Joe Dubner wrote: Franchise, like McDonalds, eh? :-).

Gene wrote: While it is certainly reasonable to have lighting to see your instruments, 14 CFR Part 91.205(C) says nothing about requiring instrument lighting. 91.205 does require this. and 91.205 says

Tom Smith wrote: And I agreed with you there - no requirement for LL's unless operated for hire, which EAB aircraft are not permitted to do. Unless I"m misunderstanding what your'e saying here, "that'

Del Schier wrote: Keep your spare fuses in an accessible place. I do - then you're legal. It says nothing about whether a blown fuse is accessible, or whether or not you can replace them in flight, or

Tom Smith wrote: This is correct. This is correct. This is not correct. You also need anti-collision lights, which implies either a rotating beacon or strobes.

Afif Saybe wrote: That would have been a useful thing to say up front :-). 5 hrs STOH is almost certainly the major cause of the increase in CHT's, with the timing possibly being a second cause. Like

Gary Hunter wrote: Agreed. I've seen 5 degrees of timing retardation lower CHT's by 10 - 20F. The first thing I'd do is check that the mags/EI's are timed to 20 Deg BTDC, rather than 25 Deg BTDC, but

Greg Gullikson wrote: Some folks have had good luck with it and have modified it to make it reliable. I have the stock latch on my plane, although if I were starting from scratch, I'd probably install

Ron Springer wrote: Agree completely. While I don't have the EZNOSELIFT latch on MY plane (and wouldn't), I've worked on a couple of customer's planes that have them and I feel the same as Ron, except

Keith Spreuer wrote: I don't even know what that means - roll stability... They're about on the CG, so even though they add area, they won't affect pitch or yaw (directional) stability much, if any. B

Dave Berenhotlz wrote: As you would expect, the pods add weight and drag, as well as some roll inertia. Not a lot of weight by themselves, and not a lot of weight even when loaded with the 25 lb. allo

Dave Berenholz wrote: Assuming you follow Kevin's document, theoretically you'd need to repeat a substantial # of the tests both without and then with pods installed. These would include (but are prob

Scott Fish wrote: Geez - please just use canard-aviators and/or the COZY mailing list, or the canardzone via the forum interface. How many places do we have to monitor to discuss canards? It's already