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Yes. Some kits come with a squeeze bottle and a tube that goes outside the valve stem and they go in like tire slime. It seems like an easy fix for the problem. We dont usually go more than 60 or so on the runway, but thats a pretty high speed for these tiny diameter tires. Even compact car...

My 172 has an intermittent nosewheel shimmy. My kid over inflated the nosewheel tire which made it way worse. I can fix that easy enough and plan on replacing the shimmy damper, but one problem I've read about is balance. A dynamic balance can be tough to get for these little wheels, and I...

Modifixed.....I like that.

Im drawn towards the BD-4....should go together faster than a Vans kit, and plenty fast with a smaller engine. Not as pretty, but close enough.

That seems like a decent safeguard. I hope it stays that way!

I got a quote to OH my O-300 for $30-40k and 8-9 months out. Unbelievable! I dont know if it's a shop labor issue or parts availability issue, but a DIY rebuild build has got to be cheaper and faster than letting a shop do it all. Going EAB means you can pick and choose your own best parts and...

Yeah, youre going to need a thoughtful, long term plan. I like the idea of airport communities but what's to stop the houses being sold to non-aviators? If enough Karens move in and start kvetching about all the airplane noise, your dream turns into a nightmare. Best bet is to buy enough dirt...

Im sure you arent the only one. Your engine ordeal is emblematic of the move to experimental. What engine would you use in a homebuilt?

I like the idea. Once you have your panel laid out, you could use a piece of acrylic cut to shape, vinyl adhesive letters as a masking. Paint the pilot side flat black or gray or whatever, attach leds behind the words you want to illuminate and paint the back silver, like a mirror, to spread...

Hey man, $14 is, like, two gallons of 100LL! My wife married a feller, not a Rockefeller!

Just yesterday I bought two new 6.00-6 tires and tubes from a local flight school for $535. They even threw in a bag of tire talc! Im too stubborn and cheap to pay an A&P for something I can do. My labor including driving to the airport, pulling the wheels and setting the axles on wooden...

This is the federal government we're talking about, right? I'm not optimistic...

Good advice! Plenty of rust here.

Youre right, unfortunately. I bought a kit which I hope to finish next year, but I bought a 172 to fly until the kit is done. I love the 172, but the drawbacks really motivate me to go experimental. I cant wait to finish my instrument, then sell the 172!

Excellent explanation. Airboats arent very popular in Idaho, so I'd like to know more about the failure modes of airboats, which frequently use a psru and big propellers. Im sure they live a hard life and a lot can be learned from them. Any of you folks from airboat country?

Good call checking it out right away!

Thats an excellent point, and the system would have to be designed in anticipation of belt failure, maybe with shields between belts to guide a shredded belt away from the others. Testing will suggest the replacement interval of the belts, and monitoring the tension and temperature...

I should have said "lathe, mill and an aluminum v-6 or v-8". Id love to build the engine from scratch, but Ive rebuilt enough of them to know its more work than my lifetime will allow. I worked in a machine shop and took several semesters of automotive machining and machine tool technology at...

I'm envisioning 3 or 4 snowmobile belts with beefy bearings on the prop shaft supported in a way that belts can be easily inspected and changed without major disassembly. Snowmobiles use one belt and dish out 100-200 horsepower. They put up with lots of high rpm abuse with cvt sheaves...

Yeah I enjoy tackling projects and solving problems, so maybe I need to buy a lathe and mill instead of a lycoming.