Recent content by Domenick

Did the OP only hear "click, click, click?" I know that is what was reported, but sometimes reporting is incomplete. I've had one bout of "click, whir." Spraying the crap out of the bendix with brake cleaner did provide a temporary fix. So did bumping the starter just after shutdown when the...

San Juans are gorgeous. For a day trip, fly into Friday Harbor and walk into town. For an overnight, fly or ferry to Friday Harbor and stay at Friday Harbor House if you can get reservations. You could also drive to Anacortes and take the ferry from there.

Could also be a gunked up starter bendix. Very common with the OEM starters. Proper remedy is to pull the starter and clean the gunk or replace the bendix. Common remedy is to spray the crap out of the bendix with brake cleaner to soften, liquefy, and drip out the gunk. Let the brake cleaner...

I few my 160 hp Warrior from New Orleans back to Washington. Most of the route would apply to your flight from NC to WA. NEW-SEA Here is the route for Google Earth: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kpcet2r5g244800bu2j1p/NEW-S43.kmz?rlkey=svla0wxu2ywhj2was5b57j63h&dl=0 Later, I flew east from WA...

Me too. I immediately joined EAA.

At some point, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next year, but eventually we will have computers making independent decisions on going to war, strategy, tactics, and when to pull the trigger. At that point the human race is doomed. It is unfortunate, but it is inevitable.

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/ToxFAQs/ToxFAQsDetails.aspx?faqid=93&toxid=22 If you read the article. Cancer is only mentioned as an afterthought and classified as a "probable" human carcinogen. More wishful thinking by the CDC. I wonder if Alexander Rae Baldwin II was a smoker. Most men of his...

The AD calls for a mandatory inspection according to Piper's Service Bulletin 1245A. The inspection will not alter the rigging, however, replacement of affected turnbuckles will. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5fvbpdcxq0nld0z/AD.2013-02-13.Control.Cable.Inspection.2012-CE-020-AD.pdf?dl=0...

Dummy rounds: I've seen a number of movies and shows where the primers were missing from the cases. Bullets were in place so in a revolver you could see them in the chamber. I've seen magazines being loaded with rounds missing primers. Why are primerless rounds not standard operating procedure...

What's your mission? Impressing co-eds? Hauling a family to grandma's every month? Solo traipsing about the country? It matters.

The applicable parameter is the mass of TEL. Max TEL quantity in 100LL is 0.56 grams/Liter. That's 2 grams/gallon. A gallon of 100LL weighs 6.02 pounds = a mass of 2733 grams. Pull out the 2 grams of TEL and its mass is 2731 grams or 99.93% of 100LL. This reduces the mass to volume ratio...

Translation: "I couldn't get into flight school." Translation: "Mom! All that gaming paid off!" I wonder if they gave him a sticker?

Mostly cloud-seeding for rain/snow: https://libguides.library.noaa.gov/weather-climate/weather-modification-project-reports https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2022/04/quarterly-review-i-part-1-weather-modification-current-developments-and-lessons-learned-after-70-years-of-deployment/...

Sneaking in a bit of SF politics?