gbflyer wrote:Got me a pair of those Baofeng handheld programmable radios. Freaking amazing what they can do these days with circuit boards.

Those little radios are awesome, and they're like $30 each.

As for Xmas morning, it was awesome. Eldest daughter loves airplanes and airplane-related toys. The youngest is concerned strictly with boobs.

DBI wrote:Got a HERO 5 Black GoPro!

Now just figuring our how to use and mount it. Looking forward to having some videos like all the cool folks post!

Likewise. I think I'm going to get a wing strut mount kit from Nflightcam. They have nice interior mounts as well.

https://www.nflightcam.com/products/strut-clamp-mount

Got to do a little skiing with "The Fam" Two out of three daughters are home for the holidays. Even found some freshies.

I got fancy real airplane style chocks for the plane and a handheld radio. I listened to the radio for about ten minutes, then decided to go flying.

My best present was a trip to our cabin alone with my eldest (18) son. Quality time. My second best was a truck cleaning by my 16 year old son. I forgot what colour the dash was supposed to be. Gifts of time and service are my favourite by far.

A joint present to my wife and I, our plane (Wanda) is heading in for a facelift early in Jan... new paint on the wings and elevator, plus lifting rings to make float installation quicker. I ordered the Selkirk interior and the SCS vinyl floor, she's gonna look 20 years younger!

Merry Christmas all, I feel truly blessed this year.

My daughter and son in law came up from Utah with the grandchildren, family trumps everything!

Walking around the house is a hazard again, were it not for my cat-like reflexes developed from reading backcountry flying stories, many a toy may have done me in.

I'm not sure the family and I are totally on the same page. They got me a new 28 footer! I was thinking more flying and less work this year, but perhaps they are tired of me energetically managing with something not quite suitable for the job...


A buddy of mine gave me a new (still in cosmoline) rear R2800 cylinder for an F4U Corsair. It's pretty cool! This particular one was produced by the Ford Motor Company.
5.75 " bore, 6" Stroke. Horsepower was over 100 per cylinder.
It's been interesting reading up on the engine. Here are a couple links to info on it. The production numbers are amazing.
http://www.connecticutscorsair.com/page ... istory.htm
http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/ford.htm

Zzz,

Sounds like they both take after you then...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!

I wanted snow...I got snow. About 18" at the house.



Fun fun fun!



And a day of plowing. Even with an eight foot blade it takes a while to plow a mile of road with five switchbacks...

My wife got me a pair of Cloudbase Optics Leewave sunglasses. I'll be spending an absurd amount of time in an airplane so I needed something good. I'll give a review once I've got some hours on them. Merry Christmas!



Jeff

Hammer wrote:

This looks like a happy place. Is the cabin on that thing heated?

Hammer wrote:
Fun fun fun!

I think we should use that thing to access Paradise for a preseason Selway. [emoji16]

Zzz wrote:

Hammer wrote:

This looks like a happy place. Is the cabin on that thing heated?

More of a giggly place...I'm sure there are conditions that will stop it, but I haven't found them yet. Five feet of powder so dry you couldn't make a snowball with a hydraulic ram? It pushes right through, mile after mile. Today I was pushing a six foot berm of water-soaked snow in front of me and it still never lost traction.

And ya, the cab is heated, and then some. I wouldn't think a little engine like that would put out much heat, but it's a blowtorch on high.

It's surprisingly loud though. Lots of transmission noise, and in snow you have to move the air intakes into the cab, which make a lot of noise. I ordered a aviation intercom with music input yesterday. We'll plug in a couple headsets and a ipod and rock out to the Hillbilly Bugger Boys, which later turned into the Rolling Stones, which is when they lost their grove.

There's a couple feet of snow under the tracks here, and I'm just backtracking what I ran up earlier...

whee wrote:

Hammer wrote:
Fun fun fun!

I think we should use that thing to access Paradise for a preseason Selway. [emoji16]

It's crossed my mind, believe me.

Hammer wrote:

Zzz wrote:

Hammer wrote:

This looks like a happy place. Is the cabin on that thing heated?

More of a giggly place...I'm sure there are conditions that will stop it, but I haven't found them yet. Five feet of powder so dry you couldn't make a snowball with a hydraulic ram? It pushes right through, mile after mile. Today I was pushing a six foot berm of water-soaked snow in front of me and it still never lost traction.

And ya, the cab is heated, and then some. I wouldn't think a little engine like that would put out much heat, but it's a blowtorch on high.

It's surprisingly loud though. Lots of transmission noise, and in snow you have to move the air intakes into the cab, which make a lot of noise. I ordered a aviation intercom with music input yesterday. We'll plug in a couple headsets and a ipod and rock out to the Hillbilly Bugger Boys, which later turned into the Rolling Stones, which is when they lost their grove.

There's a couple feet of snow under the tracks here, and I'm just backtracking what I ran up earlier...

Ya those things are awesome. Amazing where theyll go, even on wheels. I had a 2014 with a crew cab. Was pushing to put tracks on it, but sold it when I moved and went to school.

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I wear my Bose A20 in my John Deere more than in the airplane. Makes it quieter than the new ones.