Recent content by Croomrider

My Bo has tip tanks. You can't select them, there is a small pump on each side which has to be activated to pump to the main on that side. If you didn't plan ahead and pump them long before needing the fuel, you'd be screwed!

I fly up and down that coast fairly often. I have an A36, and my plan on an engine out and not near an airport is to ditch gear up in the water. If he had done this the water in the intercoastal waterway is only 2 miles west of KCLW, is fairly calm protected water, and there are plenty of lights...

I'm based out of Brooksville. I've only landed at CLW once. It is hard to see in the daytime, I can understand difficulty at night. KCLW is only about a mile NW of KPIE's airspace and also only about a mile West of the 1200ft shelf of the Tampa Bravo. However, I assume since he had been IFR he...

I bought an RV8A in Bend and flew it back to Brooksville FL in 2015. It was October and the weather was mostly good. I only had to go to 11,500 once on the I-80 Crossing of the Rocky Mtns. The airports I stopped at were as follows: KBND, KJER, KRKS,KGCK, KRUE, KDYA, KBKV. Spent 2 nights In...

Since the elevator trim was nose down, wouldn't that become more neutral as the plane gained speed in the dive? That should make the force to overcome it less, right?

I was recently instructed after landing, at out class D airport, to do a 180 on the runway and back taxi to the approach end because there was a helicopter landing on the parallel taxiway.

The guy in the video didn't follow what the controllers were wanting him to do. They wanted a tight pattern and a short approach, and if nobody was already landing in front of you you were supposed to land on the last DOT. From this direction, the Green dot. This guy landed on the green dot, but...

My wife and I both had the Pfizer. Sore arms for both shots, that's it!

When you take off, keep a closer eye than normal on your ASI. If you use outside clues it will look like you are going much faster than you really are. Especially when you turn crosswind or downwind.

I'm running a mini-4 cellular. I don't remember the memory, but it wasn't the smallest available at the time. The mini form factor is better for in cockpit mounting IMHO. I would get the mini-5 now but haven't felt the need to upgrade yet. I do like the cellular for the ability to easily update...

The few times I have been on FF going between Tampa and Orlando they have wanted me at or below 3500, even if I started higher. This was not inside either Bravo.

I now fly an A36 Bonanza. I rarely do touch and goes but did a few recently. If you can do a go around safely, you should be able to do a touch and go. I configure at least by final for prop and mixture full forward to be prepared for a go around so the plane should still be able to fly just as...

As a freshly minted PPL with 63 hours, and an additional 5 hours of transition training in an RV, I bought an RV-8A in Bend Oregon and flew it back across country to Tampa Florida. It was one of the best adventures I've ever had in my life. I had flight planned mostly for the southern route, but...

I've flown down a beach at 50 feet before in an RV, but there were no people boats or structures within 500 feet!

Maybe not so much if you're having to ditch near them! :>)