I like what Chris says. Do what works for you. Don't add extra pressure, I also had a good pilot friend on the field and that was it. I prohibited my wife from coming to the airport for my first fligh

All good points, Simon. The duration of my first flight was originally intended to be about 15-20 minutes, but I took off with enough fuel to go quite a bit longer. Any indicator that would demand a q

Great note, Chris. Really like it. I did about the same thing on my first flight. Long runway (10,000 feet), stayed in ground effect to build speed and also in case I wanted to put it back down again

Glad you and your plane were not damaged, Jim! Very lucky break to be on “home” turf more-or-less when that happened. I hope you can get things repaired and the issue remedied soon. Before I changed t

Hi Robert. Just curious why you chose a break away tailwheel. With such a light load on the tail, seems like you can just lift it up to position it. Cheers, Jay

Sorry Bruce is right Rulon J is right not Rulon J. Shouldn’t need to machine the outboard bushings, but may want to freeze for easier insertion. Cheers, Jay

I milled out and reinforced (with uni glass on the outside of the phenolic parts) only for the inboard bushings, but the outboard bushings are direct replacements of the aluminum. Identical size is av

The bushings you are thinking of are Rulon. These were first used by Bob Farnam and I think Jim Patillo. Bob had the idea because he engineered manufacturing line components, such as conveyor belt sys

Ok. There are too many famous celebrities coming for me not to bring my autograph book! I have made my hotel reservation in “High Ground”. Of course, I will have to do a little wishful thinking for th

Good to hear from you, Jon. Here was the most annoying part of flying that slow. The chart below shows the RPM and Pitch plotted when flying level at 7750’ DALT. I had to hold steady at the pitch (dec

Went up into the western Colorado spring atmosphere this beautiful morning. It was a nice day and 11 degrees C at takeoff. Our little airport (10CO) now has a fully repaired runway and taxiways, so no

Thought about that, Mike. Then I thought, if you ever need to remove it (other than replacing the bolt), it probably means you are replacing the tailspring also, so it could just be drilled out. Cheer

Hi Robert, Keep in mind that the reinforced tailspring will not be machine-tolerance symmetrical, so the milled-out tailwheel assembly will not fit exactly around the circumference of the spring. You

I really like your set-up Chris. Very clean and all things considered. Nice. Cheers, Jay

The answer is yes. The forward face of the firewall is FS 14. Every point aft of this is 14 plus the measurement from the forward face. The firewall should be vertical when WL’s are level/horizontal.

Hi Dave, Thanks for the update! Cheers, Jay

Great pics, Dave. We are all waiting patiently to hear (as Paul Harvey used to say) “the rest of the story”. When does Roddy get back from his hula hibernation? Cheers, Jay

Hi Chris, Does it handle differently on that permafrost/tundra surface? 😉 Cheers, Jay

BTW, Mike, if you rub this with some acetone, it will make it nice and shiney and remove the “tooling marks”. Cheers, Jay

Very nice, Mike. I think you have started a new industry. Have you flown it yet? Cheers, Jay