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  1. Mtns2Skies

    Boulder/Superior sue Rocky Mountain Metro Airport over "100LL"

    Thanks for the correction regarding funding. I was mistaken.
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    Aviation License Plates

    I thought about doing that, but there's so much personal info attached to a N#, and tracking info that I try to limit its exposure as much as possible.
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    Wealth Distribution in America

    What plane are you buying?
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    Wealth Distribution in America

    That's when the bus comes that hits you when crossing the street.
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    Bo may no longer be the POA answer.

    Based on what? Gov Agencies and Flight schools make up the bulk of their sales... and it's a lot of sales.
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    Sticky hangar doors

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    Facebook Follies

    Tricycle gear X-Cub. Check Mate.
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    Facebook Follies

    Loophole. Takeoff across the runway. Then wheel speed can happily match treadmill speed up to takeoff. Just have one hell of a crosswind until you get off the ground.
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    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Nope. You have to haul around the cooling drag for an entire 300hp engine. plus a windmilling prop, plus 3x the weight, plus the sonex was engineered to have a turbine engine and will be more efficient. Your assumptions are flawed.
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    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Look at the thrust on that. Ain't gonna cut it for a 3000+lb airplane. Go try to fly your plane at 35% power. Hint (Economy cruise is your most efficient, any deviations from that and you get less efficient) And then immediately after that sign up for physics 101.
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    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Unless my math is wrong (and it might be), that's a really eye opening example of why electric planes don't (really) exist.
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    Would you be interested in some form of back-up propulsion for your piston single? If yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

    Let's say you need 50% of the power to keep the plane aloft. A lance is what 300hp? So let's call it 150hp = 112kW. For 10 minutes that's 19kwH with 100% efficiency. Driving an engine and prop with a mechanical system is probably closer to 50% efficient (if that), so you're talking 40kwh battery...
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    Post aircraft pictures you took

    Jinx.
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    Colorado Pilots Call to Action

    New Mexico is Colorado's Mexico. Mexico is New Mexico's Mexico. This concludes today's geography lesson.
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    Any regrets moving up to better plane

    Sounds like you need to work on your landings ;)
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    Texas fires

    Hangar*... unless you're posting pictures of your closet. Which is also acceptable.
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    Hangar as an investment?

    It doesn't happen very often, but there are usually stipulations in the Lease to allow the airport to terminate it given a set of circumstances. It could be as simple as the airport is redeveloping the apron and your hangar is in the way.
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    Texas fires

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