Backcountry Pilot

by **58Skylane** » Tue May 01, 2012 11:08 am

Sorry Pops! :oops:

Cool pic! Think I can get a ride up there? Or I'm I too fat?

by **Little John** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:38 pm

Pops, do you still have the big tired Super Cub? Are you going to Caveman? If weather does not get any better we may do Oregon via Austin to Caveman. :lol:

by **Coyote Ugly** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:41 pm

Yea, still have my Cub, probably going to putt it over to caveman on Friday with my sweetie. Maybe we can hook up, but Im really slow...

Heck yea Pat, we can get ya up there.. :-)

by **58Skylane** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:52 pm

Coyote Ugly wrote:Heck yea Pat, we can get ya up there..

Sweet!!

by **wtxdragger** » Sat May 05, 2012 9:47 am

Where did you fly today?
by courierguy » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:47 am

20min. Of deadstick ridge soaring, at 9 to 10k. 29" airstreaks and foulding mountain bike and all, what every well equiped motorglider/ bush plane should have!

If I ever get up your way, these are the skills I would want to learn.

by **Coyote Ugly** » Sat May 12, 2012 2:15 pm

Ol T cart bagged another 10,000 footer this morning. This picture reminds me of "Kilroy was here"... :lol:

by **hicountry** » Sat May 12, 2012 6:42 pm

Eat your heart out CU!!!

Belongs to a friend of mine.

by **courierguy** » Sat May 12, 2012 7:42 pm

GO T-CRAFT!!!!

What is the formula for power loss at altitude... 2% every 1,000'? So we're talking 52 horsepower?

by **Coyote Ugly** » Sat May 12, 2012 10:02 pm

Cool T cart... Big engine?? Looks like 26" goodyears? Fun planes.

Now ya got me calculating Courier.. 10,000' @ 60 degrees is over 12,000 DA an it says 3% per thousand, so that's more like 40hp... Ha ha.. Felt like less..

by **TrevDog** » Sat May 12, 2012 10:49 pm

Coyote Ugly wrote:
Landing and Takeoff at 10,200'.... No Problemo....

great shot you couldn't get a better back drop with the good lookn' plane

by **hicountry** » Sun May 13, 2012 5:56 am

Coyote Ugly wrote:Cool T cart... Big engine?? Looks like 26" goodyears? Fun planes.

Now ya got me calculating Courier.. 10,000' @ 60 degrees is over 12,000 DA an it says 3% per thousand, so that's more like 40hp... Ha ha.. Felt like less..

65 great big ponies!

by **Coyote Ugly** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:46 pm

hicountry wrote:65 great big ponies!

Im starting to wonder if that ain't the best.. :-)

(with these gas prices an all)

by **EZFlap** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:28 pm

I smell nitrous.....

by **Coyote Ugly** » Mon May 14, 2012 10:40 am

Ha... Or electric?? No elevation loss of power with an electric motor??

by **EZFlap** » Mon May 14, 2012 12:32 pm

Coyote Ugly wrote:Ha... Or electric?? No elevation loss of power with an electric motor??

That's it, we've discovered your secret! It's one of those Harold Hamp electric starters that uses a Makita cordless drill, jerry-rigged to give you that extra power at altitude!

JATO: Joule Assisted Taylorcraft Operation

by **Coyote Ugly** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:19 pm

T Cart in Super Cub country.. No Electric drills.. ha ha

by **robw56** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:35 pm

Awesome!

by **Fisherman** » Tue May 15, 2012 6:35 am

EZFlap wrote:That's it, we've discovered your secret! It's one of those Harold Hamp electric starters that uses a Makita cordless drill, jerry-rigged to give you that extra power at altitude!

Sounds like something from a Red Green episode. :lol:

by **hotrod150** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:45 am

Fisherman wrote:
EZFlap wrote:That's it, we've discovered your secret! It's one of those Harold Hamp electric starters that uses a Makita cordless drill, jerry-rigged to give you that extra power at altitude!

Sounds like something from a Red Green episode.

A Luscombe guy I know installed one of those. Believe me, it IS something from a Red Green show. :roll:

by **EZFlap** » Tue May 15, 2012 9:26 am

The article in Sport Aviation some years ago is all I know about it. I'm sure it works, and it was a very clever idea to find a way around the A-65's lack of provisions for a starter. But it looked like the original installation and execution was not quite as elegant as it could have been if he had developed some sort of a box to hold the drill motor and "guts" instead of the blue hand drill casing.

The Red Green episode using a hand held cake mixer as an a utomotive power window upgrade had me rolling on the floor.

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