Hey Everyone,
Hoping someone can shed some light or provide insight to a problem I think I may have.
I have a One Design DR-107 with a Lycoming O-360. Recently I noticed a "slop" in the...
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Hey Everyone,
Hoping someone can shed some light or provide insight to a problem I think I may have.
I have a One Design DR-107 with a Lycoming O-360. Recently I noticed a "slop" in the...
I'll throw my thoughts, comments and an experience into the ring.
I wouldn't take my Ford F-350 to a Ferrari mechanic, not that the Ferrari mechanics aren't good guys, but they just don't know my...
I have a One Design DR-107. I've never had a sighting device on a monoplane. On my Pitts it had the star pattern at perfect eye level at the 9 o'clock position.
On the 1D, it appears as though...
Hello all,
Moving my static ports from the builders location of just behind the trailing edge of the wing root, to something closer to the plans location. I'm having a problem of a bouncy...
With O-360 and 2 blade wood/fiberglass Prince Prop, now at 878 lbs and E.W.C.G. of 74". This is 1" forward of the old E.W. C.G. but with me (when I loose 10 lbs) in the a/c with 10 gallons I'm at...
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In my DR-107 weight reduction program this winter I have successfully removed 41.2 lbs!! Removed alternator completely, -10 lbs, went to light weight x-drive starter, -5.5lbs,...
The prop is 76x56. Spoke with Lonnie Prince at Prince aircraft propeller at length about this. Usually they do a 58" pitch on a 1D. Although they state the prop is designed for 2700rpm only, he...
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I have a One Design DR-107 with a Prince Aircraft P-Tip Wood/Carbon fiber Propeller. Was thinking it is pitched to fine and wanted input from others.
At WOT I'm getting:...
Hello All,
Planning on starting in the Sportsman category.
I attached the camera using two #8 machine screws that hold the horizontal stab fairing on. Those two screws went through 1/2 of the...
Borrowed my friends Go-Pro and attached it the the horizontal stab of my "new to me" One Design DR-107.
I have about 4 hours in the airplane as of this video. I know there are many mistakes in my...
I have a recently purchased One Design DR-107. A nut has come off one of the aileron hinge bolts. These nuts are enclosed in the wing that is skinned completely with wood then fabric covered. I...
Good information above, I will add to start logging all of your work. I just got approval for my A&P after 25 years of working on the side!! The Feds love documentation, I brought pages and pages...