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Jim's 1980 SG Miss September
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I love how the forum's pulled up on the garage computer. 
For me comfortable wrist angle, rotation with my hand fully engaged with the grip is key to a long distance handlebar.
This isn't looking the bomb.
A shoulder torso angle closer to 90 degrees helps reduce "the slouch"..
This isn't looking the bomb.
A shoulder torso angle closer to 90 degrees helps reduce "the slouch"..
Which explains my original statement "Needs a little tweakin' on the bars and backrest..."This isn't looking the bomb.
I only see a very slight adjustment to do there
It is also good to see that Jim's workbench looks like mine in the DCW.....
Hijacking your own thread is cool here right.... right? 
My neighbor Jeff (the guy with the beemer adv a few pages back) has his own Decathlon. He's also an A&P like me... but sometimes it takes two mechanics for a job. I'm always willin' to help a neighbor... especially when there's an airplane involved. So, off we head this morning to the Downtown Airport.
The view out the hanger door is fantastic. The Buck O'Neil Memorial Bridge leads to the downtown skyline...
And here's our patient... the fully aerobatic Decathlon. This thing's a blast to fly.
6 or 8 yrs ago the FAA mandated that all aircraft be equipped with ADS-B out by 2020. He's also installing a newer 243 ELT. Some jobs require 4 hands. The ELT mount goes on the floor behind the back seat (where the drop light is).
So with Jeff inside the airplane pushing the screws into the floor, my job was to install the 4 nuts and washers under the floor.... working through a 4" inspection hole. There's about 3/4" clearance 'tween the floor and the skin of the plane and.... the screws are about 6" aft of the hole.
We then dug out a 15' tape to measure our new locations to update the weight & balance in the logbook. Jeff had to head back to St. Louis for work, so no test flight today... maybe next week.
So yeah... a thoroughly enjoyable morning spent on my other passion... airplanes. Jeff gets a free helper, and I get to enjoy what I spent my life doing.. and next week I get a little free stick time in. As Bob would say, "winner winner chicken dinner."
My neighbor Jeff (the guy with the beemer adv a few pages back) has his own Decathlon. He's also an A&P like me... but sometimes it takes two mechanics for a job. I'm always willin' to help a neighbor... especially when there's an airplane involved.
So, off we head this morning to the Downtown Airport.The view out the hanger door is fantastic. The Buck O'Neil Memorial Bridge leads to the downtown skyline...
And here's our patient... the fully aerobatic Decathlon. This thing's a blast to fly.
6 or 8 yrs ago the FAA mandated that all aircraft be equipped with ADS-B out by 2020. He's also installing a newer 243 ELT. Some jobs require 4 hands. The ELT mount goes on the floor behind the back seat (where the drop light is).
So with Jeff inside the airplane pushing the screws into the floor, my job was to install the 4 nuts and washers under the floor.... working through a 4" inspection hole. There's about 3/4" clearance 'tween the floor and the skin of the plane and.... the screws are about 6" aft of the hole.
We then dug out a 15' tape to measure our new locations to update the weight & balance in the logbook. Jeff had to head back to St. Louis for work, so no test flight today... maybe next week.
So yeah... a thoroughly enjoyable morning spent on my other passion... airplanes. Jeff gets a free helper, and I get to enjoy what I spent my life doing.. and next week I get a little free stick time in. As Bob would say, "winner winner chicken dinner."
Fabulous - and what a pretty little airplane!
No wonder you're good at the bike stuff Jim. My bike stops, I pull to the side of the road, curse a little and organise a tow. My plane stops and I consider my limited future - shows a different level of mechanical confidence.
Forgot to add.... all work was done under the watchful eye of Mr. TWA.
Now you're showing off! Looks like a cross between Robbie and C3PO.
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When they first mandated it, ADS-B out (out only and not the in side of it) was 6 to 8 thousand bucks per airplane. They can now be had for 6 to 8 hundred bucks.
Now... soon as you turn on the transponder, they know your N number, serial number of the ADS-B box itself, Lon and Lat, speed and alt, course, heading.... what you had for breakfast..... color of eyes......
I'm reminded of a friend of with a seriously STOL modded C150, with the longest droop tips I've ever seen. Camera fitted into the belly.
He was contracted by Beech for some aerial shots, and that particular day had winds S @40kts. He was essentially hovering over Beech field.
Tracon at ICT had to relabel him as a helicopter, else the system erased his image...
He was contracted by Beech for some aerial shots, and that particular day had winds S @40kts. He was essentially hovering over Beech field.
Tracon at ICT had to relabel him as a helicopter, else the system erased his image...
Used to fly into ICT all the time (corporate was there) ... it's always 40kts. there.
Was wondering about that.
We may have bumped into familiar folks...
We may have bumped into familiar folks...
Finding Bigfoot.
Even though I added a some to the foot last year, it still feels like it wants to fall over when you lean it over on the sidestand. I added another 3/8" to it.
Even though I added a some to the foot last year, it still feels like it wants to fall over when you lean it over on the sidestand. I added another 3/8" to it.
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