I haven't lived at 5,000 with my plane, but have made at least a few landings/take offs at high density altitudes. When I did I was really glad I had an O-200 with electronic ignition. The EI really s

On kind of the spur of the moment, I headed east to the Rough River canard fly-in in Kentucky. Am I glad I did! I ran into the usual suspects and a bunch of other friends. I don't know the official co

Nice report, Jim. What do you have for IFR equipment in your Q-200? What kind of weather do you feel comfortable with? Sam

What the? I checked out the photos. Jim has indeed posted a couple photos of my installation. Ugly aren't they? That's why I'm not in any danger of winning a workmanship award. A lot of the cracks see

John, You will like Jim P. Besides having built a beautiful airplane that has excellent ground handling characteristics, he has a lot of aviation experience and knows what he is talking about. Like yo

Did you guys see this? http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2321 From: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/976-full.html

I know this video doesn't relate directly to our group, but I think there may be some useful technology here which we might adapt. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/2e542035-df1e-4972-8995-e536dfa3e5

You guys blew it. Sam

Alan, please contact me off-line. I have some performance run information. Sam

Jon, I had the exact same thing happen to me about 5 years ago. I had to get a ride 100 miles home, pick up a new caliper and return and replace it. I don't know exactly what happened, but that was be

Read what the FAA has to say. AC 43.13 : *http://tinyurl.com/23d44f *Look at Chapter 9, Section 2, para 9-25. It's all relevant. Regards, Sam Hoskins Murphysboro, IL* *

FYI- I ran in a little race this weekend, the Memphis 100<http://sportairrace.org/id153.html>. Took first place in the Sprint class - took second and third, for that matter. The Sprint class is for ai

All, At Oshkosh this year, I sat in on a Vari-Eze engine efficiency forum held by Terry Schubert <http://www.ez.org> and Gary Hertzler. One of the cool things they showed was "ghost images" of an engi

I wish it was my idea, but yes, it is cool. Say a guy was getting ready to have some exhaust stacks made up. He could use this technique and focus a little more on the area in question and see where h

This is not good: http://www.precisionairmotive.com/pr-carbdiscon.htm November 1, 2007 Precision Airmotive LLC has discontinued sales of all float carburetors and component parts as of November 1, 200

Yes. The manufacturer of the MA3-SPA carb. And yes, there are thousands of used carbs out there that can be rebuilt by A&Ps and by certified repair stations, so we can get by in the short term. But, w

You can sign me up for a quart. Have you tried Aviall? They are are one of the biggest parts dealers in the world. Sam Hoskins

Re your comment: "I am inclined to "build" the exterior BL 100-51) *to center section (BL 51-0)* on a flat surface - let the micro dry. Then take the two completed wings and butter up the center (at B

It ain't broke. Don't fix it. Do the big lay-ups per plans and you will be fine. Sam Hoskins Murphysburger, IL

I'm taken, thank you. Actually, this shows how good spam filters have gotten. We rarely get these stupid ad anymore, obviously, this one slipped through. Sam Hoskins