What did you do today?

one level of capability is to be able to do it without youtube or the instructions.
 
300nm, 1.4h to El Paso and back.
Hiked the North Franklin summit trail (2300’ 2h55m out n back)
The drive would have been 6h15m.

That makes 24 highway hours saved this weekend (well, traded for 6hrs flying fun).
And walking on the powdery white sand beach, dabbling in the ocean, and then mixing it up in the mountains today. I need more weekends like these.

Oh I grabbed a vid of the Lancair descending into home base tonight, to demonstrate it’s wild instability lol.

 
Finished up travel arrangements for my Arrow flight down to Texas. Looking forward to the flight and the vacation! Then will fly from TX to the Gaston's fly in :cool:
 
In a few hours, I'll be giving a talk at a professional conference. I call it my cranky old lady talk. I address a persistent problem of terminology in my discipline (geology). The conclusion will basically be, "Stop doing this!"

I've been telling people it's probably the last professional talk I'll give, as I'm well past my sell-by date. But then, after talking to a few people about some work I did a few years ago, I realized I never wrote a full paper about the implications of that work, which are actually quite startling (to geologists). So I'll probably end up giving a talk on that subject. And that will probably lead to another one and another one and another one until someday I drop dead behind the podium at a conference. Note, this is not a complaint. I LOVE doing geology, which is why I turned my profession into a hobby after I retired (i.e., stopped drawing a paycheck) 15 years ago (no, I'm not 80 years old yet; I retired early). Yesterday, I had a great lunch with a couple of colleagues, which ended with me pulling out my computer to show them some pictures. Given that we were a table of not-young ladies, I'm sure anyone observing from some distance would assume we were looking at pictures of grandchildren, given the volume and frequency of the oohing and aahing we were emitting. But they were pictures of rocks, specifically rocks that I had but wasn't sure how to interpret, and these ladies were experts in that particular kind of rock.

What can I say? I'm a nerd of the first order, and you asked.
 
judypilot said:
In a few hours, I'll be giving a talk at a professional conference. I call it my cranky old lady talk. I address a persistent problem of terminology in my discipline (geology). The conclusion will basically be, "Stop doing this!"
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now I'm curious what the terminology problem is. I'm not a geologist, just someone that is interested in pretty much everything technical.

of course, we could have fun with "terminology" (in a undergrad course I took many many many years ago, the professor hated words like "methodology" )
 
judypilot said:
In a few hours, I'll be giving a talk at a professional conference. I call it my cranky old lady talk. I address a persistent problem of terminology in my discipline (geology). The conclusion will basically be, "Stop doing this!"

I've been telling people it's probably the last professional talk I'll give, as I'm well past my sell-by date. But then, after talking to a few people about some work I did a few years ago, I realized I never wrote a full paper about the implications of that work, which are actually quite startling (to geologists). So I'll probably end up giving a talk on that subject. And that will probably lead to another one and another one and another one until someday I drop dead behind the podium at a conference. Note, this is not a complaint. I LOVE doing geology, which is why I turned my profession into a hobby after I retired (i.e., stopped drawing a paycheck) 15 years ago (no, I'm not 80 years old yet; I retired early). Yesterday, I had a great lunch with a couple of colleagues, which ended with me pulling out my computer to show them some pictures. Given that we were a table of not-young ladies, I'm sure anyone observing from some distance would assume we were looking at pictures of grandchildren, given the volume and frequency of the oohing and aahing we were emitting. But they were pictures of rocks, specifically rocks that I had but wasn't sure how to interpret, and these ladies were experts in that particular kind of rock.

What can I say? I'm a nerd of the first order, and you asked.
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POA’s very own rock star!
:cheers:
 
Nah, plane is undergoing condition inspection and didn’t feel like flying into a tropical storm anyway. Watched from section HD
 
On Sunday, (Give me a break I'm a busy guy!) I test flew my scratch-built Hummel UltraCruiser, after almost 4 years of building. Flies great! Thanks for all the help Cub Air! (KHXF)163F.jpg160F.jpg147F.jpg
 

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X3 Skier said:
Voted early. Why can't AI determine that and obliterate all the political ads on my TV?
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Not to mention the junk mail in my box. I’ve considered writing “Already voted - return to sender” on each item and dropping it all back in the mailbox.
 
X3 Skier said:
Voted early. Why can't AI determine that and obliterate all the political ads on my TV?
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Half Fast said:
Not to mention the junk mail in my box. I’ve considered writing “Already voted - return to sender” on each item and dropping it all back in the mailbox.
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Or the dozens of spam calls and texts I receive daily. You want my vote, run on a platform to ban political advertising. Maybe someone already did, I just didn't hear about it.
 
Yesterday I received the final component for my guitar pedalboard, so today I finished putting the whole thing together.

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It's centered around a Boss MS-3 combination switcher and multi-fx. The MS-3 not only handles switching and routing of my external boxes, it contains 112 internal effects (distortions, delays, reverbs, etc., etc.), plus it has a MIDI interface that controls the IR-200 amp modeler.

Lots more capability and flexibility than my old rig, and easier to use, too.
 
Did an oil and filter change, and sparkplugs on my truck. Seriously considered not doing the two closest to the firewall, but I talked myself into doing them.

After, I took the maximum amount of Ibuprofen, and applied some bandaids to my knuckles and arms as needed.
 
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Or the dozens of spam calls and texts I receive daily. You want my vote, run on a platform to ban political advertising. Maybe someone already did, I just didn't hear about it.
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Didn’t hear about it because they didn’t believe in political advertising? o_O
 
TIL motorcycles helmets "expire". I don't recall hearing about that before.

