Dan Thomas

As if there are only ground connections in the system? Hardly. We once had a Champ that began to get hard to start. O-200 engine. All...

On what basis do you disagree? What about the fact that many thousands of 172s and other airplanes using the low-compression E-series...

As Bell says, if those bolts aren't properly torqued, that bellcrank will slam against them until they're cracked. If there's any...

I never came across that mechanism. Which carb had that?

Auto engines redline at 6000+ RPM. Aircraft engines redline at around 2700 or so, some more, some less. A 1500 RPM idle is not a big...

Chokes are not used because they have a tendency to ice up, like anything else in the carburetor bore. So we use the primer. Another...

If you're seeing 20W50 as thick as maple syrup just below freezing, you're not seeing 20W50, or you're a long way below freezing. The...

Exactly. This thread here...

Unless an investigation of the system from the battery to the starter for excessive voltage drop is performed, you're just throwing...

That works the best. If you put weight on that stab, it had better be over the aft spar. That's where the strength is. It's the forward...

Some aircraft, those with little vibration, use altimeters with an internal vibrator to keep things moving...

I suppose Boeing and Airbus will have to start installing wheel well liners to close off the areas that the wheel doesn't need. That...

The carb has been replaced with a new AVStar AV10-5217. The old Marvel carb had pretty excessive axial and radial play at the butterfly...

Yes. 100% humidity is found where the temp and dewpoint are the same. In the "do not use" chart they are ten degrees apart, a physical...

If the last strands broke, the alternator wouldn't be charging at all. The ammeter would show a steady discharge. More likely that...