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    Storm Wrecks Aircraft, Buildings At Mesa Airport

    I am based there. City hangers have roller doors and probably 30% came off their tracks and either fell outward or are leaning against the airplane inside. The WW2 hangers were refurbished about 5 years ago and lost most of their roofs. Some steel buildings that were being leased lost most of...
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    Engine swap c90 vs o-200

    I had a Christavia with an O-200 and it performed about the same as a Champ with a C-85.(IIRC, the Christavia was about 920 lbs empty). It "worked" but certainly not "over powering". I purchased and rebuilt an O-320 but never installed it as I think the only right way would be to move the fuel...
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    Taylor Monoplane and large pilots

    I had one (made up to look like a miniature Spitfire, IIRC it was "SN 1" because it was built form the first plans set in the late 1960's) for a few years in the 1990's. Had an A-75 w/o electrical system on it with about 10 lbs in the tail for CG so was very heavy but sprightly in takeoff and...
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    Things you see from the road.....

    I finished a plans built Bearhawk LSA about a year ago and have it hangared at Falcon. We should meet up sometime as there probably aren't too many home builders in AJ
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    control cable shackles

    Double post
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    control cable shackles

    I used a pair of .062" 4130 outer plates with appropriate length tube spacers to separate them and AN3 bolts/self locking nuts in place of shackles for most of the control cable connections on my LSA(picture a roller chain master link). It allowed me to "adjust" overall cable length if needed by...
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    Things you see from the road.....

    Regarding the J-5, Pacer, and Pitts, I stopped and talked a bit with the owner. Interesting storyteller but unfortunately the projects were priced well above value(IIRC, over $20K for a J-5 project with a non-documented cover job)
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    Any Christavia MK-1 builders out there?

    I see you are in Scottsdale. I just purchased a recently completed MK1 and am based at FFZ if you would like to see it.
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