Apr 3, 2025 · Trying to figure out what exactly is the lubrication requirement for Cessna flap tracks. The plane came to me with grease on the rollers and tracks. Unless I am missing something, the service manual for my 175 does not address it, which implies that they should not be lubed at all. I have read...

Apr 27, 2024 · Optical illusion. The place d'etoile has no lanes. It's just a free for all where you want to exit to the right, but must give way to cars on the right. Fun for all. Apparently they officially renamed it the place de charles gaulle at some point, but I don't care.

Feb 26, 2025 · Well gee whiz . . . "At touchdown, the following occurred: the side-stay that is attached to the right MLG fractured, the landing gear folded into the retracted position, the wing root fractured between the fuselage and the landing gear, and the wing detached from the fuselage, releasing a cloud of jet fuel, which caught fire.

Oct 9, 2024 · After dark, I can imagine that the inability to see the far end of the runway could be confusing. Of course, it could have been something entirely different with engine problems, or nav issue or a dozen other things. But the crown presents an optical illusion of limited take off length.

Oct 20, 2006 · Once the stall occurred, regarding the left rudder maybe pilot figured “I’m not climbing fo sho, now turning hard left on its own, so turn left back for the runway since the plane is dipping the left wing anyway” or “oh crap, left turn, gotta stay coordinated”.

Jul 21, 2010 · I made a mount for tiedown rings using a small piece of aluminum angle. Drill a hole in one leg of the ‘L’, pass a 3/8 bolt through that hole and use a wing nut, lock washer, and extra-large flat washer to secure it through the tiedown.

Jul 8, 2016 · Private: (i) One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and Commercial: (iii) One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more …

Jan 30, 2023 · Between American Optical and Randolph Engineering… which is generally considered better quality for the price? Been looking at aviators, polycarbonate but would like dark tint and understand that polycarbonate does not take tint very well unless it’s polycarbonate, then there’s the endless debate about affecting digital screens.

Jun 4, 2011 · I'm getting ready to do an article about using fluorescent (sodium/mercury vapor) lights as a tach check. THere was a thread in here in late 2008/early 2009 about this very thing in which Gismo stated: RPM 2bladeImages 900 4 1200 3 1800 2 …

Aug 3, 2021 · Select Settings > Storage > select on the DVD icon to add optical storage and point it to the Windows 7 DVD ISO you downloaded. Remove any other optical storage devices listed so it will boot off the Win7 one. Select Ok to save settings, then on the VirtualBox Manager screen select Start to launch the guest Win7 OS. It should boot into the Win7 ...