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I cannot find a link for the Lowell gear with Google - is there a web site?

(I would like to get the endorsement in the plane as-is, but long-term I will most likely replace the gear. To me it mak ...

Thank you for the replies. The plane I am looking it is a Avid Mk IV built just a few years ago (meticulously by a gentleman who happens to be one of the original EAA members, and has just recently q ...

I have 3K plus hrs in TD stuff and if it hadn't been for
AKFLYER I whould have spudded my brand new KF l on
my first flight.
To say the least they are rudder unfriendly.
Now that I can control it ...

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The earliest engines had a 10-year TBO. It was extended to 12 and then 15 on later models.

As stated, all guidelines.

I wish I could understand the motivation for it. I've been it's a matter o ...

Interesting. This is the reason I asked the question. Anyway, IMO you'd be pretty foolish to teach yourself TG landing no matter how much tricycle time you have. Anyway #2, my interest has moved fr ...

It seems that we are now seeing a lot of planes on the used market (Rans, Foxes, etc) with 912s in the 10-12 year-old range.

According to Rotax such engines (except possibly for certain SN that can ...

Paul, since the MK III is a tailwheel aircraft, you need the tailwheel endorsement.

Ralph

That makes a lot of sense.

I've no problem with the endorsement, save that I'd rather do it in my AC ...

Do you need a taildragger endorsement to fly a Kolb (MkIII) as a light-sport?

I am a 525h PP, looking at Kolb, Challenger, Sky Ranger...

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I appreciate it, but it's not the health of the top-end I have any concern over. I'm sure the compressions are fine. It's the low-end I think *might* be a concern.

My last mechanic would tell me ...

Engine's on a plane, actually. I would not plan on doing anything to it - it's on a plane and flying. Just wondering if there is some metric or standard to gauge engines that are beyond time TBO lik ...

How would you react to a Jabiru 2200 with these characteristics:

- Build in 95 (sn #60)
- 125h TT
- NEW cylinders & pistons in 2004 (larger fins)
- NEW conrods in 2008, including replacement ...

Thanks for the replies. I do hear from some locals that the KF is considered a *very* docile taildragger.

(But then I read here in another thread the "Two kinds of TG pilots mantra repeated.. ...

Hello,

I'm considering buying either a half share or a whole share in a completed Fox (TD). I have no TD time and while becoming taildragger-proficient is appealing to me, ground-looping one is *n ...