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  • DeWalt 20VMAX Heated Jacket

    Anyone ever use one of these for winter flying? It's about $200 but looks built really well and does come with the battery and charger. Are there better systems? I'm not a big fan of the 12volt systems that draw power from the 912UL.

  • Fastening the power wire to the Light & the pant

    In this photo, the wheel pant is upside down, and we are looking in to where the wheel would be.  The rear of...the left side. What you see in this over-exposed cell phone photo is the grey power...

  • Runway Centerline / Displaced Threshold

    The green is the threshold.  We were simulated power out here-- damn good glide-- I had to slip it to get in.  Neat watching the white moving light flash the way home.  

  • Dwarfed by the vast desert

    Two trikes on the Ivanpah dry lake, near Primm Nevada. In the background you can see what is called ISEGS (pronounced Ice Eggs). I giant array of three "power tower" concentrating mirror fields.

  • Max Spiral Nose Down Angle

    Yesterday I tried to get as high pitch angle down in a spiral as I could to test out actual spiral angles. No power...

  • Engine off landing practice at N57 on 4-6-14

    With no GA traffic on Sunday evening, I had to practice a few engine off landings.  In this case I cut power on down wind for several landings.  I am a big believer in the importance of practicing engine off landings quite often.

  • Sunseeker Duo

    The Duo has a big but not inordinately so wingspan of 22 meters.  At just over 600 pounds empty weight, it...n 1500 solar cells on the wings and tail, the Sunseeker Duo can put out 25kW of power...

  • My New Aircraft

    Hey Guys, FINALLY!!!!! got my new Skyper airworthied  in Tucson on November 11th.  Had to fly off...aluma.   With the BioniX 13 wing and 100 hp Rotax engine it has great power...

  • Close up: Fastening the power wire to the Light

    At the blue arrow, I attached a zip tie to an oval piece of rubber I cut.  The rubber is basically a washer I cut to place under the bolt and washer of the LED st...

  • My route to LZRU

    This is my route from our "airfield" near Gajary vilage to LZRU airport Ružomberok. After took off at first I flew via CTR LZMC (military) next between atomic power...