Fantastic .. Of note in the article are the key phrases: The stunned motorist was inches from death after the blade came crashing down as he sat in his...
I would like some opinions on what would be a good unit for doing some power off soaring.Black Hawk and Fresh Breeze are two units I was considering. Im 190lbs...
... wrote: It's hard to go wrong with either one. I've flown both. You say that handling and launch ease are important. I am approx. 195 lbs (about the same...
The FB is quite easy to restart in the air..I usually shut off my FB/Sim during every flight. Other than the FB and Top80 I have never dared to regularly shut...
The fresh breeze floating j-bars offer the best weight shift and glider feel out there. Go here: http://www.glidergear.com/blog/ and scroll down to the june...
If anyone is interested, the FAA has published a new book for PPC's. Quite informative. www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083-29.pdf...
I will repair your black devil motor for 100.00 per hr with a 2 hr minimum. You pay shipping both ways.... Later Andy kristy_mcniven <kristy_mcniven@...>...
I think he can repair it himself, I just think he is trying to put a real figure on what it costs to fly using a black devil motor. It would be nice to know...
... <kristy_mcniven@...> wrote: Depends on how you fly. Do you use full throttle a lot? Do you weigh 160 lbs and use 1/2 throttle or are you 225 lbs and use...
Stann, Yeah, I know I was just funnin.... For comparison, I have a FB Monster ( Hirth F33) w/ 30 ish hours and I have yet to do anything to it maintenance...
Ičve got a top-80 with over 600 hrs and all Ičve ever done to it was to replace the redrive bearinging (just recently) and put a new plug in it every 30...
... ****** My FB Solo 210 has 705 hours on it. I put a little over two hours on it yesterday, up and down the Pacific coast near Malibu, California. The...
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I dusted off my older Simonini motor with a Walbro32 carb (has the butterfly plate mod, which helped with the midrange). It's not been used regularly for...
sounds gas starved. Start going through the carb and check the screen. Pull out the screen and shoot it with carb cleaner. Those were my symptoms and the ...
Is there an in-tank fuel filter that holds the fuel line down? Or, any chance the line in the fuel tank has softened or been eaten up? ... been ... case ... ...
Check for a loose wire on the ignition coil - very common for this. The high RPMs cause a tag more vibration and make and break the connection. ... From:...
Im headed up to the Pa area soon(end of the month) to teach some folks. If you would like to catch me on the way up, down, there, let me know. Im using...
Jeff, Do you have any more info on this? Your article said "we've turned up one more picture of the "black" program". Where can we find the other picture? This...
Just when I think I'm progressing in this sport I have a day like yesterday. I won't bore you with all the details. Winds were light and very variable. After 2...
I did something Saturday I hadn't done before. Andy had a customers BlackDevil on a Phantom frame in the back of his pickup truck that needed to be removed....
Dave, As my flying experience has increased the ability to get up on the first attempt has too. I do remember it taking 9 attempts to get up when I started...
Hi Dave; Don't worry about it, most of us can have bad days launching PPG. The good thing is that as you progress in the sport your percentage of good launches...
No Sanibel is not ppg friendly. There have been some disturbances there over the past year that have put the police and park rangers on alert and they are not...
I need to sell my Lawrence airmap 1000. Got it new this sun and fun so it is current. I have used this GPS while flying my plane all over the US so it is...
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