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Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:28 am

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Incredible pictures, Asa!
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Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:09 am

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It is hard work owning these airplanes, and especially rebuilding them. But looks like you are really enjoying it. Amazing places to visit.
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Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:28 pm

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Looks fantastic. Loved watching this build. Hopefully I will get back on mine soon.

There is a vernier throttle made by McFarlane that lets you have your cake and eat it too. There is no release button so you can ram it home if you need to without worry. I'm installing one in my Stinson. Beautifully made.

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Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:19 pm

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Finished the summer in Alaska out strong then my girlfriend and I flew the M6 down to the lower 48 via the trench in October. It now resides in a T hangar in a dry climate with the engine pickled. Sorry, everyone, the lower 48 flying just ain’t worth the cost of gas.

Til next time
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Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:53 am

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Sure appreciate you posting and really like the tire tracks in the sand. That is a really nice looking bird you have!!!!!
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Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:58 am

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asa wrote:Sorry, everyone, the lower 48 flying just ain’t worth the cost of gas.


Very nice! Great pics, looks like it has worked out really well for you. I gotta tell you though, that stings. At least my fuel burn is low so it's almost worth it....

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Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:28 pm

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pburns wrote:
asa wrote:Sorry, everyone, the lower 48 flying just ain’t worth the cost of gas.


Very nice! Great pics, looks like it has worked out really well for you. I gotta tell you though, that stings. At least my fuel burn is low so it's almost worth it....

Pete


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Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:13 pm

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pburns wrote:
asa wrote:Sorry, everyone, the lower 48 flying just ain’t worth the cost of gas.


Very nice! Great pics, looks like it has worked out really well for you. I gotta tell you though, that stings. At least my fuel burn is low so it's almost worth it....

Pete


I was mostly kidding. At the end of the year im heading back to AK to work in a place that my plane has no purpose nor protection. I’d prefer it be safe and sound locked up in the mountain west.

And after flying it 200 hours in 7 months at AK avgas prices, I can’t really afford to even look at it, much less fly it.
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Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:50 am

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180Marty wrote:Sure appreciate you posting and really like the tire tracks in the sand. That is a really nice looking bird you have!!!!!


Love a good tire track pic, here’s some more

This mud had been under a lake forever. Major rains caused the berm containing the lake to blow out and exposed this mud flat above the lake. Tried to be the first to land it but my boss sneaked out the night before and beat me to it.
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Apparently the water hadn’t drained out of the mud yet, had some overflow in my tracks after landing. Oops.

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Perfect Beach, smoother than a runway.
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Precision, low stakes
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Decided to find a place to land in this old volcano ash flow. I wanted a pic of the plane in front of Redoubt. Turned out to be shorter and narrower than it looked from air, about 210 feet. Ended up just pushing the plane back in its tracks to take off. The next three pics are from this spot.
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Precision, higher stakes
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Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:08 pm

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Man I hate paved runways. One day I will fly back up there.
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Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:48 am

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Flying up there looks incredible. Thanks for sharing! Pretty epic to be able to land, push the plane back in its landing tracks and get back off again in the same space again. Horsepower is a magical thing!
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Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:37 pm

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A year and 190 flight hours has passed since the rebuild so time for the first annual. Beat up on the plane pretty good all year and it lived outside in Alaska the vast majority of the time. Even with that, the annual was easy with no big items to address. Helps having a Maule guru who owns an M6 as my IA and mentor.

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Still looking awfully fresh under those floorboards. People love vinyl flooring but I love carpet. I was flying in beaches and gravel bars all year and the carpet kept it all out of the belly.
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All done, ready to fly again
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Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:50 am

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asa wrote:...but I love carpet. I was flying in beaches and gravel bars all year and the carpet kept it all out of the belly.


Hopefully you washed out that sluice box carpet into a pan and got paid... :D
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Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:22 am

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Good post & great pics of your Maule.
Looks like a very good comprehensive yet simple inspection checklist.
Any way you could post the whole thing?
Looks like it would be generally applicable to most airplanes,
other than maybe a few Maule-specific items.
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Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:05 pm

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Much of it is quite specific to the higher tier of aircraft (Maules) but you all plebes (non Maule people) are welcome to the work of masterminds (Maule pilots)

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Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:24 pm

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That storage compartment aft of the cargo space is pretty nice, what's the scoop on that?
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Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:51 pm

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twofingers wrote:That storage compartment aft of the cargo space is pretty nice, what's the scoop on that?


Must be an optical illusion
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Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:24 am

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asa wrote:Much of it is quite specific to the higher tier of aircraft (Maules) but you all plebes (non Maule people) are welcome to the work of masterminds (Maule pilots)

Maule Annual Checklist.doc


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Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:23 am

Re: Amorphous Maule M7/M6 Rebuild Project

Asa,

A couple of questions…

How is the Oratex holding up? Any issues with the tapes lifting?

How do you secure your controls when you are tied down?

For your optical illusion in the baggage compartment, were there any other optical illusions done to the airframe during rebuild today accommodate? How is it secured to the fuselage?

I recently acquired an M7 and am figuring a few things out.

Thanks,
Joe
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Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:17 pm

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twflyer wrote:Asa,

A couple of questions…

How is the Oratex holding up? Any issues with the tapes lifting?

How do you secure your controls when you are tied down?

For your optical illusion in the baggage compartment, were there any other optical illusions done to the airframe during rebuild today accommodate? How is it secured to the fuselage?

I recently acquired an M7 and am figuring a few things out.

Thanks,
Joe


Oratex is great. Had a couple spots of tape lifting. It’s because I didn’t heat them enough. Any properly activated adhesive is bulletproof - lifting tapes is operator error during installation 100%, not an oratex design fault. On mine I just cleaned under the lifted area with compressed air and used a heat gun and felt pad to press them down. All good.

I do not secure the controls generally but if I felt it necessary I’d use the seat belt on the yoke. Was planning on making external gust locks but never got around to it.
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