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  • Firesleeves or No Firesleeves, that is the quesion

    Hi all,   I was reading up on Rotax 912 engin...e picture of an engine with firesleeve on it's fuel lines. (The firesleeve is orange i...ve picture, there is no firesleeve on the fuel lines running to the carbs? Are th...

  • Nav Flight App for Android... PPGps!

      I was introduced to this app today for android. Has anyone used it?...p://www.ppgps.info/PPGpS.aspx   I especially like the real time on line tracking, and the ability to...

  • Common Dog 01

    "Common Dog" ... 01 Welcome to "Com...mally marked with yellow cone marker. The Centreline?.... This is one of the most...rtant marker on any airfield. As a pilot, the centreline gives you all the landing inf...

  • Ken and the Weedhopper

    ...tled in about 100ft behind him just above the dust, doing ok till some power-lines whipped past a few feet below me. that got my attention, i promptly backed off power and landed. ken stopped and...

  • Acceleration: əksĕlərā'shən (Not flying related (well sort of)-- but cool as hell)

    ...s the Lingenfelter twin turbo powered Z06 Corvette performance in...h Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stoc...engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's s...ions under load.  The redline is actually quite high at 9,50...

  • Rotax two stroke reliability reveled

    There is an industry stigma that Rotax 2 stroke engines 503/582 are not as reliable...ATURES Warm the engine up. If you go to takeoff power with a cold engine, it create...and gearbox may not be properly heated for takeoff powe...

  • Mark Gibbo Gibson

    I just learned that trike pioneer and topless wing builder Mark Gibson died this morn...o longer with us. Mark Gibson died this morning after crashing his trike into a line of trees following an engine...

  • Incident Report

    ...ing for the flight which consisted of:Outline of flightWhite board exerciseA...sked the student to add a small amountof power. There was an over correction of power. However this was quickly ta...e wheels. We were airborne again but not lined up on the runway. I asked ag...

  • Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?

    ...a Just Aircraft Superstol lost power. The pilot initiated a forced...iper Tripacer lost and regained power three times at approximately...landing, the 206 struck a power lines. Fortunately, no one was hurt...ing, the airplane collided with power pole, power lines, and then the ground. The ai...

  • What is Part 103 and why have a separate group for ULs?

    So what is Part 103?  In the USA in 1982 the FAA initially define Federal...ng speed of 55 knots (63mph, 102kph) with max power in level flight maximum power-off stall speed of 24 knots (...flying styles from true soaring platforms to powe...