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Yeah, I looked for the burn rate on the Tripod Torch website, but didn't really find a BTU rating for it, but they did claim a 10-15 hr burn on what they called a 5 gallon (20lb) LP tank, so it will be interesting to see what your observation is. I liked the low smoke aspect of the Solostove...

Looks like they could use some volunteer labor around the old school if you ever run out of things to do.;)

Glad to hear you seem to have found the solution for your comfortable good nights sleep! If your lower leg area wasn't part of your original discomfort, you might want to try tapering the thickness of your layers as they enter the foot well area to give you a little more toe space. Good luck!

Yeah, I hear ya. I was surprised when my first two attempts to use the LP port on the CI didn't work, especially the first, when I wasn't able to get enough flow. I could insert the end of a long Allen wrench down into the female quick connect and depress the center, and get plenty of gas flow...

We regularly enjoy burning wood in our fireplace at home, but even though I like the aesthetics of a campfire, I haven't been much of a wood campfire fan for all the reasons mentioned above, as well as not wanting to be a smoke chaser, or go to bed smelling like a chimney. So we have very rarely...

Your attempt to protect the crank handle may in fact be the reason it was damaged. I made the same mistake of using a bungee to hold the handle up from hanging down and possibly being damaged from road debris etc. What it does by holding the handle up, is put it the path of the TV's bumper when...

I've been to both, but have definite preference for AirVenture(AV), mainly due to the scope of it, which is probably 4-5 times or more the size of Sun & Fun (unless S&F has grown significantly since I was there in 2005). I agree that S&F was about a 1 day show when I last saw it, but I've often...

Were you able to give your Tripod Torch a good test run on your recent adventure?

Now having been to both AirVenture, and Sun & Fun do you have a preference?

They are readily available, but as long as you are going to replace it, you might want to consider something a little more robust, and less like likely to get smashed again, like this ...

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Good synopsis of your Dometic use Kevin. If and when the Dometic bites the dust, the Bouge line looks like the best bang for the buck at this point, with options like the dual zones, etc. Probably the way I'd go if in need today. Setting the Dometic kick out voltage really depends on which...

Yeah, packing up wet is no fun, and we do our best to avoid it, to the extent of packing up the night before if rain is predicted overnight or the morning we are leaving, but it's remarkable how quickly at least the Clam fabric, (and I'm assuming the Gazelle is similar) dries out with a little...

Something we tried at the last CICO was laying down about a 8x10 tarp a few feet behind where we wanted the TD to end up sitting, then back that last few feet so that the TD wheels were on top of the tarp. We then pulled up some of tarp into the fender wells behind the tires creating a barrier...

I noticed on the pic in your post that you had the Gazelle opening about even with the back of the wheel fender. We set our Clam up so that the top edge of the main opening is about right over where the hatch hinge is, which will bring the sides of the opening about half way forward of the rear...

Enjoy!

Rotisseries are such great work helpers! I made two while building the plane, one for the fuselage, and one for painting the wings. Both saved a ton of back straining work and repositioning time. The fuselage one could only be turned about 300 degrees before the vertical stabilizer would hit the...

You would think, but it's surprising how quickly all available space tends to get filled. I built a 30x50 a few years before building the plane, but after 8.5 years of building it was stuffed to the gills. A short period of space available after the plane went to the airport, but that was short...

Oh boy, a new toy box...nice!