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Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:57 am

Re: PA-22/20 project at Steve's

Looks great! How's she fly?
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Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:37 am

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That should be a sweetheart airplane. And, that weight is GREAT with those tires :lol: . I've flown one Pacer before and after that wing extension, and that mod really makes the Pacer a much nicer airplane.

I hope she is well used.

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Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:41 am

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As a PA22/20 owner myself I've really enjoyed watching this build via the Facebook posts. Congrats and do let us know how she performs!
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Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:04 am

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He is already having a bit of fun on his way home...

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Flew hands off on the first flight.... There are still a few heavy "stock" items that can be replaced to get the weight down some more. Oil cooler, generator and battery could all be replaced... Doing those mods would get the airplane down to what we started with at 1198.

Bender should chime in after he gets home.... Long cross country from Oregon to Virginia Beach...

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Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:26 am

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Nice work, cuz Brian! =D> =D> Great to see that Bender is giving it a bit of a field test in the appropriate environment.

Thanks. cubscout
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Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:24 pm

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Looks terrific. Like others, I'll be on the edge of my seat for the flight and trip report.

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Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:17 pm

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Finally made it home today. Was within 320sm of my home airport two nights ago but had to wait out the weather.

I couldn't be happier with the Pacer. The craftsmanship is top notch and I can't thank Brian and Steve at Steve's Aircraft enough. When I get around to changing the battery I'll be back under 1200 (1198) with 84lbs of tires and wheels. That's fine with me.

I know there are some 29" Airhawk haters out there but they fit my mission for now with heavy pavement use. Eventually I'll upgrade to 31" ABW's. The weight should be about the same.
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Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:24 am

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Exciting! I bet you're glad to be home!
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Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:39 am

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Photobucket should be on everyone's shit list for ruining so many threads around the internet, like this one. Bender's photos of this refurb are lost.

Choose your image host wisely, or just use BCP to host images.
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Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:49 pm

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Here’s his post with the images restored. F Photobucket...they SUCK!

Bender wrote:As some of you know, Brian and Steve at Steve's Aircraft have been working on my Pacer over the winter and spring. The project is nearing completion (just a few weeks out now) so I thought I would show off some of their work here. This is just a small sample of the photos that Brian has taken. He has over 300 photos of the project posted on his business' facebook page. A/C will be Daytona white (khaki) with a Bahama blue stripe and black interior. Brian and Steve recovered the wings and tail surfaces a few years ago so those are being left alone except for the addition of VG's.

A list of upgrades to my PA-22/20-160 :

2 Steve's Gascolators (already had one)
Crosswinds STOL cuff (previous mod)
Micro VG's
Steve's skylight (previous mod)
29" buffed Airhawks w/ Gar aero adapters
Cleveland wheels and single puck brakes (I'll need to uprgrade these later but better than the drums that were on there)
Cubcrafter's wingtips (previous mod)
Boxed in tail of a/c
reinforced landing gear and added refueling step
406 ELT
new interior (had this done right before I dropped off the a/c at Steve's)
Added shoulder harness mounting points for the rear seats
shoulder harness front (previous mod)
LED nav/strobe lights (previous mod)
Recovered fuselage Poly stits / blasted and powder coated the airframe
lightweight starter
rotating beacon
Maule fuel selector valve


Boxed in the tail

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Rear shoulder harness mounting points

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Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:26 pm

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Some day when I’m in front of a real computer I will download all the F bucket pics I have there and get them onto a server... of I’ll just send them to Z and he can fix it all for me...[emoji849]
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Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:50 am

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Brian, whatever happened with that PA-28 t/w conversion you guys were working on, you posted some pics online...... :P
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Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:18 am

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hotrod180 wrote:Brian, whatever happened with that PA-28 t/w conversion you guys were working on, you posted some pics online...... :P


Permanently on the back burner.... One of those projects that has too little gained for the amount put in....

Who knows, I may finish it someday or might entertain selling the idea to someone else who wants to go through with it... For now, we are selling our flying PA-28-180 that we purchased for doing the flight testing and putting the idea on the shelf...

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Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:33 am

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On another note... how many here see Andy Anderson’s Pacer I restored last year... ??

I have a ton of pictures of that one on the Facebook site and over on SWP. Org....
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