Aviation BS and Photo Thread

Look up "Getting smarter every day" YouTube. Theres a couple episodes on a rocket factory

 

Dads been looking at some 175’s, I’m not sure of their performance (one has a stol kit) but they look like nice planes.

 

Smarter Every Day is one of my favorite channels!

https://youtu.be/o0fG_lnVhHw

 

I’m not really sure. Maybe a Hawk XP? What about another older 182? Spend a little more money up front and get a plane already configured to your needs, think IFR panel if you continue your training to instrument.

 

Lone Pine on the way home from Coyote Flats


Coyote Flats, 9800’ MSL. Was only able to do touch and goes. Definitely could have landed but even as light as I was that day I don’t think I would have had the power to get off from full stop.



On the way home over Angeles National Forest

 

The 175 is a nice flying airplane, but the gear driven engine sucks. I think there’s an STC for a O-360, but I could be wrong about that.

 

Just stumbled on this thread! I’m privileged enough to get paid to fly 600ish hours a year, even if it is doing something crazy

 

Stinson 108’s pop up in that price range from time to time in decent condition. Usually no ADSB and old radios that may or may not work, but if you’re not planning on flying into Charlie’s, who cares?

 

definitely crazy but those things are freaking badass to watch haha...how big are each of the blades?

 

Ah, the old “flinch and flare” method. Partner flinches close to the ground and you decide it’s time to flare.

 

They’re 24” blades it’s fun to watch the branches falling from the helicopter too!

 

My biggest regret is not buying my dad’s plane 5 years ago when he sold it. He bought it to offset my training expenses for my commercial and CFI/CFII. He was only going to keep it a couple of years and ended up having it for 25 years.

 

My parents bought our Cardinal for me to build time in it while commuting to/from college and then sell it. Here we are roughly 5 years later, I’ve since graduated and found a good flying job, and the plane is still hanging around

 

My son and I have looked into getting a Maule MXT-7 for him to build time in and for me to fly into retirement. Will probably be next summer since he is just starting his private this fall. Covid pushed his school back quite a bit. He was supposed to start this month. They can’t fly until the college is allowing in person classes.

 

My mom bought me a LEGO airplane kit when I was a kid...

 

I’ve read good things about the continental in the 175, the biggest thing seems to be the previous owner understanding how to fly geared planes and running the proper (higher) RPM at cruise so the cylinders are piled properly for temperature and wear.
Several people who seem to know a lot about the 175’s say that they’re underpriced because people don’t understand them (much like ford with the 6.0) and when run properly they’re great and they fly very well.

I have to say that after reading about them and looking at photos I’m very drawn to them.

I’ll have to check those out, the closest C airspace is MOB and they’re a little over 50 miles away.

Insurance confirmed today that we’re totaled and started handing out numbers, we could get the total insurance payout and be done with it or the total payout less $24K and keep the plane.
We’re gonna let the plane go because we don’t see 24K worth of salvage value and we really shouldn’t take on another project while we are trying to build the hangar/house.
Goodbye N9328.

 

Everyone has their own opinions, but tbo’s, parts availability/support and what engines are still manufactured says a lot.

That said, the franklins in the stinsons are difficult to find parts for, but the end of the Franklin engine is a sad one that isn’t reflective of the quality of the engine.

 

I used to know an old guy who rebuilt and collected what he called ... "Red Seal - Continental Engines" . ... He loved them.

He was the best ... "make it work with minimum tools mechanic" ... that I have ever seen.

He also pressure & misc. tested JetStars for Lockheed.

 

Small plane crashes onto Calif. school playground; pilot killed
https://www.wibw.com/content/news/S...YkHo2Et4t3xhla6f6L7kTZ3cwe45faPHN0OPfu5ChjodM

 

Well, lesson two was today. My last for a while until I can save up to do bigger chunks of training, which is bittersweet.
My instructor did confirm for me that the first lesson was intentionally intense because he likes to give new students a feel for the plane right off the bat. He feels it's unfair to wait until later in the training to do things like stalls and steep turns because he's had so many students chicken out and quit after already investing a good bit into their training.
This lesson was much easier. Turns around a point and flying a "pattern" around some rectangular fields while maintaining altitude and keeping a steady distance from the canals around the fields.
I also set us up for landing and got pretty close before he took over for the flare.

I was having a hard time being smooth with my control inputs. My turns were very uncoordinated and I was reacting to altitude changes with actions that were too dramatic and too rough. This got much better as the flight went on. I had to learn to react with small smooth inputs and be patient and wait for the changes.

It was a blast, and I'm learning so much. My taxiing was really good today (no drunken swerving like last time) and my takeoff roll and climb was really good too.

Later this year, I was going to trade in my old 4Runner on a newer truck (been saving), but the wife and I talked about it, and I may hold off on it and put that money towards the PPL instead. My 4Runner has been good to me, and there's no real reason to get rid of it. We've got to sit down and make it work.