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The vintage details appeal to everyone who meets the Tri-Pacer, but there are " quirks, " says Tulis. The aircraft has a short-coupled fuselage attached
to a big rudder, so a little rudder pedal goes a long way. Added to a slightly out-of-rig setup, it requires a fine touch to fly straight, using light right
rudder and left aileron. Short-wing Pipers glide like a stone, so removing power produces a dramatic descent. Careful fuel management is critical. The
18-gallon right fuel tank is used only in level flight because it can become starved in light turbulence, turns, climbs, or descents, even with six gallons
of fuel remaining. The left tank is required for takeoffs and landings, and there is no " both. " The communications setup was behind the curve when
installed in 2007 and produced some challenges along the route. A Garmin GNC 250XL GPS/com worked well enough as a radio, but the GPS function
couldn't locate any satellites. Tulis instead relied on a Stratus 3 portable ADS-B device and an iPad Mini with ForeFlight to show him the way.
climb to 9,500 then 11,500
again to get over clouds
before descending to the
Missouri River.
Dinner with flight instructor
Clayton Anderson, 22, (top
right) who wants to be a
corporate pilot, gave me
a ride to hotel and to The
Deuce Cafe. Burgers and
beer! We were presented
green St. Patty's Day wool
caps upon arrival.
Day 4:
Landing at Columbus
Municipal Airport (BAK),
Indiana, and had a flat tire.
GoPro was running at the
time, so it's on film. Sent
to Alicia to ask what I did
wrong. She viewed it, called
back, said, " Absolutely
nothing you did was
wrong, you even landed on
the center line. " So, it's a
mystery.
Scott Bradley, A&P/IA
at Columbus Municipal
FBO will repair flat tire on
Monday (next page).
ZwanzigZ Pizza downtown
and Hotel Indigo.
Recommended by part-time
resident Terry from Atlanta,
a CFII I met on the ramp. He
owns a Beech A36.
Day 5:
Repair tire and lost fuel
cap. Duh! I didn't check
the left fuel tank cap the
night before and it's been
difficult to twist on/off this
whole trip. Apparently,
it departed the aircraft
somewhere over Missouri
or Indiana. Scott Bradley
added it to my tire squawk
and said not to worry. Turns
out a Cessna 172 fuel cap
fits nicely on a 1953 Piper
Tri-Pacer. Thanks bigtime to
Scott and crew! Scott had a
tire, his crew repacked the
wheel bearings, checked
nosewheel strut for proper
inflation, sold me 2 quarts
oil, and complete bill was
less than $250.
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