---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 07/28/10: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:01 AM - Re: AOPA membership (Larry McFarland) 2. 06:59 AM - Re: AOPA membership (purplemoon99@bellsouth.net) 3. 07:52 AM - Re: AOPA membership (Jim Belcher) 4. 06:11 PM - CATTCO PROPS (FLYaDIVE) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:01:41 AM PST US From: Larry McFarland Subject: Re: Zenith-List: AOPA membership Jim, At 70, I also feel age is a rare privelege, but my AOPA is history now and I feel much younger for it. Larry McFarland do not archive Jim Belcher wrote: > > Larry: > > Your comparison of AOPA to the AARP amuses me. I'd had the same thought. I was > in AARP many years ago, and dropped out of it, because I felt they were using > my membership to claim their views represented me. Needless to say, they > don't. > > Besides, the AARP magazine was depressing. It was full of pictures of old > people. > > On Tuesday 27 July 2010 14:34:18 you wrote: > >> >> Jim, >> You'd not be the only person that took notice of this and at our last >> chapter meeting there were >> people that felt much the same way. AOPA may write off all the EAA >> membership in hope of garnering >> big money interests, but it won't work. The AOPA has become something >> like the AARP of the >> ground bound set and I tore up their magazine long ago when they got >> politically against >> readers interests. The AOPA will find the light aviation people vote >> with their checkbooks too. >> >> Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com >> >> ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:59:29 AM PST US From: "purplemoon99@bellsouth.net" Subject: Re: Zenith-List: AOPA membership AOPA has turned into a real joke.- Last year we had an opportunity to buy a =0AChinese canard wing tendum aircraft.=0AOnly one of its kind in this c ountry.- Before I bought it I called the AOPA and =0Aasked them would the re be any problem=0Aregistering it and getting an N number.- They said no problem at all.- It would =0Acost about $250 and they could handle it=0A all.- Well, we bought the plane, got it back to Florida, proceeded to put it =0Atogether and contacted them to get it registered=0Aand an N number. - At that point, we got an N number reserved and things started =0Ato go south.- So I contacted the AOPA=0Aand they charged me $75 for a title sea rch and that's as far as its gone.- Oh, I =0Aforgot, before that I contac ted the AOPA=0Aand talked to a guy and he said he knew of a couple of guys that could help me.- =0AI thought this is great as they had experienced =0Ain this field.- A few weeks later the guy got back to me and gave me a couple of =0Aphone numbers and said it should help.- I=0Acalled the numb er and they were the FAA...back to zero.- So, as far as I'm =0Aconcerned, the AOPA is only interested in corporate=0Ajets, corporate money, and gene ral aviation as a whole.- =0A=0AAs-far as I'm concerned, the EAA is goi ng the same way with Sun N Fun, Oshkosh, =0Aetc.- And,-I would like to add that the=0AAARP magazine has long since been replaced with PLAYBOY!- I don't like looking =0Aat old people, either.=0A=0AJoe N101HD/ZENITH 601XL -V-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Larry McFarlan d =0ATo: zenith-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Wed, July 28, 2010 9:00:25 AM=0ASubject: Re: Zenith-List: AOPA membership=0A=0A--> Z enith-List message posted by: Larry McFarland =0A=0A Jim,=0AAt 70, I also feel age is a rare privelege, but my AOPA is history n ow and I =0Afeel much younger for it.=0A=0ALarry McFarland=0Ado not archive her =0A> =0A> Larry: =0A> Your comparison of AOPA to the AARP amuses me. I'd had the same thought. I was =0A>in AARP many ye ars ago, and dropped out of it, because I felt they were using my =0A>membe rship to claim their views represented me. Needless to say, they don't.=0A> =0A> Besides, the AARP magazine was depressing. It was full of pictures of old =0A>people.=0A> =0A> On Tuesday 27 July 2010 14:34:18 you wrote:=0A> hine.com>=0A>> =0A>> Jim,=0A>> You'd not be the only person that took notic e of this and at our last=0A>> chapter meeting there were=0A>> people that felt much the same way. AOPA may write off all the EAA=0A>> membership in h ope of garnering=0A>> big money interests, but it won't work. The AOPA has become something=0A>> like the AARP of the=0A>> ground bound set and I tore up their magazine long ago when they got=0A>> politically against=0A>> rea ders interests. The AOPA will find the light aviation people vote=0A>> with their checkbooks too.