well, the crankcase breather PCV valve failure brings it down. chevy powered LS-3... perhaps it is cheaper in the long run to install a purpose designed and built aircraft engine, and configure it like the others that are flying? injuries for both were only minor. nice paint. https://data.ntsb.gov/c...

I pulled the trigger on a Pantheon printer a while back. I was interested in the Oozebot but he wasn't ready. the Pantheon printers are made to order, and you have to get in line with a deposit. I was notified today they will begin building it in May. good deal. I will be able to get another +50F op...

printing some gust locks and I had this bright idea to harmonize my printers so that I don't need to modify the extruder setting when I load a different tool head, but rather adjust the extruder setting in the print g-code. well, I missed this one (LHS) by 5% and what a mess. it shows how sensitive ...

what's airborne at 2PM EDT? 23 RV12 Van's RV-12 3 RV10 Van's RV-10 2 RV14 Van's RV-14 2 RV7 Van's RV-7 1 RV8 Van's RV-8 1 RV9 Van's RV-9 total 32 1029 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 476 P28A Piper Cherokee 149 C182 Cessna Skylane 77 C152 Cessna 152 76 C150 Cessna Commuter 71 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo 70 SR20 Cirr...

what's airborne at 11 AM EDT? 9 RV12 Van's RV-12 1 RV10 Van's RV-10 1 RV14 Van's RV-14 1 RV6 Van's RV-6 1 RV7 Van's RV-7 856 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 437 P28A Piper Cherokee 95 C182 Cessna Skylane 52 C152 Cessna 152 50 C150 Cessna Commuter if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airbo...

a busy printing day..... I don't print many of the 8 mm triple hole spark plug wire grommets, but I printed some today and a lot of other stuff. basically, I come home, print some parts to make money to buy fuel and takeoff again. a truck like this really catches your eye. the juice! https://i.posti...

that poor guy. what can be done to keep this from happening again?

a guy there willfully damaged my airplane. an RV7 owner. a piece of shit. he is on my radar.

when you begin damaging airplanes, it is time to hang it up because your time is coming.

when it comes time to stop flying in 20 years, I'll scrap it. such a nice bird and trouble free but too many Trumpsters from Empire (Y87, the RV7 guy) trying to damage it. reducing the value to scrap metal. slide up the ravine... Tinlicker feat. Morgan Jones - Half Moon (Official Tinlicker Channel) ...

what's airborne at 4 PM EDT? 11 RV12 Van's RV-12 2 RV10 Van's RV-10 1 RV8 Van's RV-8 1129 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 551 P28A Piper Cherokee 124 C182 Cessna Skylane 80 C152 Cessna 152 83 SR20 Cirrus SR-20 66 C150 Cessna Commuter if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that t...

what's airborne at 12:30 PM EDT? 13 RV12 Van's RV-12 2 RV10 Van's RV-10 2 RV7 Van's RV-7 1 RV6 Van's RV-6 1 RV8 Van's RV-8 969 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 544 P28A Piper Cherokee 121 C182 Cessna Skylane 85 C152 Cessna 152 60 SR22 Cirrus SR-22 55 C150 Cessna Commuter if you are flying your RV, most likely yo...

well, it is a mystery at this point. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194008/pdf On March 29, 2024, about 1130 eastern daylight time, an Experimental Amateur Built Vans RV9A airplane, N387E, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident ...

what's airborne at 6PM EDT.... RV's barely register. 7 RV12 Van's RV-12 2 RV9 Van's RV-9 1 RV10 Van's RV-10 1 RV14 Van's RV-14 1 RV7 Van's RV-7 1 RV8 Van's RV-8 1110 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 546 P28A Piper Cherokee 118 C182 Cessna Skylane 113 C208 Cessna Caravan 81 C152 Cessna 152 if you are flying your ...

Downtown Cincinnati (KLUK).... a short hop for me but better than driving, as there is no direct route, and driving there seems to take forever. a nice day but very warm for mid-April in Cincy, 30C (86F), with sweat in my eyes for takeoff from LUK. the old terminal at LUK closed when they closed the...

what is airborne at 12:30PM EDT on a Sunday? 12 RV12 Van's RV-12 5 RV7 Van's RV-7 1 RV10 Van's RV-10 1 RV14 Van's RV-14 1 RV6 Van's RV-6 1 RV9 Van's RV-9 21 912 C172 Cessna Skyhawk 540 P28A Piper Cherokee 243 C182 Cessna Skylane 124 SR22 Cirrus SR-22 82 C150 Cessna Commuter 64 C152 Cessna 152 2265 p...

trying an advertised comatose heat level along with the tabasco base and scorpion. well, the BEWARE sauce taste was very good, and I detected tomato which I liked, but they could bump up the heat level. perhaps a triple comatose? https://i.postimg.cc/qqxDMzq2/IMG20240414100729.jpg https://i.postimg....

what's flying at 9AM EDT on a Sunday morning? RV's amount to 1 percent of these. a big 1 percent. if you remove the 12's you are down to 0.5 percent. that barely registers and from a data perspective is insignificant. perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be...

well, the ole steep takeoff got another one. the pilot is lucky to have survived. usually, they don't. the passenger was not injured. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386590 A Van's RV-4 conducted a steep takeoff and departed controlled flight after an attempted turn to the runway at Tedderfield...

what's flying at 8PM EDT on a Saturday on FlightAware. I am beginning to wonder why RV's rarely fly. if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type, except for the RV-12. perhaps folks are under the plane admiring the clean belly or shining the paint. I believe the...

Columbus Indiana (BAK).... after five days of rain, time to break free. I rode around the loop around the city and saw some of the highlights. very nice. Columbus Indiana is a very nice place and seemed healthy. lots of people out and about and the kids were outside playing soccer, not video games. ...