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  1. Mark Schoening

    Flying illegally!

    Used to live Little town with grass strip, very rural. On a nice sunny Sun morning, a joke was played - somebody mentioned the FAA was coming . It's said you could see hanger doors slamming shut all up and down the flight line, and a steady stream of guys headed for the local restaurant (on the...
  2. Mark Schoening

    Who here has no need/intention to add ADS-B OUT?

    Low and slow Zenith Cruzer......decided to install xponder, so I installed an Stratus ESG. Built in approved GPS and ADSB out. Done. Resale value up slightly?
  3. Mark Schoening

    Picking a Plane

    Pick the plane that satisfies MOST of your requirements. (750 SD?) #1 OK, except the 700 miles...rent a plane for long trips? #2 OK #3 OK #4 OK #4 Nope.......Storage for what? Months at a time, or just when not flying? Hanger is the only way to go. Open the door, pull out, check, and go...
  4. Mark Schoening

    Why do so many builders cleco EVERY hole?

    I drill every hole undersized, then to the #40 or #30, or whatever size needed. I cleco every hole when drilling for accuracy.. After the holes are done then every 3-4th hole for assembly. I'm not in that much of a hurry even though I'm old.....
  5. Mark Schoening

    What is your dream warbird?

    My Favorite....One that I could afford to fly once a month?
  6. Mark Schoening

    Drill sizes

    Your local hardware store probably has a SET of Numbered drill bits. I bought one for a "master set" and then ordered the bits needed from an aircraft tool supplier. On occasion, I've used sizes I did not bulk order and that set was handy. While pulled rivets will "fill the hole" , I'd go by...
  7. Mark Schoening

    OK which one of us did this?

    Fly inverted....510 ft "below your wheels"
  8. Mark Schoening

    Does this aircraft have any use?

    Perhaps a nod to old age or senility, (or stiff body joints), I built and sold an RV -9, now I'm building a Zenith cruzer…...so much easier, these low, slow, easy to build, and simple airplanes....
  9. Mark Schoening

    How wide for a side-by-side?

    The 47 inch cabin in a Navion is really comfortable. Social distancing, ya know!
  10. Mark Schoening

    Oshkosh Memories

    Ah the 2018 campgrounds...fun. fun, fun!
  11. Mark Schoening

    Making a firewall

    My last build, an RV-9, I used this to pad my Van's supplied SS firewall. FIREWALL 2000 CERAMIC BLANKET - 24 INCH WIDTH | Aircraft Spruce Placed it on the engine side.....Had very little heat transfer through the fire wall....Noise , couldn't tell, nothing to compare to, but I felt safer.....
  12. Mark Schoening

    Making a firewall

    You might also consider a firewall with galvanized on engine side, a flange, fluted or notched, with a layer of fibrefrax paper and a very thin piece of thin aluminum on the passenger side for the protection of the fiberfrax, all riveted together. (high temp ceramic paper) Extra protection, a...
  13. Mark Schoening

    Still breathing!

    N. Wisconsin pretty much covid 19 free....widely scattered single cases. I'm retired so no layoff or job worries for me. I stock 6 months of canned and dry goods and rely on store just for fresh stuff. Stores are well supplied, no shortages, so far. People in this area a above average in age...
  14. Mark Schoening

    "Thrust"

    Can you point us to the product info that is tilting our Bogosity Meters? Well, a well known advertiser that uses "almost new" honda engines and advertises a lot on the Zenith builders FB page....NOT that I have any problem with Jan's product, but mainly a hanger roundtable discussion about...
  15. Mark Schoening

    "Thrust"

    Thank You all for the thoughtful replies....some of which are waaay out of my comfort zone....:fear: Be kind in face of my lack of math skills. My basic question, Example: Given a zenith 750 with a 150 hp lyc engine swinging a xyz prop, will a auto conversion engine of 150 hp with a...
  16. Mark Schoening

    "Thrust"

    I notice some engine conversions claim more "thrust" with their engines. I always thought that with a given prop, a true 100 hp engine, of any type, would only swing that prop a certain max rpm. Allowing for a given exact same HP engine, say, 100 hp either direct drive or with a reduction unit...
  17. Mark Schoening

    Famous Last Words....

    "Did you hear that?....Wha? I didn't hear anything"...……..
  18. Mark Schoening

    Famous Last Words....

    They told me they topped it off.....
  19. Mark Schoening

    Artificial Horzion

    Ah, one evening I and several other pilots standing around the "cooler" were speculating as to the flying abilities of a chicken...His mundane life at 10 ft or below....We decided to "help' a chicken experience the freedom of flight above his normal ceiling. Next day we procured the "lucky"...
  20. Mark Schoening

    What aircraft do you guys think were designed "perfect" from the outset?

    Cherokee ...You can read a newspaper on final...….
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