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You are right, I stand corrected. He's saying in his latest video that the plan is still to 'fly off' the remaining hours and to then fly it to CA. He also made it sound as whether there will be a new company taking care of production. Supposedly that's still the plan.

Agreed that it would anyways be a good idea to not drag it in. Going from a (sluggish) climb pretty much straight into a +1,000 ft / min descent, requesting a different runway because of 'wind', which was only variable at 3 kts!? Hmmm... :rolleyes: I bet he had an issue! Maybe not immediately...

I guess barely. He didn't declare an emergency but his decent and landing appeared quite hasty:

OK, I know this will make me win the 'jerk of the day award' but anyways... Frankly, if he only had 'somewhat of an interest in flying' and is not even 'bright' and 'ambitious' enough to fire up Google and do some own research, I am not sure if becoming an aviator is the right path forward for...

This? Source: https://www.shortwingpipers.org/forum/showthread.php?7292-Landing-Gear-Strength-and-Beef-Ups/page2 It was apparently made by a company named "Whitaker".

He might also be concerned that the FAA might come and have a closer look at his project. I guess that there is a limit of how far they let one go with 'experimenting'. They probably still want to see certain engineering practices and some degree of reasoning to be applied.

^^^^^ This. Plus, you would poison the drinking water system, if you would just flush it down the drain. For the vast majority of applications, scuffing, cleaning and priming with a good Epoxy primer is a much better choice. This is also what car manufacturers are using and nowadays a lot of...

Frankly, I don't see any reason why you should be nervous about this. At 186 hours you should be more than ready for such a trip. Heck, my wife and I flew from Florida to NYC, along the Hudson River and back to Florida, two days(!) after our check rides with maybe ~45 hours total time in our...

Check out the new Sling HW: Sling 4 HW - Sling Aircraft I understand that the fuselage is the main difference to their proven Sling TSi

Instead of trial and error I wish I knew an CFI, with a lot of Michigan winter flying experience, who could teach me how to make good decisions. Seems like most either fall in the category of 'never EVER enter IMC when temps are below freezing' or 'just go and turn around if needed'. Anyways, I...

We fly quite a bit IFR, often from Detroit to the East Coast, crossing the Appalachian mountains. On more then one occasion we either became stuck or didn't go because we were afraid to become stuck on the way back home, simply because we didn't want to punch a layer of clouds, which oftentimes...

OK, I admit it: I casually started looking at older Cirrus with TKS, which are however non-FIKI. I am now wondering if non-FIKI TKS would even be of any value. The thing I don't understand is how icing can be 'inadvertent'!? Visible moisture (clouds) + below freezing temperatures == icing...

More than unlikely that the ECU shut it down. This would actually be very dangerous as a small issue, like a defective pressure sensor could bring the entire aircraft down. The original ECU would have entered ‘limp home’ mode, but still not entirely shut it down. I however believe that he has...

I doubt it as this would create an entire set of new issues, e. g. with CG and cooling. I would also be surprised if he had the funds to do that. My bet is that he will either pour fresh oil in and fly it as it is or, at the very best, get another Audi Diesel engine from the junk yard.

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Interesting. I'm surprised that the controller cleared him for the approach even though he saw on his screen that it was NOTAMed unavailable.

Sounds like a cool adventure! I believe the Jabiru can also use automotive fuel, there might however be some limitations regarding the ethanol content. In case they don't have 100LL, this might be an option to look into. My I ask why you want to go there? 'Just because' or is there a specific...

I haven't watched any of his videos in a while, looking at his tracks on flightaware it however appears as whether he keeps doing the same thing over and over again: Climb to around 4,000 ft, fly a few laps, land. Averaging his ground speeds, it also seems that he is typically cruising at only...

Keep in mind that there is quite a chance that they might only get into this drowning situation because they were told to get the spare air first, hence losing precious time. Getting to the bottle would probably not be a problem while they're still sitting at the ramp. A ditching, resulting in...

Without a mask on? When the regulator is full of water and they first have to blow it out, possibly while being under water? :rolleyes: Quite a few people struggle with the exercise even in a calm pool environment. Many people also find it mentally challenging to breath in under water. Anyway...