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Don’t disagree with anything above, and tried to mention a few of them in my original post. My thought of improved efficiency with a high wing less dihedral design is that a higher percentage of the perpendicular vector contributes to lift. And certainly there are personal choices that a...

My thought was also possible retractable landing gear design costs? Guess I will have to ponder why cantilever wings would provide an inherently easier carrythru design, don’t see that yet. I could understand a low wing having an easier time with it. I do know that I like the fact when you...

You are correct, had it confused with the F8 which looks similar, also built by LTV and initially was successful against the MIG 17’s at the early part of the war. It has been a long time since engineering school but I do remember the A7 being used as an example of airplanes with negative...

Get the popcorn ready. My opinion is that high wing location is generally more efficient than low wing if the wing design itself is comparable for two reasons. Meaning same chord, taper, design etc. being totally identical (which they never are from airplane manufacturer to manufacturer). So...

I have also thought my next gas chain saw will be an Echo brand. But I opted for a light weight Ryobi 18V unit for limbing. I have two big Stihls and one of them is a cold blooded mother. Not as bad if I replace the spark plug every 10 to 20 hours of use. The other larger one is pretty good...

Maintenance concerns that come to mind: AD on the Spar cap as a result of wing failure on a 10,000+ hour airplane in Australia doing pipeline inspections as I recall. AD applies to airplanes exceeding 5,000 hours. 1967 and newer models. AD on the strutless carrythru as a result of air duct...

From Wikipedia: The Cessna 210 was manufactured in 26 model variants. The C210, C210A-D, the Centurion C210E-H&J, Turbo Centurion T210F-H&J, the Centurion II C210K-N&R, the Turbo Centurion II T210K-N&R and the P210N&R. The 210N, T210N (turbocharged), and P210N (pressurized) versions were...

PM me with your phone number. I was an engineer working at Cessna when the N versions were built. I have flown several 210's and owned two of them. Probably could answer most of your questions.

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A friend of mine has a son that is 6' 8" tall. He and his son want to learn to fly and wondering if a Cessna 150 will be uncomfortable. He is thinking probably so is considering purchasing a Cessna 172 and is asking if this will be adequate? Would a 180 horsepower Cardinal be an even better...

Had a throttle cable break as I was reducing power on final once. Not nearly as exciting as the time one flap blew up at about 400 feet on final, thank God they were stick flaps! You do not have enough aileron function in a Cessna 140 to compensate for one flap up and one down. You guys with...

The runway looks a lot better than it did in 1971 which is the last time I was there! Used to have a double stop sign, one above the other to accommodate low wing and high wing airplanes.

I have a Caterpillar trackhoe made in Japan and the mice love it. They must think it is a big yellow block of cheese. I keep five mouse traps, poison blocks, rodent repellent bags in it at all times. Much worse in the fall than any other time of the year. I do not have near as much of a...

We have an Avidynne 540 with a GFC500 Garmin autopilot and two G5’s. Would not do it differently, very satisfied! we replaced a Garmin 530 with the 540.

I used to routinely do it in the 70's and even though I anticipate things were probably easier then it still had an occasional interesting outcome. Got led to a far corner of Tinker one time because the filed flight plan that listed the paperwork as Cessna origin got mixed up by atc to be...

When I worked at Cessna we had a project with a strain gage on a spar cap sending data to a flight recorder on an A37-B. When the Military FM radio mic was keyed the data signal pegged to the limit. It was shielded cable that was grounded on one end of the shield but the shield was just the...

Same here, I turned off 10 hydrants to float type cattle waters in the pastures and started electric heaters in 4 Ritchie and Mirafont automatic units yesterday. It was in the teens last night, forecast to snow again tonight then hit 10 - 12 degrees Sunday night. I am not emotionally ready for...