It's been more than 7 years since I've ridden so my old helmets need to be properly disposed of...
 
Switched my welder to AC for the first time in a long while and made some bird poop. Going to try to hammer out the remainder of the Fly Minnesota passport stamps pretty soon and an extra 8 gallons of fuel will really help eliminate some range anxiety in the biplane. Filler cap, breather, weld bungs etc arrive today. :cornut:
 

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Half Fast said:
Not to mention the junk mail in my box. I’ve considered writing “Already voted - return to sender” on each item and dropping it all back in the mailbox.
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I'm saving them for the first frosty night for use in the fire pit.

Back in the day when the junk mail had a prepaid return postage stamp/frank/code, I sometimes wrapped a brick and put the return postage on the outside and returned it.
 
X3 Skier said:
I'm saving them for the first frosty night for use in the fire pit.

Back in the day when the junk mail had a prepaid return postage stamp/frank/code, I sometimes wrapped a brick and put the return postage on the outside and returned it.
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:yeahthat:

If I'd had spare bricks lying around I might have done that. Instead I'd take all my junk mail, stuff it into one of the prepaid envelopes, and mail it.

Maybe the next time I get a prepaid envelope from the AOPA's lobbyist, I'll use it to mail them a badly pitted O-360 camshaft...
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
Need any recommendations? I love Switzerland....although admittedly the last trip was 2010.
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There's a core io540 out there that came off a glasair after a forced landing. Prop strike, but it had an MT prop which might make it less risky... Allegedly.

My sister's fiance just got shipped off to Ramstein air base for 6 months and is 4.5 hours away from where the core is located. He just passed his commercial before he left and works c90. Debating on seeing if I can coerce him to look at it. My sister was contemplating flying out there for the holidays so maybe I'll tag along.
 
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Switched my welder to AC for the first time in a long while and made some bird poop. Going to try to hammer out the remainder of the Fly Minnesota passport stamps pretty soon and an extra 8 gallons of fuel will really help eliminate some range anxiety in the biplane. Filler cap, breather, weld bungs etc arrive today. :cornut:
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Not bad
 
Got my flight review done today. Because my plane is a single seater, I did it in a Pacer (PA-20) across the river at 42B, a very beat up example. A dog compared to my Parrakeet, of course, but still fun... and a workout. HEAVY! First time I've flown an airplane with control wheels instead of a stick in over 40 years but I hardly noticed it except for the heavy control pressure. Flaps and toe brakes are weird, too. Quick in roll, but not enough final aileron authority to do a good slip. But it reminded me a little bit of the T-Craft I used to own, so it was oddly comfortable.
 
Aux tank passed the soapy water test and sat in the shop filled with tap water overnight without leaking. :happydance:

Those rails on the sides are tie-down points for bungee cords and/or ROK straps so I can secure my dry bag full of clothes and camping gear to the top. Going to energize the transfer pump with my panel mounted smoke switch and pump the contents through a hose barb on the header tank fuel cap. Pickup tube goes into the sump on the bottom. Whole thing drops into my front seat frame. It's a parallelogram - the seat back is reclined about 5°.

Set sail Sunday at dawn, hopefully.
 

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Oh yeah... I joined the ground loop club today, too. Turns out as a CFI you can't undo a student's inappropriate application of brakes. Cleared a runway edge light by less than a foot.

Champ and occupants emerged from the grass unscathed.
 
ColinD said:
Oh yeah... I joined the ground loop club today, too. Turns out as a CFI you can't undo a student's inappropriate application of brakes. Cleared a runway edge light by less than a foot.

Champ and occupants emerged from the grass unscathed.
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I am a firm believer that having this happen is one of the best things that can happen to a taildragger pilot.

Until you experience it first hand, it is hard to appreciate just how fast that plane can whip around. Once it happens, you'll never forget it.
 
ColinD said:
Oh yeah... I joined the ground loop club today, too. Turns out as a CFI you can't undo a student's inappropriate application of brakes.
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I always thought it’d be nice to have a chainsaw running with the chain about an inch from the student’s Achilles tendons with a quick foot pedal on my side… :eek:

On the flip side, for every tailwheel endorsement I gave, I allowed them to depart the runway once.
 
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@2-Bit Speed and I rebuilt a carb. We tried the spray stuff through the inlet, which did nothing. But it started on the first try after taking it all apart, cleaning it, and reassembling it! I am feeling so impressed with us because I thought it was going to be much more difficult than it turned out to be.
 
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@2-Bit Speed and I rebuilt a carb. We tried the spray stuff through the inlet, which did nothing. But it started on the first try after taking it all apart, cleaning it, and reassembling it! I am feeling so impressed with us because I thought it was going to be much more difficult than it turned out to be.
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I’ve always found it to be an easy job, but they never run when I’m done, so you’re ahead of me!
 
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@2-Bit Speed and I rebuilt a carb. We tried the spray stuff through the inlet, which did nothing. But it started on the first try after taking it all apart, cleaning it, and reassembling it! I am feeling so impressed with us because I thought it was going to be much more difficult than it turned out to be.
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Carbs usually aren't that complicated. If 13 year old me can rejet the ones off the race car unsupervised, surely 2 (presumably sober) adults can too.

They sound more complicated than they are.
 
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@2-Bit Speed and I rebuilt a carb. We tried the spray stuff through the inlet, which did nothing. But it started on the first try after taking it all apart, cleaning it, and reassembling it! I am feeling so impressed with us because I thought it was going to be much more difficult than it turned out to be.
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For your future mowing happiness, I recommend non-ethanol gas plus StaBil.
 
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