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MauleMechanic · Post by **MauleMechanic** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:05 pm

Headed up to Northern Georgia to bring a Maule home. Not flown in two years.

RT · Post by RT » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:05 am

I don't see the road map.

Mountain Doctor · Post by **Mountain Doctor** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:17 am

Beautiful plane and a heck of a ground speed for what appears to be a MXT7 180-A with a F/P Sensinich.

Tailwind?

Some nice scenery.

I don't know what to make of that muddy delta, if that's what it is.

MauleMechanic · Post by **MauleMechanic** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:08 pm

RT wrote:I don't see the road map.

It blew out the window

MauleMechanic · Post by **MauleMechanic** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:10 pm

Mountain Doctor wrote:Beautiful plane and a heck of a ground speed for what appears to be a MXT7 180-A with a F/P Sensinich.

Tailwind?

Some nice scenery.

I don't know what to make of that muddy delta, if that's what it is.

Yeap, was about a 30kt tailwind.

The muddy Delta was the lake/waist from the.......nuclear power plant?....in the photos. They had bulldozers also covering it with the darker dirt.

Mountain Doctor · Post by **Mountain Doctor** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:31 pm

Yeap, was about a 30kt tailwind.

Good to know. My plane has a built in headwind.

LT4247 · Post by **LT4247** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:37 pm

Brian,

We know that route by heart! Get that dirt off she'll pick up 5 knots....

MauleMechanic · Post by **MauleMechanic** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:54 pm

LT4247 wrote:Brian,

We know that route by heart! Get that dirt off she'll pick up 5 knots....

Wanted to hose it down but 40deg temps and winds prevented a clean ride home.

MauleWacko · Post by **MauleWacko** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:54 pm

LT4247 · Post by **LT4247** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:04 am

Dang! You are so funny AND you used an original line, too.

MauleWacko wrote:
Mountain Doctor wrote:Yeap, was about a 30kt tailwind.

Good to know. My plane has a built in headwind.
It might be that big round wheel airbrakes hanging down up front.

MauleWacko · Post by **MauleWacko** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:53 am

Mountain Doctor · Post by **Mountain Doctor** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:28 am

I think the factory says it reduces speed by 5 MPH.

It also reduces wingtip repairs, and insurance rates.

MauleWacko · Post by **MauleWacko** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:10 am

MauleMechanic · Post by **MauleMechanic** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:35 am

MauleWacko wrote:Something about Maules with the wheel in the front can go on and on to never never land.

We repair just as many tri-gears as taildraggers. They all have to be landed slow. Guys with the nose wheel tend to force it on the ground by trying to land them like as fast as a cessna. Guys with taildraggers wont get the freaking stick....err...ahh...I mean YOKE back (actually in both tri-gear and taildraggers) when they land....Slow the bloody thing down and it lands fine. try a little game, when landing, try as long as you can to NOT let it touch the ground. When there is nothing else to do and the stick is in your gut and you are about to touch down....add 500-1,000 rpm and don't let it touch.......do this as far down the runway as you can and never touch the ground.....then GO AROUND. Learn how to control the airplane instead of the airplane controlling the pilot. Stop flying the things into the ground....they will break every time...well....eventually...lol

I forgot how sensitive the T's might be for a jab here and there

It is ok, if your airplane was built after 1946....it's just an overpriced "spamcan" anyway

MauleWacko · Post by **MauleWacko** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:00 pm

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