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Thanks everyone. The main parts I'm looking to alodine are the interior to things like the wings/control surfaces. I'm not looking to do anything exterior as (at least in my thinking) anything exterior would show up visibly a lot easier and also (in theory) be a lot more straight forward of a...

This was on my list to also ask about (and maybe should be in a different thread), but in watching a lot of the alodining videos it seems pretty straight forward of 3 different baths to dip the material into. I was thinking I would like to do all the small parts in the Alodine and then treat the...

I did a whole video on this...

I went the LSA --> PPL route and don't regret it. I flew for two or three years as a sport pilot and flew a pretty nice little LSA for a while. IMHO finding an sport pilot instructor shouldn't be hard because the sport pilot and PPL are VERY close to one another. The test is dang near the...

We recently upgraded our T210 to an all-glass panel and took out the Garmin 496 that was hard wired in by the previous owner. The unit worked when we removed it. Since the 496 was hard-wired in, I don't have a power cord for it, but you shouldn't have an issue with it with a new power supply...

Actually - I think with that much money you could use the CAPS as part of the SOP for landings...

Back in the 80's I had a fellow classmate of mine put 100LL in his Ford Fiesta. He was bragging about how much extra power he got out of it... I can't say I saw it one way or another. Of course being 16/17yrs old at the time I'm not sure how long our cars lasted then anyway - with or without...

VOR? Is that what those other instruments do? ;)

I spoke to a guy several years ago that worked it out so he used the standard mileage reimbursement process one would use driving a car for travel reimbursement while flying. Granted it's not a 1:1 cost reimbursement, but it did offset the cost some and avoided raising eyebrows with the bean...

<--- taking notes as to EdFred's flying methods...

Questions like this always remind me of an old "Dear Abby" column that went something along the lines of "how old would I be if I don't do it" (I looked to see if I could find a link but I couldn't). The idea behind the advice was to pursue your dreams at any age. Yes there is the college...

I think the biggest struggle with anyone learning to fly is consistency and regardless of the school. I think Aspen has a pretty good program for turning out pilots. At least their FB page consistently is posting new pilots in various stages of their program. I do know that Chris is adamant...

I wonder if you couldn't just buy a non-airworthy aircraft and pay for the tie-down... ;) What I don't understand is if the waiting list is that deep - why aren't they building hangars. Sure seems like the demands it there.

Interesting reading all these posts. I'm one of those "idiots" who gladly (still) put down money to make a reservation. The escrow.com account where the money is placed is there until either the project is completed and I can pick up the aircraft or I decide to get out. If I decide to get out...

One thing I heard somewhere along the way with my primary training was to "always buy your first plane second". Effectively meaning that the first plane is the one you think you want, but it's the one you learn from. The hardest thing is picking a plane for the mission. If you have a...

So here's my thoughts on this. The design of the aircraft is very similar to the Velocity TXL which has a 310hp Continental TSIO-550-C engine in it. The Audi 3.0L will have around 250hp or so, so the Audi certainly (from what I was able to find) has fewer horsepower. I know from...