Recent content by kmacht

Airplanes can be built anywhere. I know one guy who built a Xenos including the wings in a small 3 story townhouse in the city. With that said, if you want to finish the plane then build it somewhere where you walk by it every day. Those who actually finish a build rarely are the ones whose...

I never said the government should be completely hand off. You are the one that is insinuating that from my comment about the unnecessary buerocracy that the FAA brings. Do you really think they are not over reaching at times? How about the 737 max for example. The rules the FAA set forced...

Short flight from those two airports is block island. Lots of fun for a day trip to land there, rent some bicycles and explore for the day.

Northeast? Maybe a little long but there are plenty of hiking trails and things to do between Vermont and New Hampshire and plenty of small airports to park the plane at. Upstate New York is also pretty nice that time of year. Look into the Lake George area. A little further south there is...

Actually yes, I am comparing the two as far as the FAA is concerned. There are other government agencies that already deal with the regulation of high explosives and when, where and how they can be used. The FAA is much deeper into the business of SpaceX and others well beyond just the simple...

It seems to be working fine in the experimental aircraft world.

What extra work? All the unnecessary paperwork and certifications? Other than clearing the airspace for launch, what exactly does the FAA provide that is value added to a SpaceX launch?

He about an arduino based engine monitor? Something simple that can measure CHT/EGT/Oil temp/Oil Pressure sensors. A cheap and simple monitor would be great for simple experimental and ultralights and the arduino seems like an ideal platform for measuring and displaying simple sensors.

The article was about a SEMA show 10 years ago. Has anything been done with the truck since? Many of the builds for SEMA are just pure show cars to catch attention and can’t actually be driven.

We had a 2002 Yukon xl before this one. If you look at the two model years you will see the rockers aren’t as exposed so they don’t tend to rust out as fast on the 2010. The bottom of the door mostly covers and protects them. I check the frame and anything structural or suspension related...

Stop running it through the carwash in the winter. All that salt just gets jammed up into the drain holes and any crevice in the metal it can find and stays there. I live in the rusty northeast in a state that sprays the road with rust forming nasty chemicals every time there is even a hint of...

I'm pretty sure that the two cashiers could not read minds so yes, it's a pretty safe bet that if you dont actually talk you won't get an answer.

Only one way to know for sure. Staying silent and complaining about it later to a bunch of random people online not connected in any way to the store certainly isn’t going to get anything done.

I’m not denying that bad service didn’t exist but some of your complaints are on you for not actually speaking up. If you had a question on an item you should have said something before they rang it up. If you had a question about your water you should have asked instead of just leaving. A...

If you are handy and the existing frames are in good shape, doing replacement window inserts yourself is really a pretty simple task. I did our previous house and it took less than an hour a window to do from start to finish. Now, if you have things like large bay or picture windows I would...