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Natalie Wood!

I wonder if these projects begin with good intentions, but turn into "Let's find some more investor money so we can continue to pay ourselves big salaries." type efforts.

Yeah, it is really odd. It was free when I joined and I've never paid a dime other than making a donation or two. No way I'd pay $100/yr, but it is a great repository of information.

The search function on homebuiltairplanes.com will deliver a bunch of info (including quite a bit from people who design stuff like that for a living). However, they may have changed it to a pay for play site.

Is there a pill for that?

Tech support at Lycoming has been very helpful the couple of times I've called 'em. This is a great idea.

I'm in need of some Spotted Cow if they are doing charity flights.

Ya do what you've gotta do. Or I'd be paying a thousand bucks a month at RYY (15 miles from home) or FTY (13 miles) as opposed to a fraction of that at VPC (32 miles).

Paulding needs the "desperate piston owners" demographic because it is inconveniently located. Both due to distance from "anywhere" and because the road network out that way stinks if you're trying to get anywhere quickly. As of 9:30 PM, Waze says it would take me 49 minutes to drive the 27...

E IO-540, new Airflow Performance FM200. The EGT doesn't rise noticeably when I retard the throttle...I've tested/looked. It is annoying as anything, because my expectation is to go from a 11.5 GPH cruise down to a much lower fuel burn as I back off the power on descent, but I have to enrich...

New plugs, new mags, new leads (new engine). I'm not pulling the throttle closed to descend. Just pulling it back a couple of inches of MP from cruise causes the popping. Say 22" to 20" for a slow descent.

My -540 begins the popping when I pull power to descend from cruise. The popping can be rather loud. I've looked for induction leaks and the like and haven't found the cause. I'd like it to stop. PS. The only way I've found to stop it is to go full rich on the mixture. If I lean, it gets...

I wonder if it could be a white hat operation to point out or test our vulnerability to such actions?

I had two hangar neighbors with Rotorway 162's. Years of showing up on Saturday to see them run-up the helicopters, maybe hover, maybe air-taxi. I literally saw one of those two helicopters out of ground effect once in probably 5 years. Airshows 50 miles away? They trailered the helicopters...

Forget it. They're on a roll. ;-)

Not true at all. I saw the Super Guppy land at Oshkosh a year ago. That B wheelbarrowed down the runway at >100 knots...

They do. Until the commercial providers drop out and you're on the government underwritten policy (e.g. FEMA's flood insurance program), in which case I'm subsidizing folks living in luxurious beachfront property. PS, I'd like to live on the beach too, but don't think the general public should...

Let's be honest. The insurance companies should be including hurricane risk in their premiums for airplanes in at-risk locations. Same with houses. There's no reason "the public" needs to subsidize beachfront homeowners.

I'm sure there are plenty of second hand Rotorway kits on the market. Based on what I saw with two friends who had earlier versions, I'd run away as fast as possible. Same for Mini-500's. The others? I have no idea.

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