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Thats a way better idea than the cardboard box I use. Going to make one of these.

Wow! If I'd had a constant speed prop overhauled there I would be having it rechecked - and going after this company for the costs.

You're right. I have the identical engine out of the same aircraft in my experimental. Lycoming recommends checking valve lash every 100 hours. Every condition inspection for 7 years I have checked this. None have ever needed adjustment. Certainly worth checking though.

I flew a similar trip in my light sport plane two years ago. It is only marginally faster than the R22 and the legs are not that different. I found a number of challenges. 1. Food - this was a never-ending problem. Most GA airports are 3 to 5 miles from the nearest town. Trying to find...

My 30 year flying experience has been that the Mx headaches never end. New plane, old plane, newly-rebuilt old plane, it makes no difference. Then, when everything is running good, the weather screws up your plans. If you have to wait for someone else to fix your plane or do the annual, the...

Before you go calling someone a loser you may need to take some remedial training in reading comprehension. The guy you are calling a loser DID recommend turning him in, if he didn't respond to peer pressure. i think you owe someone an apology because you are dead wrong about what the guy...

The thing about technology is that it never quite works the way you want it to. Also the never-ending software and hardware issues create a continuous significant effort to manage. Add to this security, vandalism, on-going personnel training, hardware maintenance, and hardware failures, and I...

A recent fatal accident is the motivation behind this post. The idea of landing straight ahead upon a loss of thrust on take-off is a concept that has been a training standard for many years. Unfortunately AOPA, and a few others, have recently suggested that an impossible turn is not impossible...

My cfi didn't want to fly in IMC because the plane didn't have dual alternators or a map-based, reliable GPS. Also it was my plane and I don't think he trusted it. Probably didn't help that on our very first flight into imc (light cloud coverage, no real weather issues) our vacuum pump failed...

Trouble shooting a new hard starting problem on my 4 cylinder O-235-C1. Electrical, battery, starter all seem good. Found one completely dead spark plug on the bottom #4 cylinder. It did not register at all on the ohm meter. All other plugs were within specs. (Tempest UREM37BY) Can this...

Short taxi, small airport, my hangar is right at mid field. I lean until rpm drop. I live in a high DA area so leaning is ingrained in every phase of every flight.

Brand new Bendix mags two years ago. About 125 hours on them.

Yes, plugs were cleaned 11 months ago at the last condition inspection. Only flown 50 hours since then.

No, still round. Plugs have about 300 hours on them.

Gap was over by a couple of thousands which i fixed. It had been set properly at last condition inspection.

From my O-235-C1 engine. #2, bottom plug. These were cleaned 11 months ago and about 50 hours. The engine had been unusually hard to start the last two times so I decided to pull the plugs a month before the condition inspection. For 10 of the last months I was running 100LL. The last month...

You're on the right track. Vacuum as much as you can. Check for debris between the fins. You may need to get creative if you find some heads or shavings in there. Safety wire may help fish it out. You should make an effort to get all if it out.

The guy has a point if the statement that the aircraft was parked on a designated snowmobile trail, unlighted, and camouflaged, at night, is true. There is an obligation on the pilot to ensure a safe landing/parking place and this can be considered negligent, even if they got approval...

"go out an try it" as George pointed out is the only correct answer. If you are uncomfortable doing this by yourself, get a CFI to go with you. There should be no uncertainty when it comes to these speeds as they may save your life some day. Then go out and spend an entire flight doing slow...

I don' think the price is that high in today's world. At all. As an engineer If I had to go out to a jobsite that wasn't in our contract, the typically fee would have been $1500 to $2000. That was 8 years ago. I guess, depending on where you live, $900 to $1500 for a private pilot checkride...