Recent content by Old97

I looked it up. Stronger like 100k yield but elongation (a measure of ductility) is lower. I don’t think that’s a good tradeoff for an aircraft structure. Maybe that’s helpful for a racecar. I could see that. Not sure about welding processes.

Huh that’s new to me. What problem is it solving?

I have thought about building but im not a builder (yet). As an engineer who gets paid to worry about quality issues among other things, i probably wouldn’t buy aircraft tubing without an MTR - material test report. Basically the birth certificate for the steel.

Wicks is in Highland IL - 5 hrs from nashville

Winner here - new best practice

Husband or not, if an instructor is not working for you then make a change.

Eat well and sleep well the night before. Especially if that is your normal routine. Dr Bruce can take care of you as good or better than any alternative.

I would pay 10 bucks just to prevent having a number that’s harder to say. Or possibly duplicate my grandfather’s racing boat number or something. It’s not about impressing people i don’t know. Not that i own a plane anyway.

I can pretty much second everything @Jim_R said.

the plane was probably not conforming perfect to the as-new condition the manual was written about. And not surprisingly we weren’t at WOT all the way to 4k.

i have done this at gross weight in an ancient 150hp cherokee on a 2000’ DA day and i started at about 100’ per minute climb. Took about 90 minutes to get to 4000’. A bad downdraft or engine hiccup and we would have been f’ed. although it was texas gulf coast and weather was pretty stable -...

It was part of the competition. Landing short and take off distance contest.

Anyone else from POA here? Unfortunately there has been a crash of a participant this evening.

Austin. Far from saltwater

I think his daughter needs an advocate and parent. Its good to question these things to some level.