Recent content by tsts4

Sounds like a good strategy. I was wondering how much of your plan was predicated on MOSAIC passing (and I'm fully in the I'll believe it when I see it camp--I have no skin in the game so it doesn't really matter to me if it's adopted or not, but I hope it is). It sounds like you're hedging...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Even new planes can have issues, but I get your meaning from a AD and/or airframe/engine age perspective. So are you actually going to start flight training and working on your certificate and possibly purchase a plane/kit or are you going to wait for a...

We'll I did say "tend" ;) Those aren't strobes in the video and there's no special reason for the pattern per se. They are dual landing lights that are setup to "wig-wag" which in E-ABs can be done a variety of ways depending on the installed equipment. The goal is to make the plane more...

Sad day for all of us....

I never said that. You are making assertions and assumptions with absolutely no data to back it up. You made a crap post got called out and are now resorting to Ad Hominem arguments which is typical of someone whose information is Wikipedia deep. if you’re gonna start lobbing spears you best...

That’s a non-answer. In other words, you aren’t backing up your supposition which makes your original comment worthless.

You’ve must not have been in aviation for very long. As a demographic, we tend to be more on the Type A side of the scale and are brutal on our critiques of fellow pilot’s ability and/or actions. No one here was belittling or conducting personal attacks on the pilot in question. If you feel...

Looks more than 10* to me. Too much energy in any RV is a recipe for float or in this guy's case enough for that bump to make him airborne which coupled with poor technique turned into a PIO.

No.

Are you getting a scorching great deal on this motor? Otherwise, I can't fathom why'd you pick an engine that's going to be harder to support than a Lycoming which can already burn MOGAS, has parts readily available, and anyone can work on it especially in an AOG scenario.

And then there's this classic PIO crash

So if you buy an already certificated/flying E-AB, you can't get the Repairman's Certificate for it unfortunately. You can still do 100% of the maintenance but an A&P (IA not required) will have to sign off on the annual condition inspection. However, if you were to buy an E-LSA, then you could...

Anecdotally new Lycomings are running 15-18+ months. I don’t think there’s much of a backlog for avionics as far as the boxes themselves go, but if you want someone to build the full panel for you then there’s some lead time involved but I don’t think it’s anything like engines. A solid used...

To be honest, I've never been to one because in my ignorance I didn't realize all the posts for Gastons, Rough River, etc over the years were POA fly-ins. Just never paid any attention to non-Osh/SnF event posts. Gonna have to re-think that strategy.

Ok. Go get your pilots certificate (whichever version you settle on), get your plane, fly for a year and report back with all your numbers open kimono and I’ll publicly sing your praises if you’re correct. Until then you can say what you want but it’s merely speculation on the part of a...