3Dreaming
Taylorcrafter
Last Activity: 4 hours ago
Joined: 12-22-2005
Location: Noble, Illinois USA
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No hope for a job is the way it used to be. Now they are begging for pilots. They are offering tuition reimbursement, signing bonuses, and other incentives. On the local St Louis FB page I see recruiting for pilots and mechanics on a regular basis. Many schools have partnerships with airlines, and they... -
This is restoration number 2, and it was completed a year and a half ago. It was damaged back in 2006 when it was struck by another airplane....Leave a comment:
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A Good Day
For those that don't know my son Nick is the young man who has been doing the Taylorcraft calendar the past 3 years.Yesterday was Nick's 16th birthday. He had bid plans that winds gusting to around 25 MPH kind of snarled, but today was a good day. After hours of riding around with me in my dad's and...
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In around 1000 hours of flying dad's 41 with dual brakes I have never had an issue with a passenger getting on the brakes.
I have had a cable slip in a clamp before, but that is not a dual brake issue. I have not noticed any critical rigging issues with the dual brake either, in fact there...Leave a comment:
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All of the Taylorcraft steps I have seen attack to the strut attachment not the upper gear attachment....Leave a comment:
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At least one section of the shroud still has a PMA sticker on from Aero Fabricators. I think the rest of the exhaust is also from there. They do also offer a stainless PMA'd stacks....Leave a comment:
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It was my dad that had it made. It protects the edge of the windshield around the base to keep it from cracking. It still allows the windshield to float. I sent him dad's phone number in a private message.Leave a comment:
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I knew a fellow with a wooden leg that flew a T-Craft. He got in from the Right side and slid across.Leave a comment:
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It has a system similar to this, https://www.wagaero.com/engine-parts...stem-a-65.html
Except it has stainless pipes instead of mild steel....Leave a comment:
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I bought a Taylorcraft that needed the engine overhaul and annual inspection to get it back flying. It has Cub exhaust that likely been running on the airplane was restored several years ago. I want to make sure I have the paperwork in order, so I am not hanging myself out there when I sell it....Leave a comment:
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Scott, CFR part 43 appendix "A" list changes to the exhaust as a major alteration. That brings me back to needing an approval.Leave a comment:
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Most of the pre war planes had the fabric covered light weight doors. Only the 41 Deluxe had the heavy wooden doors that shut with a thud.Leave a comment:
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I called the FSDO, but they are closed with the government shutdown. Also the guy I would have liked to deal with retired last month. Not sure if there is anyone left with any common sense.Leave a comment:
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The airplane already has the exhaust, with the lower cowling made and cut to match. It has likely been on there and working fine for 20+ years. I would rather try and get it approved than spend the money to change it out.Leave a comment:
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Exhaust
Does anyone know of a 337 for the installation of a Piper Cub exhaust on a BC12-D?... -
Scott, I am talking about the 3/4" tab washers. I ordered some of the inboard washers that cover the screws from Skybound.Leave a comment:
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Marty, I would take them. It will buy me some time to find a source or have some made. I'm working on a few issues on this new plane I bought....Leave a comment:
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I don't know if this is helpful or not, but someone posted this not long ago.
https://vb.taylorcraft.org/forum/tay...2-landing-gearLeave a comment:
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In the old threads Josh posted about how many he had left. One of the last numbers I saw was 290, so I bet there is still plenty left....Leave a comment:
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Looking back through the old threads Tim Hicks also made some or had them made. Back then the thickness that was talked about was .090. I measured the thickness of one I had that the tang is knocked off of. Its thickness id .045....Leave a comment:
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