rodsmith
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Last Activity: Today, 11:08 AM
Joined: 09-26-2013
Location: Crawford, CO
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Finally painted my floor boards with Stewarts acrylic metallic grey. Supposed to be pretty tough. I had made the floor boards a few years ago but was...Last edited by rodsmith; 05-26-2020, 05:38 PM. -
I watched the video again and noticed in the still shots of the engine uncowled that it has cold air induction. Appears to come that way from the factory....Last edited by rodsmith; 05-25-2020, 09:44 AM.Leave a comment:
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Can't help with the repair, if it was a big bird you are lucky it wasn't a lot worse. My uncle was landing at night, coincidentlay also a PA-32, heard...Leave a comment:
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Does the IO580 gain the extra displacement by longer stroke or larger bore diameter? It's not hard to boost a parallel valve 540 to 300 HP, so I bet an...Leave a comment:
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Excellent video with great information, thanks for the effort to do this.Leave a comment:
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I'm assuming the landing gear legs are longer to maintain a similar deck angle to the 4-place?Leave a comment:
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Longer arm between the wing and tail.Leave a comment:
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If you had asked that 10 days ago I could have weighed my gear for you. I had them off for painting the fuselage. Surprised I didn't think to do that... -
Phil Johnson was the builder that used aux tanks the same size as the mains. I don't know if he consulted with Bob on that or not. If interested in that...Leave a comment:
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Thanks for the great information Jared. Even though this is not a plane I need at this stage in my life, I find it very exciting. I can just imagine it...Leave a comment:
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I am in the market also. I have over 500 hours hours in a Maule but that was over 20 years ago, I really feel the need to put 100 hours in a tail dragger...Leave a comment:
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Hi Zach, don't overlook the Companion, same size as the 4-place but 2 seat only and limited to 4 cyl engines and 2200# gross. I grew up outside of Oakfield...Leave a comment:
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Great solution. I learn so much from other builders....Leave a comment:
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This is just awesome. I want to see someone put a M14P on it. Some boot cowl modifications and maybe extend the gear a couple inches should be all it...Leave a comment:
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I'm quite surprised and very disappointed....Leave a comment:
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