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Re: Latest Interior [1 Attachment]

Isaac Heizer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:56 GMT

willie did the interior in my ES-P. Terrific job; I'm 100% satisfied ... From: "Bryan Burr" To: "Lancair List" Cc:

Latest Interior

Bryan Burr — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:29:22 GMT

Here are pictures of the latest and greatest interior for Lancair aircraft made by my good friend Willy Sturgis of Sturgis Designs. It has come a long way

ES updates on Lancair site

Gordon Porter — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:48:13 GMT

I'll save you the background facts and editorial comment. Suffice it to say that there are updates and supplements pertaining to the ES (actually all models)

Re: mid-air in CO and some thoughts

Curt Cannon — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:05:32 GMT

Ron, Amen about clearing final after tower gives you the ok. The same thing happened to me a few years ago with 137 people in back. Our airline not too long

IO-550N MP/RPM vs % HP table

Curt Cannon — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:40:17 GMT

I'm trying to program my engine monitor with these numbers - if anyone could share I'd appreciate it. I tried to get them from Performance Engines, my engine

mid-air in CO and some thoughts

Ron Galbraith — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:12 GMT

A collision happened yesterday near Boulder, CO. A Cirrus and a glider tow plane with glider in tow collided. The glider was able to make it back to the

Re: How wide is leading edge tape on Columbia 300 or 400?

Isaac Heizer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:46:59 GMT

thanks, ron I put tape on the wing because the leading edge was taking a beating. Touched up the paint and put some helicopter tape on it. Looks great, but the

Re: How wide is leading edge tape on Columbia 300 or 400?

Ron Galbraith — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:34:55 GMT

oh, and the tape is centered on the leading edge.

Re: How wide is leading edge tape on Columbia 300 or 400?

Ron Galbraith — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:32:01 GMT

The rate of climb is dramatically reduced with the leading edge tape. As a matter of fact, fltplan.com has two different performance options to select for a

Re: paint colors, seats, etc.

Gordon Porter — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:48:16 GMT

Thanks to Ron, Brad and Justin for their comments. Looks like yellow will be fine. I will look for the chart Brad refers to. If someone is painting a

How wide is leading edge tape on Columbia 300 or 400?

isaach — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:05:36 GMT

I'm wondering if my plane has lost a few knots, and it comes to mind that i put leading edge tape on the wings and horizontal. I know some Columbia models

Re: paint colors, seats, etc.

Brad & Tracy Simmons — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:10:29 GMT

Gordon, There is a chart floating around out there on the internet that compares the skin temperature of a composite surface painted in a variety of colors at

Re: TKS De-Ice for Lancair ES

Brad & Tracy Simmons — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:52:19 GMT

We painted a Legacy with previously installed RDD heaters. The owner wanted a flush seam around the perimeter of his heaters. With some prior planning the trip

Re: TKS De-Ice for Lancair ES

Pete Sinclair — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:26:44 GMT

A comment on runback. Most think that the Thermawing system justs heats up the leading edge of the wing, which may result in melted runback sticking to the

Re: ASRS: Cessna 400 Door Separation In Flight

Ron Galbraith — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:22:53 GMT

Just to add, we had no further problems with the door popping open because we used a bungy cord on the handle to hold it over center just to make sure it