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Yea I thought the same thing, Fri am before the show there was "acres" roped off for big groups I guess? Didn't remember so much space being roped off last year. We found where we were was better than our old spot for several reasons so we are headed back to same area next year. But that...

Banshee's were a wicked ride, I preferred yellow and blue. Remember this poster?

Loved those 2 strokes, we did a lot of riding on our 250 and 500. Friend of mine had a 250 honda and he could still beat me on the 500 just barely as I was heavier than him. He was a good rider/racer. We had a lot of great camping riding trips with a good group of friends. I think it was all 2...

Before I bought the 3wheeler we were renting honda ATC 200s I think they were called from U haul rental on the weekends. Everyone one of us crashed until we learned how to ride them. Isn't that crazy that U Haul rented 3 wheelers?

wow you are a 3 wheel enthusiast! What's the chances that we would be so close? Cool you taught your kids to ride them. Yup 'body English" was needed with a solid rear axle. Every person who first rode it crashed because of the locked rear axle. We had a hill in the backyard and they always got...

I felt like the campground was more full this year than last? When we arrived Fri morning the area we usually camp in was full. Then I noticed there were campers in the undeveloped corn field that I have never seen before. Good thing we didn't get that much rain. BTW I thought the weather was...

When I was quoted for my GFC500 electric trim was standard and they mentioned something like they don't put em in without electric trim at least on my 172. I love my electric trim and I agree with everyone you would be foolish to spend the money for a GFC500 and not have electric trim. They...

On my cessna they explained they put the GMU11 in the right wing away from the hi current pitot heat wiring and roll servo in the left wing. Also how tough it was getting the wiring through the wings as they had some special tools custom made to help with that challenge.

When my buddy bought his arrow couple years ago he flew his friend and long time mechanic from Cleveland to Duluth Mn to look it. It was owned by buddy's work friend who also is a AP/IA and 25000 hr Captain check airman , sea plane CFII, etc. Even with all that he met Jim out there to mainly to...

I practiced at this field a hundred times early on. My aiming point was the white cones at the start of the runway. I got comfortable enough I could take pictures. It says 47 true air speed and I am less than 100' past the cones in the flair ready to touch down. For me the only way I learned it...

Man o man. I didn't read every post but I am not approaching At 300' I am dragging the plane in just above stall speed at closer to 50 kkt indicated and a little slower than that. When I pull the power it lands pretty much immediately and only going 40 kts I can stop it pretty short. No float or...

I didn't install my G5s or the GMU11. But I was there during and took pictures and asked questions. I was shown a hand made bus cable with a shielding sleeve over it. It passed all tests with stock factory nav and strobe lights. I flew it close to a 1000 hrs with stock lights. Then I put in WAT...

I know a 50 year mechanic who serviced and completed a AD on my buddies arrow II gear that he bought a couple years ago. They have been close friends for 40 years. He been in Cleveland for the past 25 years as a DOM. We made many trips back and forth for him to work on my buddy's plane. I got to...

Luckily we have never had mice in our house, so far. So no wall removal looking for the smell. Now the shops, are shops are concrete or metal walls like in the hangars so no where for them to get into. By the time I found the dead mouse in my work shop it was dried up and no smell that I...

I keep any food including dog food in a container with snap on lid in a refrigerator in the hangar when I am not there. I make sure there is no pieces of dog food laying around when I leave. Sorry but I use decon for many years, in my work shop, home garage, storage garage and hangar. I have...

In 2018 I bought my 172 from a friend for 35K. At the time I thought I paid 5K more than I should have. It had a mostly all original panel. I promtly sent it over the avoinic shop for a GMA345, 650 gps, GNC 255 com/nav 2, indicator, GTX345, 2-G5s and all the other stuff it took to make it all...

I agree with this statement if you already have panel full of Garmin. My GFC500 worked perfectly from the first day it was installed with no adjustments ever. After about 650 hrs my first servo went bad, now all three of my servos are -21 and have been replaced free of charge. That has been the...

My instructor showed me how to "drag the plane by the prop" "hang the plane by the prop"onto the runway to land short. I did it ok? I remember in my mind doing very poorly during my checkride and expected to fail including the one short landing the DPE asked me to do. After the flight he said I...

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Any idea why the duct tape was there? That is not original is it? I feared it was hiding cracks. I have been in the back several times during annuals. But it has been a couple years since I removed all the plastic, glad I did last night. It is no fun but after I found that crack I got a little...