=0A>> =0A>> Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine ======================== ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:52:47 AM PST US From: Jim Belcher Subject: Re: Zenith-List: AOPA membership I'll ditto that for Sun 'N Fun. I volunteer each year, but if it weren't for the friends I only see there each year, and the sheer fun of it, it would already be toast. You may not be aware of it (I wasn't, for some time), but Sun 'N Fun is not an EAA function. True, there are some loose ties, but S&F is a separate, supposedly non-profit, organization. It was started by EAA members, and a lot of us still volunteer there, but EAA it isn't. The founders who had closer EAA ties retired some years ago. Sun 'N Fun (I think) is now really a central Florida tourism thing, that happens to have airplanes. I haven't been to Osh in years. When I started going, Paul was still in charge, and there was some effort to keep the cost of attendance down, and aviation up. All that seems to have changed. We really need a grass roots aviation organization that puts the fun back in flying, actually represents us in Washington, and doesn't cost us all an arm and a leg. The problem I had with looking at pictures of old people was that those were people my age. I'm thankful for every morning I can still get up in and look in the mirror, but being reminded of what I see I can live without. On Wednesday 28 July 2010 08:58:55 you wrote: > As far as I'm concerned, the EAA is going the same way with Sun N Fun, > Oshkosh, etc. And, I would like to add that the > AARP magazine has long since been replaced with PLAYBOY! I don't like > looking at old people, either. > > Joe N101HD/ZENITH 601XL-V > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Larry McFarland > To: zenith-list@matronics.com > Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 9:00:25 AM > Subject: Re: Zenith-List: AOPA membership > > > Jim, > At 70, I also feel age is a rare privelege, but my AOPA is history now and > I feel much younger for it. > > Larry McFarland > do not archive > > Jim Belcher wrote: > > > > Larry: > > Your comparison of AOPA to the AARP amuses me. I'd had the same thought. > > I was > > > >in AARP many years ago, and dropped out of it, because I felt they were > >using my membership to claim their views represented me. Needless to say, > >they don't. > > > > Besides, the AARP magazine was depressing. It was full of pictures of old > > > >people. > > > > On Tuesday 27 July 2010 14:34:18 you wrote: > > > > > >> > >> > >> Jim, > >> You'd not be the only person that took notice of this and at our last > >> chapter meeting there were > >> people that felt much the same way. AOPA may write off all the EAA > >> membership in hope of garnering > >> big money interests, but it won't work. The AOPA has become something > >> like the AARP of the > >> ground bound set and I tore up their magazine long ago when they got > >> politically against > >> readers interests. The AOPA will find the light aviation people vote > >> with their checkbooks too. > >> > >> Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine======================== -- ======================================= Jim B. Belcher BS,MS Physics A&P/IA General Radio Telephone Certificate Instrument Rated Pilot Retired Aerospace Technical Manager Semi-proficient Househusband ======================================= ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:11:20 PM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: CATTCO PROPS From: FLYaDIVE Hello Gaggle: I am looking for some information on CATTCO PROPS. This is their web site: http://www.cattoprops.com/index.html Is anyone using their props? Info needed is: Three Blade Prop Vs Two Blade Prop. Is a 54" Pitch CATTCO equivalent to a 62" Pitch Sensinich? Why is there so much of a difference in pitch call-out between the two? I say this because a 54" is what was recommended / suggested Vs a 62". I did some basic calculations and for the same engine and going from a two blade to a three blade the pitch should be closer to a 60". I do not want a climb prop - I want a cruse prop. Does anyone have a spread sheet program or a web site for doing calculations? ANY IDEAS? 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