Waiting it Out
This year's west coast winter is challenging for non-flight-into-known-icing aircraft, even those with full IFR capabilities! Storm after storm keeps coming onshore, and flying...
Before and After: Tundra Tires
Ever wondered what Tundra Tires can do for a bush plane? Here's a quick summary, based on the first couple of hours of flying...
It Was a Simple Job…
I was just looking for one wire—one measly wire that I knew was excess, something I had installed years ago in order to test...
It’s Not That Bad…
I've written a couple of notes in the past few months about repairing the minor skin buckles in our Dream Tundra. It turns out that Dream has re-designed the belly skin, doubling the thickness, then adding another doubler over that. We asked them to double the skin thickness for the chin skin - and when all three part showed up, the number of holes to be matched, and the number of rivets that had to be drilled out and replaced was daunting.
How Many? This Many!
All that’s left before the eXenos takes to the air is the FAA to come out and give us an Airworthiness Certificate, so I...
BRS Thoughts
I occasionally receive notes requesting information on ballistic recovery systems for E-AB aircraft, and questions on why you don't see more articles in Kitplanes...
Head on a Swivel
Do you ever get too comfortable when you're flying? I routinely fly from our airpark down to a neighboring private airpark to work on...
Field Fixin'
We had everything but a jack- all the tools we needed to change a tail wheel on our Tundra were a set of pliers,...


















