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Offline icepac

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #120 on: May 18, 2011, 12:28:53 PM »
You can toss any Omega stuff in addition to the Loran radios as my sister's husband is decomissioning the omega towers worldwide.

He just knocked down an omega antenna that is the tallest structure in all of africa the other day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNi75OWgzkw

Here he is pointing at something.

Interesting guy.........he started coast guard, transferred to navy in the "rockfish" in afghanistan, and now is army.

I think he should definately try to set the record and go after Air Force and Marines next.

I need to check but I think he now outranks her.......not sure.

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #121 on: May 30, 2011, 11:39:37 PM »


My moms friend came out and took a good picture

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #122 on: May 30, 2011, 11:48:35 PM »
Quote from: Tupac on May 30, 2011, 11:39:37 PM
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My moms friend came out and took a good picture

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What do you think of the STOL stuff on it so far??

I've seen what some of those kits go for (namely Katmai ) and really question if they're worth it.
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #123 on: May 30, 2011, 11:55:26 PM »
Quote from: saggs on May 30, 2011, 11:48:35 PM
What do you think of the STOL stuff on it so far??

I've seen what some of those kits go for (namely Katmai ) and really question if they're worth it.

It's a big difference from what I used to fly, but I used to fly a 172N that had a heavier airframe.

I like the STOL stuff alot, and can get it noticeably slower in slow flight. If I hold the flare long enough I touch down doing about 36 knots. I can get it off the ground in 300-500 feet depending on my fuel, and the winds. I think they are worth it, but we bought the plane with it already installed.

edit: The Katmai stuff is way overpriced, somewhere earlier in this thread I posted pictures of the STOL kit on this plane. It consists of a Drooped wingtips, drooped leading edge, and fences on the top of the wing.
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #124 on: May 31, 2011, 04:24:33 AM »
Quote from: Tupac on May 30, 2011, 11:39:37 PM
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My moms friend came out and took a good picture

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I see a striking resemblance.  Must be the sunglasses...   :lol

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #125 on: May 31, 2011, 05:46:20 AM »
Tupac - your hair will hinder your sight while flying if you don't cut it soon!
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #126 on: May 31, 2011, 06:48:10 AM »
That or it will get caught in the spinning propeller!
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #127 on: May 31, 2011, 11:14:47 AM »
I think he's cultivating the Aleksander Emelianenko look a bit.

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #128 on: May 31, 2011, 11:38:41 AM »
Quote from: icepac on May 18, 2011, 12:28:53 PM
You can toss any Omega stuff in addition to the Loran radios as my sister's husband is decomissioning the omega towers worldwide.

He just knocked down an omega antenna that is the tallest structure in all of africa the other day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNi75OWgzkw

Here he is pointing at something.

Interesting guy.........he started coast guard, transferred to navy in the "rockfish" in afghanistan, and now is army.

I think he should definately try to set the record and go after Air Force and Marines next.

I need to check but I think he now outranks her.......not sure.

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Cool video. My grandfather was qualified to set and detonate explosives for demolision. He died nearly 10 years ago but he was a cool guy to know, had some great toys.  :t
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #129 on: May 31, 2011, 01:17:19 PM »
Quote from: VonMessa on May 31, 2011, 04:24:33 AM
I see a striking resemblance.  Must be the sunglasses...   :lol

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I see it too.
Quote from: icepac on May 31, 2011, 11:14:47 AM
I think he's cultivating the Aleksander Emelianenko look a bit.

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LOL
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #130 on: May 31, 2011, 01:20:46 PM »
Quote from: Tupac on May 31, 2011, 01:17:19 PM
I see it too.

Well then again, I'm not looking at ALL the similarities, nor do I want to...

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #131 on: June 01, 2011, 12:04:44 PM »
Quote from: VonMessa on May 31, 2011, 04:24:33 AM
I see a striking resemblance.  Must be the sunglasses...   :lol

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He looks like a skinnier Jake (from Two and a Half Men) to me...
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #132 on: June 01, 2011, 04:51:42 PM »
Quote from: VonMessa on April 18, 2011, 02:39:37 PM
Nice pic.   :x

What kind of T/O roll distance are we talking about with the STOL kit?

What comprises your STOL kit?

Not to offend, but why the need for a STOL kit in TX?

Have a STOL kit on my C172....1965 model.  I had the droop wing tips and I operated out of a 700 ft grass strip in the DFW area.  I could get off the ground in 450 feet.  I convereted it to the 180 hp Lycoming engine with the stabilizer conversion.  It was a great airplane to cross country in.  I recieved my CFII in the plane and I still use it to fly back and forth from Montana and Denver.
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #133 on: June 01, 2011, 04:53:03 PM »
Quote from: saggs on May 30, 2011, 11:48:35 PM
What do you think of the STOL stuff on it so far??

I've seen what some of those kits go for (namely Katmai ) and really question if they're worth it.

Best decision I ever made.  Definitely worth the money.
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The only HO I have every attempted was with a French potato named Miss Francine.  Otherwise I stay away from the HO it makes me very nervous having 20 and 30mm shells whipping by my canopy.

WD Cameron...Army Air Corp  P47d-11 and D-40 France Italy and Germany.

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #134 on: June 01, 2011, 04:54:38 PM »
Quote from: colmbo on April 30, 2011, 10:31:15 AM
If you hand prop an O-540  you are the man!!


I flew a guys J-3.  No electrical system so it was always handpropped.  He had it down to a science.  He'd stand behind the prop on the right at the door.  Reach up with one hand a give a little flip and Putta Putta Putta it would be idling.  If something went wrong he was behind it so he wouldn't get run over and could just reach in and drag the throttle back or turn the mags off.

A friend has a 180 and first flight each day he hand-props the airplane.  He too has it done so it's easy to do -- and he leaves the fuel off just in case -- it will idle long enough to walk around the turn the fuel back on.  His reason for hand-propping is that he flies into the bush a lot, he wants to know that he can handprop if there is a battery issue somewhere remote.  If he can't he knows he has an issue that he might want to fix before launching off into the wilds of Alaska.

I hand propped a 207 once in Alaska to get home before a storm.  I will never do it again.  I hurt my shoulder.  :)
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The only HO I have every attempted was with a French potato named Miss Francine.  Otherwise I stay away from the HO it makes me very nervous having 20 and 30mm shells whipping by my canopy.

WD Cameron...Army Air Corp  P47d-11 and D-40 France Italy and Germany.
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