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I'm not familiar with them so I couldn't say. I can say that I never felt the need for them. Super cubs can easily operate on some of the shortest strips you'll find. Just don't try to get the plane to do something its not capable of doing such as trying to make it land way shorter than the book...

Marv? Mike? Matt? Miles?

The water level was in fact lower. Not seeing how that equates to a climate change dig but that's just me.

Too hard on the brakes. Simple as that.

He strikes me as someone whom I could chat at a party with for about 8 minutes. And then I would suddenly remember that I had a funeral or a root canal to get to.

20 is possible in theory depending on what 172 you're starting with and what 182 you're going to. But probably better if you go into it expecting about 15 and be pleasantly surprised if you get 20. Meh, I never noticed much difference in smoothness/roughness between them. My first impression of...

Being able to haul 4x8 sheets is one of my requirements as well. But it seems like Ford thought of that. My current truck is Frontier which I've been very happy with. And I prop 4x8 sheets over the closed tailgate all the time. Not elegant but it works. Ford's solution actually looks like it...

Purposely run a tank until the engine quits? Anyone who do such a thing must surely have a death wish. Says the guy who used to routinely run tanks until the engine quit while flying 350 agl over water.

My prediction: Airplane prices won't go down. Instead the price of everything else will come up to meet them, i.e. soon everything is going to cost 150% than it did 5 years ago.

Not arguing that an inspection wouldn't be a good idea, only that it would not be required if the event in question did not cause the RPM to change.

Strongly recommend you look for a cheaper house if that's the case. As stated a few posts up, RV's are not built for full time living. Using one as your primary residence, its only a matter of time before things start breaking. And when they do, they'll cost way more to fix than anything in your...

Not sure how good of a photo platform it would make, but if you got yourself a Sportsman 2+2, you could probably trailer it behind the RV which could make the logistics of moving your base of ops cheaper and easier.

A moose? A cow? A big deer? Sure, you'll probably be able to detect an RPM drop if you hit it. But a dog? Unless we're talking about a breed of dog that's the size of a small horse, I'd expect the blood splatter would probably be your only indication that you'd hit anything. Unless I'm reading...

If the plan is to buy an RV and plant roots, going for the CFI and CFII could end up being worth while. If the plan is to get in the RV and be a nomad going from place to place, then having the CFI/CFII could end up coming handy but probably won't keep food on the table most of the time. I'd...

You're correct, the AD does not say only if you're heard of this before. Instead the AD says "A sudden RPM drop while impacting water, tall grass, or similar yielding medium, where propeller damage is not normally incurred." So I'm therefore assuming you believe having the prop come into contact...

Well I've heard of several cases of people coming into contact with spinning props, some fatal, others not. I've never heard of the engine in question having to get a teardown afterward. I can't say it hasn't happened, but I've never heard of it. I would think a person is at least as 'hard' as a...

Dogs are made out of meat, not cinder block. I doubt RPM would move so much as a single RCH if dog when the prop.

I've held the slip will into flair height when necessary. Works great when you need it. Slip it 'till you kick it.

When I was flying the banner planes, all the plugs came out every other oil change for cleaning gaping and testing. Any that failed on the bench tester were replaced with new. The total cost for mechanic for these tasks was $0 because I did it myself which is completely legal.

A fair and valid opinion. No desire to debate you or anyone else on this, but your opinion does not match my personal experience on this particular point so I will simply say I disagree and leave it at that.