A lot of FUN – not as hard as I expected despite cartoon proportioned tires!
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Thanks to Ken Chute for his hangar at Lake Puslinch
– there are really cool stories to tell about that place – we’ll be back!
And thanks to Lee for being an awesome AME and helping with the production.
http://kovachikaircraftservices.com
Here are a couple more awesome videos with Lee in the shop:
Complete Engine Tear Down:
https://youtu.be/mx9F1LBNH5c
Winterization of Super Cub:
https://youtu.be/l-VRK_f_XJE
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See the Flight Chops main channel for MUCH more tail wheel flying as well as all sorts of flying content from aerobatics to IFR training!
There are over a dozen TailWheel Flying videos already published,
but these ones are key to understand why landing the Stearman on pavement is scary:
Understanding the “Ground Loop”:
https://youtu.be/U0YUxsntZWE
Wheel Landing VS 3 Pointers:
https://youtu.be/ob75R0y-obc
Big thanks to Dennis for sharing is beautiful 1942 Stearman to get this series really going:
Stearman intro flight part 1:
https://youtu.be/OM99aiK5Zls
Stearman intro flight part 2:
https://youtu.be/_Auz20sHZ6Q
Stearman STALL recognition – SHORT field LANDING:
https://youtu.be/fYPWKGmlXA4
Stearman energy management / power off approaches:
https://youtu.be/2GTf-DXK414
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Regarding Weight and Balance as related to configuaton chagnes on planes like Jim’s:
The Airplane has been weighed and had an official W/B document created for each configuration.
When reconfigured, the appropriate W/B paper work is applicable.
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And thanks to my friend Kerry for getting last minute photos of Jim’s Vortex Generators in a dark cold hangar 🙂
She’s a meteorologist, pilot and awesome photographer.
Check out her stuff!
http://www.weatherandsky.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/weathera…
https://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky/
https://twitter.com/weatherandsky
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