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My BnL (just started building a -10) sent me a text, picture, and question today referencing the "****ty plans". Um...

And busted rubber or rubber with a hole in it is bad.

I told 'em I already got one... Its a verrry niice one.

And???

Flapping and fluttering? Naah. They used fabric on the rudder and elevators of the P-51, much of the Corsair's wing, and a ton of other places on WWII aircraft. Properly done fabric on a 125 knot airplane isn't gonna be an issue. Even better, you won't have to redesign the ailerons as...

Bedbugs are why you'll see recommendations to place all of your belongings in the bathtub as soon as you arrive at the hotel. Not particularly practical (kinda hard for me to sleep in the bathtub), but helps keep you from taking an infestation home in your bags. We got into a hotel in Spain...

We fought an infestation in my dad's room at his retirement home for months. Ended up with an all new couch, mattress and box spring, and maybe his "Archie Bunker" chair too. It was a nightmare.

You'd do well to ask that question on a Bearhawk or Homebuilt specific forum. The general answer is that adding weight to control surfaces is a bad idea due to flutter risks. Also, you don't just cover an aluminum structure with carbon fiber. That's a no-go due to material compatibility issues...

That's what I was thinking. Something happens. Some comments are made, then: "Now we turn off everything..."

Wings be like:

...buff right out.

I've got about 3". Of snow. Idiot son and idiot dog are having a blast.

Yeah, but $300!

That was a great thing about being single. You could suffer and curse yourself without the guilt trip.

I like this.

Thanks for reminding me... This is a doppelganger for when I stabbed a center punch through (not into, through) the web between my thumb and forefinger. It was the last spot to centerpunch on the RV-6's roll bar and I realized... Hmm, now that I think about it, my hand is in a bad place for...

Or maybe send a couple of guys with rubber hoses and an accordion to learn him a lesson...

Does racing Notcher through Dragon Canyon in my 152 count?

I hope they find the owner and provide him a $250K repair bill and an administrative hard slap upside the head.

I was departing from an unfamiliar grass strip and hit a bump before flying speed. Ballooned into the air AND cocked left because of a crosswind. The airplane headed directly towards a hangar right at the side of the strip. I had neither airspeed nor altitude. Nor stopping distance. I...