astjp2
Taylorcrafter
Last Activity: 1 day ago
Joined: 12-15-2003
Location: USA
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I never said I flew that way all the time, but the airplane is capable, I flew out of Delta Junction a lot for several years and never had any problems. I would fly to chicken; circle, central, tok , Palmer, fai, anc, Merril, all over and if the weather was good, it I would fly 10 hours on a Saturday... -
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RPM, I am running 2700-2750 and it was a sensenich, I have not tried the McCauley yet. The cruise prop would not turn RPM's, it dropped off at about 2600 with the 7446, the repitch made it a new airplane. The prewar airplanes are quite a bit faster for some reason which I believe is due to the angle...Leave a comment:
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How far do you need to go? if you cradle, you need to support the entire leading edge or build a fixture to bolt the wings to. i prefer bolting the wings. Tom baker is from Illinois, he might take you for a flight and inspect it for you.Leave a comment:
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Uavionix just announced they also have a small glass panel, it fits in a taylorcraft between the panel and header tank, comes in 2 sizes!
Little one: https://uavionix.com/products/av-20s/
Big one: https://uavionix.com/products/av-30/Leave a comment:
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If you are not welding, punching a hole in a pressurized fuselage or messing with the flight characteristics/aerodynamics, its a minor, here are the rules you can use to install it with:...
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You too can now have advanced avionics installed as a MINOR alteration!
Ok, so this local pilot brought me one of those new BOM AOA thingy-ma-jigs and after some reading on it, it seem like it is a minor alteration to install a AOA WAAS and a bunch of other neat items that will blue tooth to your Ipad, here is my first example:
https://www.flyingmag.com/levils-bo... -
Rib lace them, there is a 337 in the tech references section. The 337 is complete and fairly current, just copy the data, submit it to your local fsdo for a field approval using the one I did as acceptable data. I hate rib lacing but I also realize it does the least amount of damage to the ribs when...Leave a comment:
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Lycoming service bulletin, requires to use copper based anti-seize and to replace the copper gaskets every time...also special cylinder color coding for long reach plug cylinders....
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Continental service bulletin on plugs, gives testing for pressures and gap...
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Read again hank TALL not TAILLeave a comment:
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no need for an STC, just need to get a PMA...Leave a comment:
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More on plugs: https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/2015/03/1...to-acceptance/
Champion Aerospace: From Denial to Acceptance
March 19, 2015 / Mike Busch / 35 Comments
According to the model popularized by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her seminal 1969 book On...Leave a comment:
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New from univair they are almost $2k each so that would be the standard you would compare to.Leave a comment:
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I asked 10 years ago, and no one wanted to help, so I honestly don’t expect any help on this. It will get done, just not as soon as I hoped. TimLeave a comment:
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Wyoming...at one of the University repositories. Not close to anyone, it is about a 6 hour drive for me....Leave a comment:
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So I have been in contact with the repository, there is good an bad news. Good news is that there is data there, bad news is that someone (most likely me) will have to go to the repository, pull the boxes and make electronic copies of the data. I expect it would be a several day trip with a hotel...Leave a comment:
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I have a set for sale, I guess people want to support the luscombe guy by paying him more than what I was asking!Leave a comment:
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My new favorite!
stupid V bulletin wont let you past photos, have to download them to post...Last edited by astjp2; 3 weeks ago.
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