Recent content by 916Bob

I've been asked to keep my "speed up" as well as "maintain minimum safe speed", "slow 10kts", even do some "S turns". I've also been vectored or asked to 360 "for spacing", given an extended downwind, asked to "make short approach if able" and directed to fly "direct to numbers". There's lots of...

It's a Garmin VIRB XE... it captures all kinds of data which you can select from to show, and how it appears.

Where did you get the ball indicator you have mounted up top?

I changed mine last year. Timing was important but not difficult. You can't have mismatched numbers on the AC and plane. I did have to make an appointment to meet with someone at the local FSDO office. They wanted to know why I wanted to change the number. I was there a total of maybe 15...

Great scenery... thanks for posting. The greatest shortfall of the Garmin camera is the short battery life.

New wing ready for test flight...

It turned out that a seal in the strut failed during take off letting the nitrogen escape. That meant nothing was left to hold the plane up on the right side. It collapsed, or dropped until it was bottomed out, about 3 or more inches shorter than when properly suspended. I'm not sure if it was...

It's supposed to be the pitch angle but it doesn't ever seem to be very accurate.

I took my first aerobatics lesson in the Super D the other day. Still having trouble getting the stick all the way back but it was worse than usual with the parachute on. I took a video of the flight, or at least the part before the camera battery died. I really enjoyed it and found that...

I use a Ram suction mount legged to a standard GoPro mount, which also fits the Garmin.

The camera is a Garmin VIRB XE. It captures bunches of GPS and gyro based data that you can select to show using their editing software. Pretty cool stuff... I use it with my track cars too.

Thanks. The right strut was indeed collapsed. Don't know how or why and haven't heard anything from maintenance yet.

Thanks... and I'm with you. When the gear went down and showed three green, we didn't even have to vote. We landed.

The right strut was indeed collapsed. Don't know how or why and haven't heard anything from maintenance yet.