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I have a 98 8KCAB. Recently on a 1.5 hour cross country flight I noticed I had to keep adding nose down trim. The aircraft was placed in a level flight attitude with power set at 24 squared. Elevator trim was adjusted to relieve all stick pressure. A short while later, forward stick...

Do You Need High Gross Weight Steel Gear Legs (p/n 4-2038)? As you know ACA no longer carries this item and the new AL gear legs are an EXPENSIVE addition to an older airplane. Ed Grabel, a new champion club member, has spoken with ACA about this and told me that Chad from ACA told him they...

Any one have a pre-buy recommendation in the Florida Panhandle?

Hi: I am looking for a set of high gross weight gear - either the steel or aluminum for a 1998 Super D. I guess I'd prefer steel as my info says that the steel would be plug and play while the AL would need welding & fabric work.

What items need to be carefully looked at during a pre-buy inspection on a 7 series Citabria or 8KCAB? From reading other posts on the site, I have found these areas: 1) lower longerons where MLG attaches 2) MLG through bolt replacement 3) tail wheel springs 4) Spar / strut inspection What...

I am after jerrymjr's thoughts as well as those of the group: Can Duane Cole style acro--that is no aggressive "G" pulling--safely be done in an 8KCAB carrying 550 - 560 lb of pilots and gas? 50lb of that will be burned off before maneuvering begins which would have the gross weight at 1850 -...