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Missy Energy Budget

January 30, 2020

Missy Electrical Energy Budget solar lithium

As you know from previous posts, I just love the details!!  Especially electrical details!! One thing that people occasionally point out is that I have never posted an energy budget for Missy. It’s true… sadly. What’s an energy budget?  Read this. The one I did for my Newmar Dutch Star is here. The problem has… [Read More]

Fly-Ski Trip and a Magneto

May 9, 2019

Vans RV-4 Lycoming P-Mag Magneto Vacuum Slick

I’ve done a terrible job and posting lately… my apologies… What can I say… busy… busy, I guess. Remember these fly and ski trips?? Sadly… I haven’t done one in a while. Of course, I was away and without an airplane for a while but now that I’m back. Nothing but poor excuses… very busy… [Read More]

Door Openers

March 21, 2019

LED shop hangar lights fluorescent

In the MASSIVELY HUGE category… The hangar doors are now working very smoothly and are a push button operation!! After man-handling them for a few months, this automated operation is really swell!! Previously, the doors would mostly open to about eye level but then had to be pushed the rest of the way up –… [Read More]

LED Hangar Lights

March 14, 2019

LED shop hangar lights fluorescent

The hangar at the bachelor pad had a good number of lights. None of them worked. Ok, almost none of them. There are four, eight foot long fluorescent fixtures and five, four foot long fluorescent fixtures. None of the eight footers worked, two of the four footers worked.  That’s pretty close to ‘none’, right?? Something… [Read More]

House Deconstruction

January 9, 2019

I previously mentioned my ‘need’ to figure out the plan for the new house before doing too much. So, while attempting to figure that out, I started poking around to learn what I could learn. I turned on the water to see how things worked. Inspections during the purchase process revealed that the well needs… [Read More]

RV-4 Rewiring

December 10, 2018

Vans RV-4 aircraft instrument wiring electrical system

The weather guessers were telling us that the weekend would be a bad one for flying. Both days?!?!? I know… crazy! That is nearly unheard of here in paradise – two bad flying days in a row. When I initially moved from the frozen tundra of the north to paradise, I nearly wore myself out…. [Read More]

LED Aircraft Position Lights

November 28, 2018

RV-4 LED Position Light

Everyone knows the value of LED lights, right?? Much lower power consumption, much less heat, longer life, etc… A few weeks ago I noticed that my right wingtip position light on the RV-4 was not working. A new “aviation light” was about $35. How’s that for ridiculous!! A new SET – all three position lights… [Read More]

Happenings and Squirrels

November 26, 2018

RV-4 Bendit Airstrip New Mexico

Not many updates about anything other than flying these days. So, what’s up?!? Well… my job is keeping me busy. I haven’t done much of anything on Missy’s conversion. Of course, the to do list is still VERY long. I had planned to get the ceiling finished so I could make some progress on walls…. [Read More]

Oil Leak Not Leaking Oil Anymore

August 6, 2018

Missy MCI Detroit Diesel 60 series delco 50DN alternator oil lubrication cooling hose

That’s right!  The oil leak that I mentioned here and here is no longer leaking! This oil leak seemed to be coming from the right side of Missy’s engine. The follow up to the second post referenced above is that I eventually learned that the disconnected hose was an air supply. So, certainly not the source… [Read More]

Promised exterior photos…

July 10, 2018

Missy Solar Air Conditioning Heat Pump Vent Roof Camera Boondocking

A week or so ago I promised some exterior photos of Missy’s new air conditioners/heat pumps and vents. As promised…

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