SuperCub!! Super Capabilities!!

Had my camera and caught a photo of the real SuperCub!!  Click on picture to enlarge. Since it fly’s, it doesn’t need front tires. I heard it had rear tires only for ballast. It can even fly with the Haban sickle attached!!  Click on picture to enlarge.   Click on picture to enlarge. Super Cub...

When a Photograph is TOO Good!!

I had acquired a couple of engines 2 years ago that I no longer needed. So I decided to list them locally for sale. Since I felt a photo would help sell the engines, I went to the shop with my newest camera, a tripod, an off camera flash and as much knowledge as I could find on how to take a good picture of...

Why

Right after the switch to 12 volt batteries, in the era of coils and points there were 2 basic ignition systems. For simplicity I will call them the GM and the Chrysler. (Ford was in there somewhere!!) I drove a road service truck in Pittsburgh and EVERY time it got to be high humidity (rain, morning dew...

My “Rocket Stove”

I was reading about wood splitters’ one day and the article mentioned rocket stoves. After I googled it I decided I had to have one. There were many designs. How would I settle on the right one? Most of them seemed small or not built to last (tin cans!!??) I couldn’t own something made out of...

Thermal Mass or Insulation??

Several years ago we decided the carpets were old enough to be replaced. Actually they were old enough to be replaced before that, but, we procrastinated. After floor shopping, we found that high end wall-to-wall carpet was no where to be found in our town. I guess the high end stuff is no longer supplied...

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