Thruster88

Bakeng Duce

3xtrim 450 ultra ?

On a Lycoming you would control it with the red knob

Hope you get well soon Red

Carlson Sparrow II

The A36 had to back track almost half the runway, the landing twin should have seen it regardless of the radio.

The A36 pilot should have seen the twin landing in front before powering up regardless of the radio.

Wild Thing WT101

My data base is somewhat flawed, not one pic of a proper Thruster !

Yes

Hi Memphis

Welcome to the site. Is your aircraft really fuel injected or does it have a pressure carbureter?

The problem is most likely that the simple reliable carbureter has been replaced with a back yard fuel injection system.

Sorry if this offends anyone.

at the end he's realizing that the only way he can keep flying is with another used engine

I think Trent came to the correct conclusion, one that Rotax would agree with

The good new, DP, is that polycarbonate is getting cheaper. The price halved in the last ten years, presumably because it's now sourced from China. That means is cheaper to replace your screen, which you need to do much more often than with acrylic (Perspex) which is harder, less scratch resistant, but more easily cracked.I'd like to see how thick our screens need to be; has anyone whacked a curved sheet of poly with a defrosted chook travelling at 90knots?

Annual inspections for the 22 years I have owned it would be under 2k.

It's really just a good check of everything and oil change parts required have been minimal.

I always participat because I have the time and am interested, I can say that not one age related problem has been found.

Reading back thru this thread, the theme     All these old corroded poorly maintained 40-50 year GA are an accident waiting to happen 

Makes me laugh. Mine is 55yo. Can anyone who thinks  this way point me to an accident from the ATSB data base to support your view ? 

Scottish Aviation Bulldog

Cessna 150,172, Piper PA28 etc are good rock solid aircraft safe, proven  good value for money.

When all this madness started I made one like Camels for my beech, haven't used it for at least ten years total BS

Since I didn't get it CAR35 engineer approved, would be I breach either way. 

O-320s where a lot more common back in the day, they would all be starting to get long in the tooth and expensive now though

Hi Doug

The 503 sounds healthy enough

The relationship between throttle and choke can be tricky

The choke on a Bing 36 is a valve that allows more fuel to enter provided there is sufficient  suction ie throttle  closed

Opening throttle on cold engine can cause stoppage

Having the choke on with a hot engine will result in no start

A new Blackshape or a used Cirrus sr20 I'll take the later 

Hi Doug

I had a 13hp Honda on an auger, if I didn't pull it hard enough it would snatch the handle for my hand

Hi Desk pilot

Did you get the 503 going, is it for the single that's on the trailer?

Eclipse 500

I got 2mm for my t500 on eBay, came in a roll no damage 1.2x1.8 sheet.