Whats the deal... Not flying anymore? We need more eye candy-

bigrenna wrote:Whats the deal... Not flying anymore? We need more eye candy-

Have been laying a bit low is all. Crazy time of year with my "real job" doing PR and getting ready for the upcoming season. Not to mention the extremely lousy weather we have had recently has also kept me diverting my attention a bit.

We are currently seeing 80mph winds and have received a lot of rain. Thinking about building an ark soon if this keeps up. The guys in the NW look to be getting the same... Looking forward to the snow!

Long story short, I have been flying, just not as much lately. Hopefully that will change in the next week!

Ever wondered what your Tach cable looks like? Here you go. Its a cable inside a cable. The small steal piece is what broke off the cable last week. This had me grounded when Zane went flying with the Bearhawk crew...


Its pretty long. It runs from your engine, through the firewall and connects to the Tach.


A qucik trip to the resevoir. All beaches are a go now as the water levels are very low...


The MT is working out great! I would encourage all of you to purchase one!


And a little mud on the tires is always nice


My fingers are crossed for some good weather this next week. Thinking about a flying mission somewhere. Will have to sess out what the rain has done.

Enjoying your thread Bigrenna! Love your avatar name. "BigRenna"...makes me think about those 1-800 numbers and who is actually on the other end...

AKT

bigrenna wrote:Whats the deal... Not flying anymore? We need more eye candy-

Have been laying a bit low is all. Crazy time of year with my "real job" doing PR and getting ready for the upcoming season. Not to mention the extremely lousy weather we have had recently has also kept me diverting my attention a bit.

We are currently seeing 80mph winds and have received a lot of rain. Thinking about building an ark soon if this keeps up. The guys in the NW look to be getting the same... Looking forward to the snow!

Long story short, I have been flying, just not as much lately. Hopefully that will change in the next week!

Ever wondered what your Tach cable looks like? Here you go. Its a cable inside a cable. The small steal piece is what broke off the cable last week. This had me grounded when Zane went flying with the Bearhawk crew...


Its pretty long. It runs from your engine, through the firewall and connects to the Tach.


A qucik trip to the resevoir. All beaches are a go now as the water levels are very low...


The MT is working out great! I would encourage all of you to purchase one!



And a little mud on the tires is always nice


My fingers are crossed for some good weather this next week. Thinking about a flying mission somewhere. Will have to sess out what the rain has done.

Enjoying your thread Bigrenna! Love your avatar name. "BigRenna"...makes me think about those 1-800 numbers and who is actually on the other end...

AKT

Hey Kevin do they offer the MT props in different color combo's?? And what about the spinner? Is it extra to get the polished/chrome/shiny model??

Your prop looks spiffy in all white but I have seen some painted to look like steel..

"The MT is working out great! I would encourage all of you to purchase one!" I encourage you to send me $15,000

That has turned into a really nice bird, I am really enjoying the thread and liking what you have done, please keep the updates coming.

Just some flying yesterday. The weather has been stellar to say the least these past few days. Went down south to look for snow and see how much there really is. It was pretty windy up high so the landings were pretty much out.

I am also going through a faze now. Just not feeling it as of late. I make about 50 approaches into a cool spot and then end up saying to myself, "not today"...thats been my story the past few flights. Maybe I need to give myself a swift kick in the rear and get fired up. Maybe its because I have only been flying once a week as of late. I go through this in other aspects of life as well. Sometimes just cruising around is fun. Its also safe. Keeping it safe is also boring...well not really. The only way we improve is to step outside the bubble of comfort. Now that I am sitting here typing this I feel myself coming out of the safe shell....hmmm better not go flying today... Here is a couple shots from yesterday.

Squaw Vally ski resort


Tahoe


Silver Peak


Tahoe and Marlet lake with Reno in the distance


AKT

aktahoe1 wrote:

bigrenna wrote:Whats the deal... Not flying anymore? We need more eye candy-

Ever wondered what your Tach cable looks like? Here you go. Its a cable inside a cable. The small steal piece is what broke off the cable last week. This had me grounded when Zane went flying with the Bearhawk crew...


Its pretty long. It runs from your engine, through the firewall and connects to the Tach.


AKT

An experimental guy would go to heavy truck fix it shop that can make tach cables and be back in the air in short order.

I spent a good portion of the late morning, early afternoon yesterday flying around under the ceiling. I received a message that flying was off on the west side due to winds and fog so I decided to burn an hour anyway. After all I spent the first hour digging out of my hanger. Check out the deadly ice hanging. Makes for a great sound when you open the hanger door.



Once it was cleared off she was ready to go.


And I was off...Check out down town Truckee and the holiday traffic.


Departing toward Squaw Valley VOR


Thread drift...just saw this photo of 260driver coming in for landing... One of our favorites...


Back to my stormy day with nowhere to land (except for the airport... ) (Skis will go on this week)




Here is a good one. Who has the better parking.
Squaw Valley? They have a lot of cars.


Alpine Meadows? They also have a lot of cars and are very strategic in placing.


Or maybe Boreal?


Regardless, it sure was a beautiful flight...Thats what its all about...


AKT

Good to see you made it out to fly for a while, probably better you didn't try to make it out this way. I'll be in that mess of parked cars at Squaw Valley tomorrow morning.

SixTwoLeemer wrote:Hey Kevin do they offer the MT props in different color combo's?? And what about the spinner? Is it extra to get the polished/chrome/shiny model??

Your prop looks spiffy in all white but I have seen some painted to look like steel..

Sixtwoleemer,

To answer your question about MT props-they will paint the props any cooler you want. I had the one for my Bearhawk painted flat black with red tips. They will also paint the spinner chrome for an extra $400 bucks or something like that.

Thanks for sharing those pics, AKT!

Ever see her at cross fit?

Hahahahaha!

Now that's some funny shit Rob...

Actually....