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  • D-Dubya
    D-Dubya reacted to rapid_ascent's post in the thread Jettisoning a canopy with Like Like.
    That pull strip should also reduce the number of people asking for rides too.:D
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    bifft replied to the thread Moving an 8.
    Was only from my house to the airport 11 miles away, but didn't have any problems. Tied it to the landing gear (with no fairings)...
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  • Utah-Jay
    Utah-Jay reacted to flymore's post in the thread Fuel Tank Testing with Like Like.
    Was thinking the same. 5 gal of fuel in the tank, then rotate around each side for 24hrs to spot leaks? Sounds reasonable.
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    esco replied to the thread Moving an 8.
    To Dan’s point, lots of ways to do this, and the damage risk -loading, securing, unloading- is very controllable. In a former life, I...
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    bifft reacted to Ironflight's post in the thread What’s next? with Like Like.
    FInd a young person in your area who wants to build and needs a mentor. You get to build (with someone else’s money), you get to pass on...
  • rocketman1988
    rocketman1988 replied to the thread Fuel Tank Testing.
    Yep, that's where I am at; nothing other than gas is going in the tanks. Years ago, we tried to get the water out of a boat fuel tank...
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    bifft reacted to Ironflight's post in the thread A Quick Trip to Vegas….. with Like Like.
    I had to run down to a little airpark just west/southwest of Las Vegas to do a quick aircraft inspection today. I left home in the...
  • jarheadatunm
    jarheadatunm reacted to Ironflight's post in the thread A Quick Trip to Vegas….. with Like Like.
    I had to run down to a little airpark just west/southwest of Las Vegas to do a quick aircraft inspection today. I left home in the...
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    bentlr posted the thread Emergency screw jack fits rv3 thru rv9 in General Discussion.
    The issues I had to design into the jack was: if the tire would be flat, off the rim, or just low which involves different length pipe...
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  • jarheadatunm
    jarheadatunm replied to the thread Jettisoning a canopy.
    Interesting topic. I've thought about this and came to the conclusion that it's not going to come off in any manner that makes for a...
  • flymore
    flymore replied to the thread Fuel Tank Testing.
    Was thinking the same. 5 gal of fuel in the tank, then rotate around each side for 24hrs to spot leaks? Sounds reasonable.
  • Utah-Jay
    Utah-Jay posted the thread General Vans Questions for the -15 repeat offenders in RV-15.
    #1 What is the situation for seats, is it just a seat frame like I had for my Bearhawk and I source the actual cushions? I used Sport...
  • flymore
    flymore reacted to Utah-Jay's post in the thread Fuel Tank Testing with Like Like.
    Based on reading this thread I will be just putting AvGas in the tank to test it.
  • N40ES
    N40ES reacted to lr172's post in the thread Oil On The Belly/Over Filling with Wow Wow.
    10 qts is way too much. not sure exactly what level it starts to blow out, but i never have more than 5.5 qts in my 540.
  • anthonycroberts
    anthonycroberts reacted to Estevanb's post in the thread G4X: Connecting the Dots with Haha Haha.
    Looks like title changed on Garmin website ;)
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