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  1. PTAirco

    Aviation related music.

    Even though the movie was set in Brazil, it was all filmed in Colombia.
  2. PTAirco

    Sky-Tec manual C12ST2/S

    Having a persistent oil leak of on a C-85 from the starter and it's not the starter/engine gasket. Seem to be the starter itself. Does anyone have a manual or drawings for the insides of the Sky-Tec C12ST2/S starter? I seem to have used up my Google-Fu and there's nothing out there. You'd...
  3. PTAirco

    Where do you look for land Online ?

    Landwatch.com
  4. PTAirco

    Parts Wanted Richard Bach - Travels with Puff

    It's one of his books I don't like! Biplane, Illusions and Nothing by chance are his best.
  5. PTAirco

    Low & slow CA to Oshkosh

    Yes, that that's the plan. We're all altitude challenged.
  6. PTAirco

    Low & slow CA to Oshkosh

    I'm trying to add more people to our proposed trip from southern CA to Oshkosh this year. I will be in my Aeronca L3, there will be one or two Chiefs, probably a very slow modified Super Cub so far. Any other slow aircraft would be welcome to join us. Aeroncas , Taylorcrafts (yes, I know they...
  7. PTAirco

    How to sell my aircraft...?

    Barnstormers.com has been my first choice for buying and selling for years. Post lots of good pictures. Expect cheapskates and tire kickers, but that is true for any advertising medium you use. Cash talks. If they offer some weird form of payment or arrangement, hang up. Airplane doesn't...
  8. PTAirco

    Pre-buy on sub $30k aircraft?

    If I sell an airplane, I make sure it's safe and legal and I'd be happy to put my soft, pink flesh in it. I'll put a fair price on it. And you'd be welcome to get someone to do a pre-buy on it. If there is a genuine safety concern found, I will fix it. The price will stay the same. But if you...
  9. PTAirco

    Bill of Materials for my Fuel System Plumbing

    My IA friend once was asked to figure out why a customer's Flybaby just wasn't making full power. After scratching his head he looked at the plumbing: the builder had used just about every type of AN fitting in existence with lots of junctions, 90 degree elbows and carefully bent tubing to clear...
  10. PTAirco

    Bill of Materials for my Fuel System Plumbing

    I've often looked at fuel systems when taking apart and repairing airplanes and marveled at the needless complexity and cost. As an "airplane" it is deemed mandatory to use complicated bent bits of tubing and multiple AN fittings etc. Each one of which is potential leak and I've yet to take...
  11. PTAirco

    Masters of the Air TV series

    My usual gripe is pleasant 60 decibel cockpit environment. I've only seen clips so far. In one which the pilot appears to be giving full left rudder in a serious crosswind landing where the wind is clearly coming from the left... Yeah, I like to nitpick, but why do they even bother with...
  12. PTAirco

    Aeroncas at Oshkosh

    I'm sure all plans will fall apart the minute we set out, but Las Cruces is a planned stop, yes. I'm hoping to stop at Tucumcari, either on the way out or back; My L3 was based there during the war, likely used to train glider pilots. The military only put 400 hours on it before selling it...
  13. PTAirco

    Aeroncas at Oshkosh

    I'm sure you'd be welcome.
  14. PTAirco

    Aeroncas at Oshkosh

    It's the year of the Aeronca at Oshkosh. We got 100 special spots lined up and apparently I am No 90. I'm sure if more than 100 show up, they'll squeeze them in somewhere. Anyone else bringing their Airknocker? I'm planning to to take my L3 along with a couple of other Chiefs, Southern...
  15. PTAirco

    Human CG position relative to seat

    Just to add fuel to the fire: I just found some old work boots in my hangar and put them on; they must weigh three pounds a piece! That will throw off a seated humans CG.
  16. PTAirco

    Simulators

    What I don't get is that, of all the things you could simulate, they choose the single most boring and tedious form of flying there is, airliners.
  17. PTAirco

    British air museums?

    Shuttleworth, Duxford and Hendon are my personal top 3. The first two I visit every year. Last year I hag my first flight in a Tiger Moth at Old Warden (home of the Shutlleworth collection) . A truly magical place and a working airfield, not just a museum, with regular display days not to be...
  18. PTAirco

    Becker 720B wiring

    I did find this, but no indication of which pin is No1. There is a convention that Centronics employs to determine pin numbers, but I have no idea if Dittel used the same. Counting from the wrong end of the connector, means power would flow the wrong direction . Possibly resulting in magic...
  19. PTAirco

    Becker 720B wiring

    Ah, you're right; Dittel. Also defunct, now Funke. Mine has a two row, 14 pin connector. The manual for the A shows 14 pins in a single row. so not a lot of help there, except by trial and error to determine in which order they count the pins on the B model. Trial and error tends to blow up...
  20. PTAirco

    Becker 720B wiring

    Ah, it seems the A and B have the same wiring . I do have the A model diagram , but if anyone has the manual for the B I would still like to compare it before I blow it up accidentally.
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