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Because it doesn't pay enough. Next question. Getting back to certified parts vs. not. Mechanical (hvac) code requires UL Listed duct tape. That stuff is maybe $24 per roll. Same thing (probably made side by side just without the print) is $5 per roll. Gotta love gov't intervention.

This is pretty much what I'm learning. Can't find a 3-4 place experimental for the price I want to pay. Looks like it's time to start delivering lunch to some hangers and find a new friend. Learning about pro re-builds (of the re-builds that are going to fail) do so usually within the...

The answers I was looking for, I guess, would be two part. You answered the 1st part with your last paragraph, thanks. A few ads do tell the date of the OH and when you divide the time into it you might come up with 12 hrs per yr over the last 25 yrs (can't be good). 2nd part of the answer I...

pull cylinders, hone, re-ring, and do valve jobs? Do some replace pistons, rings, and cylinders with new? Sometimes you see toh's at a few hundred hours and sometimes you see a 3500 hr engine still going strong with great compression numbers. I'm just wondering if the fairies got to the high...

It looks like I may have a problem learning some of this stuff. If it makes sense to me I can hear it one time and get it. But...when an "airplane" is deemed to be in safe condition to operate yet can't be considered airworthy then it makes me think oxymoron and the name should be changed to...

The airplane is in a condition of safe operation, right? So, that leads to the next question? Where does the plane operate? :D AIRPLANE

3.5 hrs til my 2nd lesson (1st one after my discovery flight). Got my 2016 FAR AIM, pilot log book, Charlotte NC sectional chart, rotating plotter, and E6-B8 flight computer. I need a cool bag for all this stuff so I'll look like a pilot. :yes:

$70k, really? Decisions decisions :yikes:

I've got a question, maybe a dumb one, I'm a newbie. Why did the major overhaul only last 433 hrs? Am I understanding this correctly? Major overhaul, then 433 hrs later it got a top overhaul which I believe means the 4 cylinders were replaced/reconditioned along with possibly pistons...

Lesson #2 tomorrow @ 10am, I'm psyched. Discovery flight last week was #1, I'm told that counts. :D

Ok, it looks like Dan touched on it but since y'all didn't know:D I did some research on my own. I already knew about the need to keep weight down and why the rpm's need to stay low. I wanted to know how the engineers designed these low rpm engines. What design changes make them max out at under...

I was editing, see my last comment

I understand engines well. I've built 2 350 Chevy's over the yrs. A poorly built one will easily rev over 5000 and a balanced one can spin over 8000. What is designed differently to make Lycombings or Continentals redline under 3000 rpm's? Why do 360cu.in. normally aspirated aircraft...

Yep, right now my wife says she won't fly with me. She says we can talk about it after a few hundred hrs if I'm still around. :dunno: Hope she doesn't know something I don't.

Did my discovery flight last week and taking my 2nd lesson Friday 11-20-15. The journey is finally getting legs after a 40 year hiatus. My grandpa used to take me flying. Probably 10 times between the ages of 8 & 10 yrs old. He died when I was 10 (1975) and I haven't been in a small plane...

Congrats!! I went on a discovery flight last week and scheduled my "2nd" lesson for Friday. :yes:

Right now I'm thinking, when I get a plane, I will keep it at the airport. Maybe after a few yrs I'll transfer to the smaller strip but only for sentimental reasons. The smaller strip has a club which still meets once a yr. My grandpa was a member of the club but he died in 1975. I went to their...

I've looked locally at a private 2500' / 40' paved strip (no gas) and a 5500' county airport (pretty much full service). Both have hangers but none available. The private strip is $100 per mo. hanger and $25 per mo. tiedown. The county airport (only 20 minutes from my house) is $35 per mo...

I won't buy a certified plane without 1st lining up a willing A&P. One willing to sign off on my work when done correctly. The Snap On box I will be working out of won't fit inside any aircraft I can afford. Nor could it carry the weight. :)

I'm not sure how much sense this makes but I'll tell you my thought process on buying a $25k vs. a $50k plane. A few yrs ago I wanted a '79 Z-28 (my 1st car was a '79 Camaro) for a project rebuild. I looked all around and found them in all conditions for all prices. Ignoring the pristine...