I don’t want to pollute ampzapper’s thread with my pics, but as discussed today here is my collar getting gas welded onto the tail spring socket.
Sonex also had me make this saddle to atone for my sins, which as far as I know is still in there.
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Before we started our descent into home today, we did a WOT run at our 7500’ cruise altitude. Here are the numbers:
Pressure altitude: 7272’
OAT: 33F
IAS: 125 kts
RPM: 3420
calculated TAS: 139 kts
It took a long time to get from 120kts to 125.
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Great photo’s/Videos.
“It took a long time to get from 120kts to 125.”
Interesting - I too have noticed that my Legacy is slow to accelerate, fast to decelerate - what might be the technical explanation? 
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It’s the differential equations. Out of power, max drag, asymptotic approach to the max speed.
Way Way out of my technical understanding. I take your word for it.
The PA12 I learned to fly in. This was a trip to Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, off season, in the early 90s.
Not really Waiex relevant but part of the path of how I got here. I re-found this picture today.
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Off topic, but a hangar creation of my younger son:
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That’s incredible!! Best thing on the forum right now.
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That’s great! A unicycle with training wheels. Post another video once he get it mastered (and possibly another gear ratio).
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Looks hard enough , without adding the ice
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That’s low gear - we kept the derailleur on the back.
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Love the creative imagination! A few skinned knees and shins and he will have it mastered 
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Awesome! Looks like the whole family has an engineering mind.
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I’m still stuck with the head issues/annual inspection no flying blues. But here’s a great picture that Robbie’s friend Mike took at the Cottonwood fly-in October 2022. This was my first time at an airport other than C77 in the Waiex. Picture is the takeoff roll, you can see I’ve got forward stick to lift the tail and left rudder to balance the massive torque generated by the AeroVee. Back then I didn’t realize that takeoff is better with a notch of flaps.
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Nice photo Bryan. Brings back memories. My first flight lesson was at Cottonwood back in 1969. Thank you.
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Randomly found - what I used to do. Shows a much younger Bryan in the photos and video.
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