91.126(b)(1) - Yes, Virginia, it is regulatory.

    I don't have any problem with straight in arrivals. From a safety standpoint, they are equally safe to a midfield downwind entry. Both aircraft know where to look for traffic and how to deconflict. Whenever an aircraft enters the pattern, it disrupts traffic. If a fast twin enters in front...
  20. Ed Haywood

    91.126(b)(1) - Yes, Virginia, it is regulatory.

    I prefer teardrop or direct entry to midfield downwind. So does the FAA, per AC 90-66C.
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