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Bike Frame Bag Construction

January 8, 2013

Bike Frame Bag Zipper

A bike frame bag has become popular in recent years. I am speaking specifically of a compartment that attaches inside the frame tubes of a bicycle. Typically this is wasted space except for a water bottle or two. All sorts of stuff is carried in a frame bag by bikepackers and distance mountain bike travelers… [Read More]

LED Lighting to Save Money

January 3, 2013

LED light strip cabinet switch

LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights are far more efficient than incandescent lights and halogen lights.  I think most everyone is aware of this already. The trick, it seems, is replacing your existing lights with LED’s without spending all of your potential savings on the initial purchase. The goal after all is to save money, not… [Read More]

Tiny Tent Research

December 28, 2012

I have high hopes of doing some camping from my mountain bike in 2013. In some circles, this is called BikePacking. It’s similar to the long existing form of bike touring and carrying all your gear except this done on a mountain bike and is done off the beaten path (mostly). I’m spending some time… [Read More]

In search of Christmas Dinner

December 26, 2012

Filling Christmas day with activities was priority numero uno for me. The day was not forecast to be great with some wind all day but doing some flying was important so I disregarded that little issue. Finding Christmas Dinner was high on the list of priorities! I had the engine heater setup the night before… [Read More]

Aviators Night Before Christmas

December 23, 2012

Aviators Night Before Christmas Airplane Aircraft

The Aviators Night Before Christmas. Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore – author of this version unknown but I’d be happy to give credit… T’was the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp, Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ. The aircraft were fastened to tie downs with care, In hopes that — come… [Read More]

End of the World

December 21, 2012

I am stoked!!  Today is the end of the world!! I know where I’m going and I am ready – let’s get this show on the road! Hopefully this will be my last post.  If not, then things didn’t work out with the whole Mayan calendar and end of the world thing.

Solar Hot Tub Heater Part 2

December 19, 2012

solar hot water collector tub pex tubing sun

Note from JD: This is a continuation of the previous post titled Solar Hot Tub Heater. The fourth day of testing the solar water heater (continued from above post): At noon, the outside temperature was 41 degrees when the system was first checked.  The water that had been in the collector overnight was pumped into… [Read More]

Engine Power ROT

December 18, 2012

Vans RV-3 Lycoming O-320 Motor Engine magneto

ROT – Rule of Thumb. In the world of experimental aviation, it seems that there are a never ending supply of people that believe that they can make an internal combustion engine produce a great deal of power while using a very little fuel.  This is nothing new – it’s been going on for as… [Read More]

Solar Hot Tub Heater

December 13, 2012

Solar Sun Water Collector Heat hot tub

As part of our new “Homemade Money” plan – also known as the energy usage reduction plan, green plan, greenback plan, and ‘we wanna pay lower utility bills’ plan; it is time to get started on a solar collector to heat hot tub water. The goal of this is for us to spend less money… [Read More]

Ski Truck Epilogue

December 12, 2012

Vans RV-3 aircraft airplane ski

In initial post on this topic (here), I warned you what was coming.  In this post, I show the results!! The scenario: Wake up in my own bed, notice that the skies are clear, the ski resort has fresh snow, and the forecast is for no wind all day. The goal: Load my ski equipment… [Read More]

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