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  1. N8053H

    Twin Engine airplane crashed In Rochester Illinois

    This just happened at 3 pm. The airplane came from Huntsville AL. I can not find a link to this but it is all over our local news. Three dead including a dog. All an board who died.
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    KR2 Lands on road

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/viral/watch-plane-make-emergency-landing-on-busy-street/vi-AAFc9IA?ocid=spartanntp
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    Baffling your VW engine

    From my understanding the baffling on a VW engine and maybe others is of a pressured type. Meaning you want to trap the air with as little pressure lose as posible. Should one draw fresh air or cooling air for things like the mags and gascolater or whatever from the baffling. Should this air be...
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    Problem with my Radio.

    Has anyone dealt with something like this or know where to look to solve this problem. This is a Icom A-6 radio with PPT button and aviation headset. When I push the PPT button I get a squeal through the heatset. A buddy told me he could hear this through his radio. But if I push the transmitt...
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    Repairing a Fiberglass fuel tank

    A buddy approached me yesterday and asked if I would help him repair his fiberglass fuel tank. I told him I would ask here for the proper way to fix his tank. It is leaking around the fuel shut off valve. This is held in with a rubber grommet. I told him that I would use a medal or aluminum...
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    A bouncing MP Gauge

    My 1/2 vw had a steady needle on the vacuum gauge or MP gauge. The first time I flew my full vw I noticed this gauge or needle was bouncing so hard I could not read it. I questioned this and was told it's caused by a cheap gauge. In the automotive would a jumping needle on a vacuum gauge is a...
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    High oil temps on rebuilt engine

    The first run of my engine after being redone is yeilding high oil temps. I did do some high speed taxing going down my 3/4 mile runway four times. Oil temps when I shut down were at or approaching 250 degree's. Scott from Hummel who did the work is stumped. This must be an installation issue or...
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    Adjusting valves, what gives?

    We all know the procedure for adjusting valves. Bring up to top dead center on compression and make adjustments. On the engine I have if you then rotate the crank to were the intake is open and then check the exhaust valve clearance, this exhaust valve has a huge gap. I have not measured it but...
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    Hydraulic Brakes for bicycles, These would be nice on small aircraft.

    Anyone every thought of using something like this on a small aircraft? Something like the legal eagle in size and weight. This was pointed out to me the other day that today bicycles are going with hydraulic brakes. I thought I would share and see if anyone has indeed tried using these...
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    My elevator makes my airplane fly faster. My throttle makes my airplane climb

    After having an airplane with in cockpit trim I see this does indeed happen. Amazing how it works. Tony
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    Changing a screen name.

    Is there some way to change my screen name. I traded my airplane N8053H for a bicycle. Because of this, this screen name does not work for me. Never in my life would I have thought I would have gotten rid of that airplane. But I did. Tony
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    Stepped back in time. Hilvety Airport.

    Flew into a small strip today for lunch. This group does this the last Saturday of every month in the spring, summer and fall. They invite anyone who would like to come. Even though only a few come they still do this. Please if you are in the central Illinois area fly in for lunch. Leave a small...
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    Spinner 12 inch for vw 4 1/4 bolt pattern.

    This spinner fits the vw engine with the 4 1/4 inch bolt pattern. Payment by Paypal. Contact me for info. I will ship for free. $200.00 Tony
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    Low oil pressure. What is the fix.

    Like the title says. All other things being in good working order, with all tolerances meeting specs. Meaning the main bearings are good or mic correctly and all other parts falling within these specs. Why would oil pressure be low? I am speaking of the full VW engine. No other engine. I know...
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    Lets talk exhaust pipes.

    My engine like most has two two into one pipes. Or one on each side. Each pipe is 1 1/5 inch going into one collector. What does the size of this collector need to be. Will a 1 1/2 inch collector work? In everything I know in the auto world this would be a bottle neck or reduce HP do to lack of...
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    When using a mag, How many rotate their spark plugs?

    Like the title says. How many rotate their spark plugs in order. Say your firing order is 1234 like my vw. How many will take the number one spark plug and move it to the number two spot and so on, number two in the number three spot ect... This is not about swapping lower plugs for upper...
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    Inexpensive camera's

    Just as the title says. If you know of a good inexpensive not cheap camera post it here. The go-pro series of camera's in my opinion are over priced. You can find almost as nice of camera's for a fraction of the go-pro. I can by a lot of fuel from what I saved by buying this instead of a go-pro...
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    Flying on a efoil

    I had to share this.
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    Gascolator

    After using this style gascolator and looking it over very good. This style gascolator needs some work or attention before installing on the airplane. I along with others have reported problems using these gascoltors out of the box so to speak. The first thing I did not like was the use of a...
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    Powering one's hangar by Solar Power

    Seeing how some hangars at little grass strips do not have power like mine. I was wondering what everyone is using for power beside generators. If you have a solar system installed, please share your installation and any advice you may have for those just starting out with this like myself. I...
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