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While judging reliability based on what is on the road is reasonable on the surface, keep in mind that vehicles go to the scrapyard when repairs tend to exceed value. So a truck with lots of small problems will last much longer than a truck that is perfectly reliable until one day the...

If you need to swap the whole frame, you could be looking at a big chunk of change, but if you just have a few bad areas, a good welder may be able to patch it up. If your only issue is the crossmember under the bed that GMs have a reputation going bad (and likely the one that your friend had...

Southwest has a bit of a reputation for the way they treat employees who say negative things on social media, so I am not willing to give details about who told me this. But, before all this happened, I was told by a long time SW pilot that he used to be willing to go the extra mile (extend...

I drive a 2002 GMC 2500 and the other day a new ranger parked next to me. Other than being about 4 inches shorter (height not length), it was almost the same size as my truck. Just make sure to check the towing capacity, if I recall correctly, some trims of the Tacos only have 3500lbs towing...

@AlphaPilotFlyer did that to a 172 to test the V8 engine installation he has worked on, perhaps he can give some insight.

Personally, I think Ford's Powerboost is the coolest truck on the market but, practically, I'm not a big fan of any of the trucks on the market right now. GM engines are still having issues with active fuel management. Ford's Ecoboost motors have the carbon build up/clean out maintenance cycle...

I cannot offer much valuable comment, since I am not qualified to do so. But I can ask as specific question that could either help or make things even more confusing. Wouldn't a switch be considered a standard part? In a seminar by Mike Busch, he mentioned that parts like resistors and...

I personally agree with that logic, but an engine can be converted to FADEC for $100K, then the hypothetical Apache with a FADEC Conversion would cost $300K. The video I saw argued that a the DA-42 was worth it for building time toward a jet because the FADEC made for a similar experience to...

I can see this as a valid debate. My view is that although it has a challenging history, it can still be a tool to offer value to good or at least productive. Destroying or even just letting machinery that has the capacity to improve lives rot seems wasteful, destroying it would not undo the...

I don't care how much you say you "disagree" , if you are producing, decorating with and wearing Nazi symbols, you should not be surprised when people think you are a Nazi. I did not intend to turn "that is an accurate description of the airplane livery" into "everyone will think this pilot is...

I found an article about the system I was thinking about, TCM bought the Powerlink FADEC system. https://www.aviationconsumer.com/industry-news/tcms-fadec-revisited-will-it-get-traction/ Thats the only article I can find on it. Is anyone else working on FADEC retrofits? Has any FADEC...

I was watching a review of the Diamond DA-42 and I made the mistake of checking prices on them. The cheapest one on Trade-A-Plane was $750000. There are a lot of great things about the DA-42, but the most appealing to me is the FADEC engine/mixture/prop controls and auto-feather in the event...

That seems to be a statement of fact, it's a pretty accurate description of the livery.

I have been working toward an IFR rating for the last year, and so far the bulk of what I have learned is that my training environment is suboptimal. I would like to pursue IFR, Commercial and Commercial Multi ratings. I am looking for a good training environment with multiple similar planes...

Thats a bit of an outdated quote. You don't get taxed on the money you save, so a penny saved is closer to 1.25 cents earned.

Personally, I think if someone has any education beyond a GED, then the GED is not something that should be judged on. Granted, I am on the younger side so if you have just a high school diploma or a GED at my age, you are going to have a very difficult time finding a job (after I dropped out...

My uncle ran into that for most of his career, he was accepted to college at 16, but had to get a GED to take the opportunity. Decades later, he had an MBA and management experience at multiple Fortune 500 companies and he had it come up in an interview.

I don't think it has, but other than the data it does not apply in this situation because it only applies to kit airplanes and tailwinds are scratch built.

I have not seen the plane fly. It has not flown since the builder passed a few years ago. But it has been run, taxied and put through a condition inspection recently. I want to treat the pre-purchase flight with all of the caution of a first flight. I am hoping to find someone with type...

Its a C85, I have an A&P willing to work with it in Phase 2, but he works at a busy Class D. I am not sure I will be able to (or even want to) conduct my phase 1 from that airport. My plan is/was to buy an experimental to grow into maintenance and fly while I build, I am a little concerned...