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I suggest the responsibility lies with the Avenger's PIC, the fault is
shared by many parties.

Chuck JensenRespectfully, IMO, you're half right. The responsibility lies with the PIC (of the TBM) ...

"An EAA official reported that the aircraft taxiing on Papa taxiway
between the P-1 taxiway and Tower Road taxiway are not controlled by ATC
ground control or by EAA marshallers. "

I ...

Don't forget to retorque after about 50 hours flying time.

Lots of detail above. Two VERY GENERAL sequences of operation used to operate a CS prop/engine combo:

Enrich the mixture, increase prop rpm, increase MAP (throttle).

Decrease MAP (throttle), ...

The RV list has degenerated into a BS Chat Room, but there is still
occasionally an interesting question or comment about RV building/flying.
One just has to be selective and avoid reading the dri ...

The whole pop-culture enviro movement is based upon mainly JUNK science and ulterior motives. Global warming, my eye! What caused the previous warming cycles of the last million years? Dinosaur fla ...

Best airport depends entirely on where in Houston you are going.? You can land in Houston and still be 50 miles from your destination.? West side I'd go to IWS.? East side, Ellington.??North side DWH. ...

Speaking of fuel injection, what's the latest on the Ellison throttle body system? Back when I got my engine, there were mixed results on the product. What about recent actual experiences. I'm runn ...

I just prefer the feel when I have the bag of salt back there...never was intended to be a performance enhancer, but if I get more speed, great!

Paul Besing
Please reconsider the salt. That, w ...

Joe and others,
5 years ago when I first began racing the Air Venture race and others, I
added a lead pig (approx 10 lbs) to the tail area of my RV8 to improve the CG.
I sure don't need any co ...

I lost a couple of elements in several of mine after my voltage regulator failed and they saw high voltage. Just something you might want to check.

Bryan

Couple of points on this topic:

1. A friend said they used to (probably still do) add steel weights to the tail of AT-6's that race in Reno for speed improvements. Can't recall, but I believe the ...

I have no desire for that type of flight. I'm sure it is a rush, but I
equate it with the guys going down the freeway on their crotch rockets at
90 mph doing wheelies. It's a thrill until one mist ...

Now this is flying!! Quite a few bayous and a few rivers in my part of the country that work nicely for this type of flying. As for speed, slow is not what you want when flying like this. Too fast ...

All engines are engineered to operate at peak levels for their
designed purpose. Operating at anything other than at those peak levels
(over OR under) introduces various non-desireable effects on th ...

At our EAA Chapter meeting the gossip turned to cruise rpm settings. One
pilot, who I had thought was fairly knowledgeable, said that low rpm
settings (say 2000 or so) for an extended time would h ...

Flying a photo flight, your buddy was probably at a reduced power setting which could make the icing more probable. If the ice cleared up while decending through 4000' or so, then I would imagine he ...

AOPA does 10 times more than the EAA ever dreamed about for GA. Heck, EAA doesn't even do that much for the experimental group any more, really. They just seem to care about the big-money warbirds. ...

Tracy -

Regarding the 3' longer wings, did you consider the change in flutter characteristics of the new wings? How about longitudinal stability?

Not trying to be a downer on new ideas, but I w ...

Interesting response to your RV. In these parts, an RV will always get a second look and prompt some questions at the airports I visit (in central & south Texas). I can appreciate the renters. ...