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Yep, sometimes the little things make a difference. First, let me show a picture of my "minimum travel kit"

The ratcheting screwdriver on top has a screw off cap and holds several bits i ...

I'm sure it's just because I was thinking to myself that this is a "bot" that I looked at the name and realized "jennatalbot" could be pronounced "genital bot"

No one ...

First the home brew landing light. Haven't flown it yet, but looks to be much better than the driving light, even with the HID conversion.

http://youtu.be/Ez7XVVyu2U8

And lastly, the all import ...

Perfect! Just hang on ti it, keep a forklift in the hanger, and you can lift it up enough to keep two planes in there!

Bill,

Two forklift supports was 3 x 5 x .188" Across rear was 4 x 4 ...

I think it was on this forum that I read several years back about an open canopy concentrating enough light to set the dash on fire. I'm so glad I read that!

I was in Salida, CO on a gorgeous and ...

This is how we moved to paint shop for four hour drive. Very secure and easy to move. This skid will be available to anyone to use after it returns back.....only problem is it weighs half as much as c ...

I recently had a 2 hour night flight in my Lightning, and decided about an hour and a half in that I was going to do something about those LEDs before my next night flight.

My trim indicator and my ...

I HATED the old cap head screws with the 1/8" hex drive. I stripped them torquing them, I stripped them trying to get them out, and basically I just felt every time I used them I anticipated pro ...

At the risk of being told I'm the dipstick, here's a thought I had today.

When the oil is very fresh, like just changed, it's very hard to see exactly where the level is. It's also hard to read ...

I realize this was an old post...but where did you get the nifty canopy visor/sun shield?

Tried emailing you, but haven't seen a reply. Email me. Bill at gdsx.com

Two points:

First, this idea came from an old R/C prop balancer I had. It was like the magnetic balancer, but was just a shaft, two tapered cones, and the shaft had pointed ends. You just held it ...

Here's what I'm now using to balance.

http://youtu.be/urAY_g2gmGM

How cool is that?

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Not sure what you mean.

Bill, buy a new tire. Its not worth failing a few hundred miles away from
home.
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Good advice, but the question still applies to any balance job. It's a pain to add weights to the tiny rims on ...

It's got about 35 hours on it. It required about 1.25 ounce when it was new. I don't recall landing with the brakes on! Smile

There are no flat spots, and insignificant wear, but it isn't perfectly ...

One of my tires is severely out of balance. I have a Marc Parnes tire balancer, and it is SUPER sensitive, but this is so out of balance it will rotate on the wheels bearings!

So in attempting t ...

Major alterations require a new weight & balance!! Smile

Tell him to get well quickly!

Congrats Nick and Dana!

Yeah, George was super helpful when I called and chatted with him. I would have called Matco directly on this point as well, but it was Saturday, and based on feedback I was hoping to still get to go ...