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  1. J

    Wanna build a 110 year old airplane?

    I think a Curtis headless pusher with an O-200 would be neat.
  2. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    Torso is always moving aft, not forward. You don't trip on the tire because your feet clear it (you can step on the tire if you wish, but it requires different footwork). It's far and away the easiest way to enter the back seat of a J3. Has worked for me for over fifty years.
  3. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    "On the Museum L3B, this is a shot; is the engine a C-75-12? Or appears to be? The case of a C-75 can be used on a A65 which Is called a A-65-14 which in the notes. The notes say that is equivalent to a -8. I guess it comes down to the logs of the C75. Most parts for the 75 are ok in the 65. I...
  4. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    My technique doesn't require a lot of flexibility or strength. It does require timing. Stand facing the cowl with your right fingertips on the prop, and your left hand holding the doorframe. Flip the prop, and as the engine fires, jump toward the rear of the plane, twisting your torso toward...
  5. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    I'm 5'-8", 220 lb, and 77 years old. I use an entry technique the locals call the "backwards flying butt leap" because of the way I do it, and no, it's not a joke.
  6. J

    "minimum" personal mobility device --ground and airmobile.

    Jedi, Google Patricia Jones-Bowman C-GXOT She switched her Nightingale design from a pterosaur emulation to a tandem wing dragonfly emulation. I don't think it went further than model stage.
  7. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    "but 50 years later, climbing into a Cub is not as easy as it used to be". Why is that? I too, have been flying Cubs for over 50 years, and it still takes less than two seconds from flipping the prop to strapping into the back seat. I can't think of an easier plane to enter.
  8. J

    "minimum" personal mobility device --ground and airmobile.

    "Sort of fitting for a discussion about dinosaurs, no?" Birds are dinosaurs, pterosaurs are not :-)
  9. J

    "minimum" personal mobility device --ground and airmobile.

    I haven't heard anything from Patricia in years. I hope she succeeded. She was a helluva pilot.
  10. J

    C-85-12 Mod on a Champ

    "Similar to overhauling the C65 with C75 parts often was not noted as changing to 75 HP". This confused me a bit. Continental never made a C65 engine (they did make an A65). But they did make both an A75 and a C75, so when you refer to putting C75 parts in a C65, are you actually referring to...
  11. J

    "minimum" personal mobility device --ground and airmobile.

    Yeah, I know. I'm actually JimC. Couldn't log in under that name after being away for several years due to forgotten password, so reregistered. I guess I'm a zombie too :-) I responded to that quoted post because of its mistaken impression that pterosaur flapping power was related to keel...
  12. J

    "minimum" personal mobility device --ground and airmobile.

    "Scientists can miss a lot when their faces get in the way. Lack of a keel bone and small ribcage means they did not flap their wings much but instead were mainly gliders". The first statement is true. The second, not so much. Pterosaurs powered their flight stroke quite differently from...
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