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Thanks for the added info. I didn't want to clutter the info with the DA and also the loading of the plane. I don't know how much the pax and any bags weighed. From my mtn flying experience living in Evergreen CO for years and going over the passes, it's a situation where erring on the side of...

His work on LOP operations may not be legendary, but it flew in the face of Conti operations that were the bible for 50 years. His work on failure analysis is significantly different than the generic 'pull the jug and replace it' mentality pervasive in the shade tree A&P. There might be other...

I will respectfully disagree with you. The decay in ground speed continued into the turn back into the wind shows a loss of SA. This is also evident by the slower speeds beyond the recording I've analyzed. Energy management was lacking both during the orbits, and after - just prior to the impact.

Lets just look at this. The average ground speed of the last two cycles, which is just before the plane came to grief. The average ground speed at it's slowest point is about 44MPH, as shown by the two black lines from the low peak over to the scalar on the right. The average ground speed at...

I see some people here referring to some things as absolutes. Knowing a bit about stats, and having an advanced math degree, I seriously doubt that MB would use the word "always" or "never" or "must". Running jugs hot is a known factor for early failure modes. I would be surprised if his...

The curved red line starts at the beginning of the search pattern as the plane enters the 'holding' grid. The positive peaks are the ground speed when the plane is flying downwind, approx heading 120-ish? Moving from that, to the plane turning around and flying into the headwind, thus showing a...

I used the trace of GROUND speed to run some math stats on it. There may be information here which would be useful. With 32 data points(the tops and bottoms of the psuedo-sine) entered a regression analysis and produced a modified 'line of best fit'. The red line through those data points is a...

O-haul at TBO is introducing new modes of failure. One of Mike's older and well known failure analysis deals with the 'bathtub curve of failure'. Ask the club members to look into that.

If I get to 24,999 just perma-ban me.

In almost any room he enters, he's gonna be the smartest guy in the room. This goes for his knowledge of aircraft maint as well. I use much of his philosophy in maintaining my planes.

Technically, the LLC owns the runway, and I own a major share of the LLC. My parents have passed for decades. Next time someone lands at a muni field, or a privately owned public field, just ask for the operations rules. There is nothing in my operations regs that isn't at hundreds of other...

What I need, and I think the OP needs is the ampacity draw. If the 182 has a 12volt system, it's going to be rated at 12.5VDC which is the nominal voltage of a FLA cell at 90% SOC. If we use an EER of 12 which is a SEER(I don't need the seasonal, all I care about is the worst case summer number)...

Long enough. Where it's needed(in front?). Any brand of helicopter to could take off without my ability to block it. If you can maneuver, I can maneuver. I have 3 tractors, just one driver. Oh, and I haven't moved my goalposts from my original statement on the powers of an airport...

My brothers. :cheerswine: Did you ever drop a card stack? I never did, but I've seen one dropped. About 6-7 hours to resolve.

Sigh, more making things up again. Wait - weren't those goal posts right here a second ago?? Now they are way over there.......... :lol:

Ownership, and management of anything is fraught with risk. Ownership and management of an airport is probably on the highest end of the scale of risk, both civil and criminal. However, I have decided to accept those risks, and mitigate them(principally criminal) by knowledge, regulation, and...

Right, that's what I had decided, so I used another method that takes into account the efficiency of the conversion. Typical AC units are 83% efficient. Some are a bit more than that, and some a bit less. However, even the best of the best cannot come close to the best case Carnot engine...

I started looking at electric only AC systems for my plane also. I sent a few emails to a different vendor because, I could never get the answers to the BTU calculations to work out with 12V 65amp power draw. The best I could determine with an 85% efficiency rating was about 2300BTU, but the...

Now, why was it called a "FORTRAN" statement? Since were in the way-back machine, I have actually punched Hollerith cards in my time. Anyone want a chad?