Search results

  1. M

    Ugly plane good engine or good looking plane that needs overhaul?

    Kind of like the idea of getting the run out engine, putting an order in for a factory OH engine and flying it until the new engine shows up in 6 months.
  2. M

    Changing aircraft registration from personal to LLC

    I’m just a dumb renter, but plan to buy in an llc in case I take on partners later in case I ever drop my d and finally buy something Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. M

    Smoked turkey questions

    I have a Traeger at home, but we have Thanksgiving with my extended family at my Mom's a couple hours away. I think I might rent a trailer and tow the smoker down and do it there because it's so worth it. Agree on brining. Absolutely critical.
  4. M

    What attributes do you think new MOSAIC compliant LSA aircraft should have to return General Aviation to 10,000 aircraft sales per year?

    Interestingly, if Elon gets gigacasting down, it will save money and components in manufacturing the same way the assembly line did. It's still a big upfront cost to get a casting for a plane, bit if someone is willing to put the likely $10M into it, they could make their cost per plane really...
  5. M

    I’m calling the peak

    thanks, if you do the math on Average list price 123k vs 100K and average engine time 1651 vs 1140, it explains a good bit of the difference in price. 23K price difference 511 hour engine difference (figure $40k/2000 hours = 20/hr) = 10K
  6. M

    A trend of First Officers not wanting to be Captains

    I'm a 50 year old Gen X in the sales and marketing side of technology. I've always been a top performer, but have managed to avoid a promotion to management and the 10-20 hours of interoffice politicking that would add to my 50 hours a week of work. For this, they offer 12% more money. I've...
  7. M

    Flying club members/owners: what’s your AOG policy?

    I am in an equity club with a high focus on safety and that's what we do. We'd rather eat the cost for an instructor and another plane to fly out and get it than have pilots push it through weather or mechanical issues. In the 5 years I've been a member, it's really only come up a couple of...
  8. M

    Why I did not buy two new cell phones today...

    After decades of an expensive experience on V, that originally had great coverage but now provides nothing to my home or my mom's house, I switched to Mint and save a ton of money (runs on T's network). In my phone only, I bought a $100/year SIM for redpocket (ATT) with 1GB data a month. I...
  9. M

    Insurance in a rental aircraft when flying with a CFI

    Also, my renter's policy underwriter told me that if I convert to an owner, they would credit the remaining months/$ of the renter's polocity into to owned policy.
  10. M

    Anybody know anything about mini-splits? [NA]

    I’ve installed about 5 of the pioneer brand. In the several years they’ve been running, the only I had was one wonky board that we found bad out of the box. They cross shipped us a new one and they all work great. I started installing when I got an offensive quote for a mini split. I need...
  11. M

    Listed Price vs Offer

    Well, maybe. You also could turn off a good buyer. They made an offer, over asking price, with a reasonable 24 hour response window. I think if you wanted to wait for after the open house, the ad should have said "offers will be reviewed Sunday at 8pm following open house Saturday" You may...
  12. M

    Report, or let it go?

    I"m with the poster on this. If you want to clown around and play top gun with your friends, I don't care, but leave me out of it.
  13. M

    Thinking about a riding mower

    This won't surprise you, but i was looking at a Farmall with a belly mower to keep up mom's 5 acres (it's too much for her with her ZT mower), but we're going to sell out and move her to a level acre this spring, which she can safely handle with the ZT she's got. no tractor excuse for me!
  14. M

    Marriage Counseling/Therapy

    Just to add another perspective. Wife and I were wound around the axle on a set of pretty big decisions and it was leading to a lot of frustration for us. Met with a coach/counselor 3 times and found our way to a compromise solution that we're both pretty stoked about. Feels 100% different...
  15. M

    Bad ADM in Children’s airplane books/media

    I think it's great to see GA in so many kids books to normalize it. I think on this one, they were just out of MMO for the crankcase so used gasoline to remove the varnish.
  16. M

    If I had a billion dollars I would...

    I invest for my real retirement, but regularly buy $5 a couple times a month to hit the PB, Mega, and State lotto. It's worth $10/mo to dream, and I don't check them right away, just next time I remember to bring them to the grocery store, so I get two weeks of fun and escapist thinking out of...
  17. M

    What about Autism?

    I have a 10 year old with Autism. It took us intil around 5 years old to diagnose her. She loves to help dad fly the plane and I could see her being a great pilot as an adult. I think if he might have autism, go find out ASAP. My wife and I kicked ourselves for years that we didn't figure...
  18. M

    Ethics of straw buying...

    CAREFUL There are state laws too. In WA, even private transfers now require a background check and there are additional points of pain for sellers. Most people I know now just have the gun shop consignment sale it for them to limit their exposure.
  19. M

    SVB: Biggest bank failure since '08

    Thanks for the clarification Tim, I was too lazy to go look up and now remember that coming from the Fed, though I think the FDIC inspectors have some accountability to inspect for it (I happen to know one personally). Regardless of them not failing to meet the regulatory requirement, I'm...
  20. M

    SVB: Biggest bank failure since '08

    I believe it is 250 per depositor per bank.
Back
Top