Backcountry Pilot

Selling my 26" Airstreak ABWs. I've had them about 3 years on a Murphy Rebel. Absolutely fantastic tires, they have always served me well but as I get ready to sell the plane I switched it back to the...

On my Rebel, everything is metal except the flapperons. While I was out in the bush I got a bit of hail a while back, not enough to hurt the rest of the plane, but a few went through the control surfaces....

Hah - just reading the last few pages... I am not insured if France declares war. :roll: Lol I think you're safe. Mine has all the T/C related to war, vandalism, nuclear attack and all that....

Looks like someone got their video up on BarnStormers from the High Sierra fly in. Here's the December flier with it highlighted. http://www.barnstormers.com/eFLYER/2013/301-eFLYER.html I hadn't...

I can't remember where I read about this, but there was an interview with the pilot. Apparently the relative wind was like 20-25kts headwind till about 15 ft off the deck. The front of the ship shielded...

Alright definitely great advice and because of it I think I found the winner. Went out, did a little practice and then hit some of my off airport spots. I definitely was bouncing so much before because...

BTW, Mauleguy's recent post about a broken flap ratchet is a real good caution about dragging it in flat, as relates to terrain evaluation. Good words to live by. -DP Good point about dragging it...

One more thing to consider is your vertical speed on landing. In my Maule, a 60 Mph final approach can be done at anything from 200 - 500 fpm vertical descent rate. Learn the power settings for your plane...

Great thoughts on this, it's working to dispel the idea I had about keeping the tail wheel off the ground. My plane can fly down to about 34 kts, I bring it in around 40 on approach, flare out and touch...

Good thought, I was a little worried dumping the tail down the ground when I clear all my flaps quickly and come in at that angle. I imagine as I get more experience I can clear the flaps and figure out...

Nice Rebel! http://tincantimes.dcsol.com/ Yeah definitely, Roger built a great Rebel, that was it in his ad. His build documents are top notch. I've done a few mods to it to make it more back...

So this is a newbie question I'm sure, I'm fairly new to off airport landings. The situation I'm running into is when coming into a rougher field, IE rocks, dips, dry streams, root clusters, etc I flair...

I was looking at the 26" good years and they came out to be between 22/23" tall based on inflation. I was seeing around 10" in width which was the thing i was a little worried about going on to sand....

That's awesome, that ice must be pretty solidly thick to do the pivot like that. I wouldn't have thought of that idea but it's a great one. I was waiting for an ad on the side of the page to be advertising...

I'm curious where this ended up. I did my private training in a glastar and had good reactions to it. It was in the trike configuration, but can easily be switched up. The one I was flying had a useful...

I haven't personally but a friend of mine had clear tape on his for a couple years. It was relatively thin stuff, but did the job of deflecting most of the paint chipping hits. He said every year he'd...

Did a nice cruise around the Reno area, stopped a bunch of places we did during the fly in. Lot more fun landing the sand with some real tires. :D Finally landed the gold mine! http://www.backcountrypilot.org/images/originalphotos/4424/3398/a054485ad1d5ebc32e319f6d.jpg

I can't speak for the masses, but my tail dragger cert and flying did increase my skill level. A lot of that may have been the type of flying I've been doing in the tail dragger. From a usefulness on...