Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was not
in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built for
helicopters.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing one
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/18/2015 1:25 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development?
There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

Flying is something that's always been on my "it would be nice" radar,
too. I've thought about what I would do with a license... If my
property up north had enough land to clear out an air strip, that would
be my main use.

Otherwise, its just the "cool" factor of having a license. So in an
emergency, I can be like Randy Quaid in Independence Day... "I'm a
pilot. I can fly." lol

How much does it cost to rent a small plane like that?

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

===

Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On Friday, 18 September 2015 10:40:10 UTC-3, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

===

Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.

I'd have thought there would be cheap frequent passenger flights between those locations from mainland Florida. For the amount of times you'd actually do it..it would be a lot cheaper.....and then there's the Bermuda Triangle to contend with..

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:24:27 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 18 September 2015 10:40:10 UTC-3, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

===

Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.

I'd have thought there would be cheap frequent passenger flights between those locations from mainland Florida. For
the amount of times you'd actually do it..it would be a lot cheaper.....and then there's the Bermuda Triangle to contend with..

===

There are flights available but they go when and where they want to
go, not when and where you'd like to go. It's a little like your boat
versus someone else's boat. One of the big attractions would be
sightseeing as opposed to just getting there.

The Bermuda triangle is highly over rated BTW. :-)

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/18/2015 8:05 AM, Ryan P. wrote:
On 9/18/2015 1:25 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back
of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing
power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development?
There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

Flying is something that's always been on my "it would be nice" radar,
too. I've thought about what I would do with a license... If my
property up north had enough land to clear out an air strip, that would
be my main use.

Otherwise, its just the "cool" factor of having a license. So in an
emergency, I can be like Randy Quaid in Independence Day... "I'm a
pilot. I can fly." lol


How much does it cost to rent a small plane like that?

Not sure what the going rate is now. Probably $75-$100 per hour
depending on the type of aircraft.

When I was taking lessons back in the mid-90's it cost $25/hr for the
plane and $25/hr for the instructor. Once you solo'd and didn't need a
CFI with you it was only the $25 for the aircraft. Those rates may have
been "special" rates for students taking the course though.

I think the total cost of getting your basic, private ticket is probably
at least double what it was back when I got mine. IIRC, my total cost
was somewhere around $3K which also included weekly ground school classes.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/18/2015 9:39 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

===

Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.


As I mentioned before the challenge of learning to fly was really the
driver in my case. Once I had my ticket I began to lose interest. One
issue was that I flew out of a small, uncontrolled (no traffic control)
municipal airport in Plymouth, MA. They usually had a guy manning a
small tower but it is up to the pilots to be vigilant of other aircraft
either approaching or taking off, both visually and via the radio. Many
are students and you really have to pay super attention to what everyone
is doing. Not exactly relaxing. Then, the larger airports with formal
traffic controllers bark out instructions to you on the radio and you
have to make sure you follow them to a tee and don't miss any. Again,
not exactly relaxing.

I found boating to be much more enjoyable. There's a bit of a challenge
when making a voyage to places you haven't been before
but being on the ocean (and going a hell of a lot slower) is nice.

Classic '71 40HP Evinrude Troubleshooting Question
 

On 9/18/2015 10:24 AM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 18 September 2015 10:40:10 UTC-3, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 8:16 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/16/2015 8:00 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2015 8:07 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/14/2015 8:15 PM, Alex wrote:


The motor on that door had such a high gear reduction I think it
would
probably lift the front end of a car off the ground with no
problem.
The Harley was close to 900lbs and it lifted it off the back of my
truck
like it wasn't even there.

If I remember correctly it took about 3 minutes for the folding
hanger
door to open halfway.




I can't believe the door didn't fold in half.


It did.


I meant horizontally - from the weight.


No way. The "garage" was actually a 32' by 46' aircraft hanger that
one of the properties we had in Florida had. The door was about 28'
feet wide and 16 feet high. It folded in half horizontally as it was
raised.

It had a very heavy duty frame (probably for hurricane codes) made of
square 4" by 4" steel tubing that ran horizontally and vertically
every four feet or so. Lifting a 900lb motorcycle was duck soup for
it to handle. The electric motor didn't even change pitch when
lifting it due to the high gear reduction.

During one of the hurricanes (we were not there) about 24 people who
lived in the gated community all moved into the hanger during the
worst of the storm because it was totally brick construction (other
than the door). From the stories I've heard they had quite a
hurricane party in it with generators sitting outside providing power.




Nice! Did you have a community landing strip in that development? There
are several scattered around FL.

There is a private airstrip in the community although our house was
not in that section. The hanger on our property was actually built
for helicopters.


I have always wanted to learn to fly. I have two friends who are GA
pilots and live in communities like that. There is one about 100 miles
north of me that has home sites on about 3 acres for only $30K. One
friend has a place there, too. I'm seriously considering grabbing o
to build on later. It might push me to get a license and a little
plane. He's offered space in his hangar if I want to do it.

I had always dreamed of getting a pilot's license since I was a kid
and finally pursued it when I was in my early 50's. Once I had my
ticket though I began to realize that the fun was the challenge of
learning to fly. I had no purpose for flying other than recreational
sightseeing and found that it wasn't exactly "relaxing". I continued to
rent a Cessna or a Warrior for a few years but also got into boating
which I found much more to my liking.

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Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.

I'd have thought there would be cheap frequent passenger flights between those locations from mainland Florida. For the amount of times you'd actually do it..it would be a lot cheaper.....and then there's the Bermuda Triangle to contend with..

At's it. Fly everywhere. Avoid contact with the real world. You're
sounding more like Harry everyday.